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Although you can buy trailers designed to be towed behind mobility scooters, they are not legal to use on pavements or the road. The Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 state that so-called invalid carriages are not entitled to tow trailers of any type. The ban appears to be another example of mobility scooter users...

Drivers who parked their cars on a pavement in Manchester earlier this month had their vehicles daubed with the word 'move' and some had windows smashed. Clearly such behaviour is criminal, but perhaps it was inevitable that the issue of pavement parking would eventually reach such a flash point. Elsewhere, pedestrians forced into the road...

There isn't a winter ride that can't be improved by a coffee stop, and it's better still if you don't have to rely on finding a cafe. The Bripe is a small, lightweight copper and silver pipe designed to make coffee in the great outdoors. Better still, you don't need electricity, a gas stove, kettle or pot so it's cycling friendly. The...

E-scooters might be the bete noire of the mainstream media, but they're a contender for the title of EV with greatest mass appeal. Strange then that they are effectively illegal. And while E-bikes are popular - not least because they're easy-to-charge congestion-busters - they're subject to restrictions and receive no subsidies from...

It's easy to assume nobody cycles when it snows, but truth is, a bog standard bicycle can perform better than a car when the going gets tough. We're not a country that fits winter tyres to our cars so the minute roads are covered in a blanket of snow, drivers can quickly lose traction. However, bicycles can cope well in the kind of...

In honour of the numerous cyclists among you who'll continue to ride through the current cold snap, we're offering a prize in two parts; A merino wool jersey to help keep you toasty in frosty weather, and a copy of the book Wheels on Ice for when you get home and want to curl up with a good read. Merino wool is breathable, naturally...

If we all drove cars as carefully as the day we passed our driving tests, what a safer and more law-abiding place our roads would be. As it is, once qualified, many drivers take liberties with the Highway Code they once studied so carefully. It's the reason traffic engineers tasked with bringing order to our streets design counter measures...

French sporting goods giant Decathlon has shaken up the e-cargo bike market with its D500, which sells for £3,500 here in the UK, but there's a homegrown alternative snapping at its heels. The mycycle cargo bike starts at £1,999 for the entry level model, which boasts a range of 60km. To the basic specification you can add an impressive...

Cyclists of old used to stuff a newspaper down the front of their jerseys to keep out the cold, but luckily for us, modern fabrics are lighter and more breathable than a copy of yesterday's Guardian. With winter weather finally here, we want to help you keep toasty on your bike with this collection of merino wool clothing. Merino wool feels...

In the interests of saving money - not to mention the world - we need to view cars as we do toasters; useful tools as opposed to a lifestyle choice. The Citroen Ami aims to do just that and if you were being unkind, you might say it's styled like a kitchen appliance - so perhaps it's done half the job already. The main challenge the little...