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With Valentine's Day only days away, we have the perfect gift for the cyclist who gets your heart aflutter. The TICKR from Wahoo is a chest-based heart rate monitor that also records calorie burn data. This information can then be easily shared, via bluetooth with your smartphone, tablet or smartwatch and platforms such as Zwift, Nike Run...

Pay-as-you-go motoring. Road pricing, pay-by the-mile driving. Call it what you will, it's inevitable according to the cross-party Commons transport select committee which said this week it saw “no viable alternative” to a new model for charging drivers to use the roads given petrol and diesel will no longer be available to buy come 2030....

We're big fans of 'tactical urbanism' (low-cost, temporary changes to the built environment, usually in cities, intended to improve local neighbourhoods) - just take a look at our pop-up zebra crossing, biskiple and pedal-powered parklet projects to name just a few. It's the reason we love the guerrilla benches described by Space Hijackers...

If you're lucky enough to have visited Delft, you'll have enjoyed a glimpse of just how civilised a 'low-car' city can be. In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure there. They packed up their family in Vancouver and moved to Delft to experience the cycling city as residents rather than as visitors. Curbing...

The Tesla Model 3 is fitted as standard with cameras that record the road ahead. It's the reason Surrey Police were able to release the footage of a motorist who caused a three vehicle collision by driving on the wrong side of the road in Stanwell. Court Result ⚖️ Muhammad Aslam (42) from Sixth Avenue, Newham was convicted of Dangerous...

A new design of solar powered electric car claims to have longest range of any production EV; 1,000 miles per charge and the capability of travelling up to 40 miles a day on free power from its integrated solar panels. If the launch of the radical teardrop Aptera goes ahead as planned , it will mark a reversal of fortunes for the company,...

Maybe it's just us, but a couple of days of mild weather and a glimpse of the sun have our minds turning to spring. Don't get us wrong, we're not mindlessly optimistic - we realise that if the British weather can be relied on for anything it's a changeable outlook - we just make sure we're well prepared. It's the reason we're fans of merino...

Why are certain media outlets so upset by this month's changes to the Highway Code? After all many of the changes aren't even new. For example, cycling centrally in a lane isn’t a new rule, it’s been in the Highway Code for years. The revised Highway Code introduces a hierarchy of responsibility to British roads. The change requires those...

Whether or not you know one end of a crank extractor from the other, this 37-piece bike tool kit from Lifeline will, at the very least, give the impression you can carry out maintenance tasks. We have one of these sets worth £70 to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, simply leave us a comment at the bottom of this page and we'll...

Spend any time at all on the road and you'll notice the number of vehicles sporting non-standard number plates - most of which are illegal. The law sets out in precise detail what a vehicle number plate should look like for good reason. Motorists displaying tinted plates, elaborate fonts, undersized letters and unusual spacing risk a £100...