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In a world where the default mode of transport is often the car, Rollkers battery powered roller skates are designed for short urban trips and to link different modes of public transport. The skates promise effortless, electrically-assisted travel at up to 7mph, and with minimial risk of ankle sprains. Battery powered roller skates Unlike...

Adventurer Alistair Humphreys has circumnavigated the world by bicycle, walked the lengths of holy rivers in India and coined the term 'micro adventure'; an experience that is close to home, cheap, simple, short, and yet effective. According to Humphreys, you do not need to fly to the other side of the planet to do an expedition. Adventure...

A bicycle laser with a 750-metre range to keep inattentive motorists on their toes would appeal to many cyclists, but the iTager System is not intended to leave a trail of smouldering vehicles in its wake. The universal mounting means the laser can be mounted to any object. Forget sportives, cyclo cross or downhill MTB, the two-wheel sport...

Car breakdown cover is being scrimped on by over four million motorists this winter risking those drivers an unexpected bill of well over £100. New research by Halifax found one in seven motorists either did not have car breakdown cover at all or did not know if they were covered. The research carried out by Halifax found that three in ten...

Cycling is already so well established in the Netherlands, that the country can afford to fine tune its provision for cyclists; the government has developed an intelligent bicycle to make two-wheeled travel safer for the elderly. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] By 2030, the Netherlands aims to reduce the number of traffic casualties on its...

Autonomous vehicles promise safer and more efficient roads, but if there is a seeming inevitability about driverless technology, far less clear is how it will change the relationship we have with our cars. Will the current concept of private car ownership give way to networked public service vehicles that can be hailed like a cab, or will...

As cars have become bigger and heavier, the increased size of roof pillars has created dangerous blind spots in the driver’s view that obscure pedestrians, cyclists and other cars - a problem that has prompted Jaguar Land Rover to develop transparent roof pillars for cars that give the driver an uninterrupted view outside the car and...

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week is dominated by tech you didn’t realise you needed - most of it part of the so-called ‘internet of everything’. If the exhibitors are to be believed, seemingly every household item will be soon be connected – from plant pots to bicycle pedals. The Connected Cycle smart pedal...

It's already known that cyclists typically have a level of fitness equivalent to being 10 years younger, but now scientists believe cycling could be responsible for maintaining youth itself; a two-wheeled fountain of youth. Researchers at Kings College London monitored 120 cyclists aged between 55 and 79 and failed to observe signs of...

Under plans being put forward by transport chiefs in London, drivers of older cars will soon face charges of at least £25 a day to enter the city. Research by King's College last year found nitrogen dioxide levels on London’s Oxford Street to be the worst on Earth – a shocking revelation that is prompting new restrictions on the type of...