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Prejudice against cyclists might not have an officially recognised name, but whether you call it autochauvinism, veloism or manslaughter apologism there’s little denying it exists. And while it may not manifest itself as discrimination against cyclists as a class in quite the same way as other prejudices, discrimination against cycling as...

Wearing extra layers at this time of year need not be an excuse to compromise on style. This retro Molteni mid-weight jacket harks back to a time when pro riders were given sweaters/track suit tops to wear when off the bike. Back in the day there were no sublimation (printing on fabric) techniques and all the sponsor logos had to be...

When a south american bus company wanted to drum home to its trainee drivers the importance of giving cyclists a wide berth, their solution was simple; they sat them on exercise bikes at the side of the road while they overtook them at a distance closer than the recommended 1.5 metres. Close passes by motorists are as much a part of cycling...

Not content with reducing the weight of his Brompton to a feather-light 7.1KG, retired engineer Derek Cranage has once again beaten the British folding bike specialists at their own game by producing his own battery-powered version. The bike is a Brompton conversion where everything apart from the main frame has been replaced with...

Cyclists are treated lamentably treatment in the press. In his article about anti-cycling bias at the BBC, Peter Walker illustrates how poisonous and skewed the public narrative about everyday cycling has become, but this blinkered, over-generalised and fallacious media coverage takes an altogether darker turn when reporting cyclist deaths....

With a little over three weeks before the end of British Summer Time, it pays to check and if necessary renew your winter lights. In honour of the change of season we have a light set worth £50 to give away. However, don't think for a moment that you need to spend big bucks to get good illumination. One of our favourite rear lights is the...

A school in south London this week defended its decision to force pupils who wish to cycle to school to display number plates. Even though the school's policy is impracticable, undesirable and arguably an over-stepping of its responsibilities, the media ignored the exploration of these arguments preferring instead the usual hand wringing...

Daylight Savings Time (DST), the twice yearly changing of the clocks across Europe causes disruption and has been shown to be damaging to health. Britain ran an experiment between 1968-1971 in which British Summer Time was left in place all year round; clocks went forward in March 1968 and not put back until October 1971. The experiment...

With seasonal chill in the air most mornings, time has come to reach for extra layers. Our giveaway this week comprises a wind jacket, neck warmer and gloves worth £100. The lightweight Primal women's wind jacket (size small) teams water resistant Altero fabric with a microfleece collar to keep you cosy. The Stole Goat neck warmer takes...

Future generations will react to today's ambivalence towards road danger in the same way as we recoil at the thought of the open sewers of Victorian London. So says Danny Dorling, a professor from Sheffield University argues road safety is a public health not a transport issue, and until it is properly addressed people will continue to die....