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The Lopifit is a bicycle worthy of Monty Python – an adult-sized electric-powered scooter operated by a built-in treadmill. Walking on the treadmill operates the electric motor – the faster you walk, the faster the Lopifit travels. Using the brake shuts off the motor and a freewheel function comes into effect when travelling down hill....

To ruin spice up a dull dinner party, bring up the subject of red light jumping by cyclists. Motorists generally argue that the rules of the road should apply to everyone, while cyclists argue that if it wasn’t for cars we wouldn’t need traffic lights. But now there is a school of thought that suggests that jumping red lights might actually...

If you drive a car without parking sensors, the risk of minor scratches and prangs when maneuvering into a tight space could be a thing of the past with a new app-enabled retrofit gadget called FenSens. There are plenty of retrofit parking sensors on the market, but most require the car's bodywork to be drilled and a wiring loom installed....

If you think every new city car looks and costs pretty much the same, take a peek at the Mirrow Provocator; a four-seater that the same length as a Smart car, but stretched to be as tall and wide as a large SUV. The car’s unusual features don’t stop there. To get in or out, you use a door at the back - where the boot normally sits. And to...

The ultimate urban electric bicycle needs to be tough, compact and ready to haul cargo – tasks the new RadMini is built to handle with ease. If the Brompton is a Morris Minor, the RadMini is the Hummer of folding bicycles. Fitted as standard, 4”-wide, all-terrain tyres more than soak up potholes, a folding frame makes multi-modal travel a...

TA+TOO is a new type of bicycle saddle from Selle Royale that promises to prevent theft and vandalism by hiding its fixings beneath a removeable top. The saddle is padded with 3D Skin Gel for shock absorption and comfort and you can choose from 12 colour combinations. The seat is available with a handle to help with manoeuvring the bike...

How easy is it to buy a bike, motorcycle through Europe and then sell it on your return for a profit? The buy, tour, sell approach can be applied to a bike of any age, and we have motorcycle breakdown customers who buy 15-plate tourers to tour and then pass on, but what if your budget doesn't stretch that far? The Honda VFR800fi is a silky...

Bicycle parking need not be a drab affair; Cyclehoop is pioneering practical and elegant bike storage that takes the place of a car parking space. Aside from the obvious advantages of secure on-street storage for city folk, the reclamation of road space broadcasts a powerful message about the efficiency of cycling in the urban environment....

How times have changed. In the late 1890s few people had any inkling that cars would take over the world. It was the age of trams, trains and bicycles. Parliamentarians of the time were fiercely opposed to motor cars. Cathcart Wason MP, spoke in the debate for the Motor Car Act of 1903, famously describing motor cars as “those stinking...

The obsession with cycling as a sport makes it easy to overlook the excitement and adventure offered by cycle touring – a pursuit as old as the bicycle itself. Now reinvented as ‘bikepacking’ the business of setting off to ride and camp, taking with you only as much as you can carry, is as pure a cycling...