We love cargo bikes, but they can be expensive to buy and tricky to store if you’re short on space so we set about creating a high-capacity bike trailer that would be easy to store in urban areas. With a budget of £50 we bought a new 240-litre wheelie bin for £37, a length of 22 mm copper pipe for…
There’s a whiff of desperation surrounding Rishi Sunak’s recent pro-driver posturing. After all, measures like 20mph limits, LTNs and low-emission zones stand to benefit us all – however we travel. Unfortunately, there’s nothing new about the weaponising of motoring issues. During a decade of New Labour at the turn of the century, a pledge to halve road deaths was very…
Running late on your ride to the office but can’t do without a quick caffeine fix? This porteur rack from Japan’s Pep Cycles might be just the ticket. The aluminium rack fits over the front wheel to a 26″-700c fork with eyelets, and measures 30cm long by 21cm wide. It will bear a maximum load of 10kg, which is a…
It’s an exciting time for cargo e-bikes and trikes. As an increasing number of businesses recognise the benefits of making their local deliveries by cargo bike – not to mention families using them for the school run – manufacturers are responding with a range of innovative designs. The Komodo is a UK designed and built cargo e-trike boasting a 600-litre…
Sharing the streets with SUVs that wouldn’t look out of place on a battlefield is intimidating and dangerous for other roads users. It got us thinking about what bicycles might look like if they were styled to be just as threatening. Forget bull bars, the ridiculous-looking bike we built to illustrate the point screams move out of my way courtesy…
