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Driverless cars could transform transport - but only if we demand more than human-level safety. Are we settling for too little, too soon?

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Brewing coffee in the wild is the antidote to modern life. Discover how cyclists around the world are embracing Coffee Outside – and why you should pack a stove in your pannier.

From Crit’Air pollution zones to Liber-t toll tags, here’s everything UK drivers need to know before heading to France in 2025

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Carrying a flask turns any outing into a small adventure - whether you're cycling, driving, or out on a mobility scooter

There’s freedom in owning a mobility scooter - independence, ease, a way to get around that’s practical and empowering. And if you’re looking to buy one secondhand, you’re not alone. With prices of new models often running into the thousands, pre-owned scooters can offer a welcome optin for those wanting mobility without the hefty price tag.With an estimated 300,000 mobility scooter users in the UK, the secondhand market is thriving, but not always straightforward. While there are genuine bargains to be had, the rise of online scams and the risk of ending up with a poorly maintained model means it pays to be cautious - and a little savvy

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We talk a lot about cycle lanes in Britain - and rightly so. Safe routes are vital if we want more people cycling. But what about where the bike lives the other 99% of the time? For a country supposedly on the cusp of an active travel revolution, we’re surprisingly quiet on the subject of where people are meant to store their bikes.For many, cycling isn’t a hobby - it’s how they get to work, to school, to the shops. And yet keeping a bike secure, whether at home or in public, is often treated as an afterthought. No one expects car owners to drag their own wheel clamps around with them. Cyclists? We're told to carry a lock the size of a small anvil and just hope for the best.

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As the UK government sticks to its 2035 target to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, a looming question remains unanswered: how will the 9 million households without a driveway charge their electric vehicles?While ministers scratch their heads over kerbside charging, and councils face backlash over pavement clutter caused by cables trailing across public footways, another form of electric transport is quietly getting on with it - and solving the problem in the process.Enter the humble e-bike.

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At a time when bikes are becoming as complex as the devices we’re meant to be escaping, singlespeed riding offers a compelling alternative: a kind of cycling mindfulness that geared bikes can’t replicate.In a world of ever-more complicated technology - 12-speed wireless drivetrains, app-controlled suspension, bikes that beep when you shift - a growing number of riders are doing something quietly radical. Across the global cycling market, and in cities embracing minimalism and urban riding, single-speed and fixed-gear bikes are trending upward.

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This week, Blaise Metreweli made headlines as she became the first woman to be appointed Chief of MI6 - the UK’s top spy, known by the famous codename “C”. A historic moment, yes, but it wasn’t just the appointment that caught the attention of many cyclists tuning into Radio 4 last week.

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