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A cycle computer for people who don’t like cycle computers

Smartphones may have become de facto cycle computers, but what if you’re interested in knowing the basics about your performance without relying on an app? A simple cycle computer like the CatEye Quick might be just the ticket. The award-winning wireless design is small enough to avoid cluttering your handlebars and an easy-to-read screen displays 7 functions: Current, average and…

Feeling flat? Try this bicycle breakdown bottle

Whether you’ve suffered a puncture, or feeling flat because you forgot to eat enough, our bicycle breakdown bottle might be the answer. Water bottle storage holders are good alternative to a saddlebag, particularly in wet weather. We’ve filled ours with the essentials: A puncture repair kit; small pump; rechargeable back-up lights; latex gloves and a generous stock of snack bars.…

The ‘extremism’ government dares not address

This was the week the UK government tied itself in knots over its definition of extremism. Here’s hoping any commitment to tackle ‘the promotion of an ideology based on violence’ leads to an effective campaign against road danger. As a society, we’ve become so inured to road danger, deaths rarely make the news. Writer George Monbiot explained to us how,…

A mobility scooter built for two? Illegal, says government

Mobility scooters offer a social lifeline for around half a million people here in the UK, and yet two-seater models remain illegal. The same goes for our own cosy mobility scooter caravan pictured above. Tesco gave us permission to test drive it down their aisles, but mobility scooter trailers remain illegal to use on footpaths or the road. We believe…

Most socially radical behaviour on UK roads? Sticking to the speed limit.

At least one third of London roads are now subject to a 20mph limit. However, 87% of drivers break that law when they have an opportunity to, according to TfL research. Here at the ETA, we’re proud to have helped coin the phrase Twenty’s Plenty, and thrilled that over the years it evolved into 20’s Plenty for Us, a campaign group…