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Winter cycling: Keep out the cold with DIY coffee stops

There isn’t a winter ride that can’t be improved by a coffee stop, and it’s better still if you don’t have to rely on finding a cafe. The Bripe is a small, lightweight copper and silver pipe designed to make coffee in the great outdoors. Better still, you don’t need electricity, a gas stove, kettle or pot so it’s cycling friendly.…

Forget Eurotunnel – Sail the Channel

With Eurotunnel beset with delays due to technical issues and post-Bexit border controls, perhaps the time has come to consider the alternatives. Promising a channel crossing catering to ‘you, your bike and your eco-adventurous spirit‘ start-up Sail Link will use a catamaran yacht to cross between the heart of one coastal town to the other, in an adventurous 3 to…

Stay cool with a Yeti drinks bottle

Think of Yeti as the Apple of the drinkware and cooler world. Their products aren’t cheap, but they work flawlessly and the design is beautifully understated. The photo of The Rambler Bottle above doesn’t do it justice. As soon as you handle it you quickly realise it’s made well. With a quick twist, the robust handle comes off, exposing a…

Cycle touring reinvented: Electric cargo bike camping

When electric cargo bikes aren’t making short work of the school run or tackling the weekly shop they’re useful for lugging heavy gear on camping trips. Being able to haul up to 250kg means you can take solar panels, large tents, wood-burning stoves. Even a (small) kitchen sink isn’t out of the question. Cycle touring is a pursuit as old…

Solar powered phone charger up for grabs

Whether you use your phone while riding to plot your route, take pics or call on our cycle rescue service if you break down, it’s all for nothing if it runs out of juice. Power banks offer a back-up, but better still a solar-powered phone charger. We’ve got a phone charger to give away that offers the best of both…