Lance Branquinho

• If you ride a carbon dual-suspension trail bike, it all traces back to a female designer
• The story of mountain biking’s most iconic carbon-fibre design saw a brand revival, meet an inspired artist
• And nobody could predict how influential that collaboration would become

Many women ride mountain bikes. The industry has reacted with more representation among product planners, but pure bike design remains very male.

You can’t have men designing gear and accessories for women riders and micr

Carbon-fibre bicycles are amazing. The advanced composites used to shape those carbon-fibre frames are terrifically light and incredibly strong.

A curious feature of the bicycle market has been the enduring appeal of steel. Especially, custom steel bicycles. Built by individual fabricators, often in sheds, garages or historic industrial buildings.

To make a carbon-fibre bicycle you need masterful technicians and advanced moulding and curing tools. It is not something that can be done by a sing

• A one-year-old gin brand just won a top design prize in the US – thanks to its striking logo and packaging.
• Muti Gin was launched by a husband-and-wife team from Stellenbosch.
• For more stories, go to Business Insider SA.

A one-year-old South African gin brand beat 1,500 other entries from 20 countries to win a top prize at the Dieline design awards in the US. The awards recognise outstanding consumer packaging and product design.

Muti Gin was awarded first prize in the category for clea

• At unguarded beaches bystanders often drown trying to help others in distress.
• With a device, untrained bystanders have a much better chance at successful rescue.
• South Africa’s pink rescue buoy system is now being tested by Australia.

Pink rescue buoys pioneered in South Africa are now being tested in Australia, after being credited with saving 43 lives in SA over the past two years.

South Africa has a 2,850km coastline, most of its swimmable and much of it unguarded. It remains imposs