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As the cost of living crisis bites, and with no prospect of a decrease in cycle theft rates, it's more important than ever to protect your bike. We don't believe a lock can replace the need for a good cycle insurance policy, no matter its strength, but a new class of cycle lock recently entered the market. Sold Secure, the independent...

There's seemingly no limit to the number of uses for decommissioned shipping containers. We've seen them stacked to make houses and even filled with water to create swimming pools, but the latest idea is bike storage. The Container Cycle Hub was a finalist in the innovation category of the Healthy Streets Awards 2019 and for good reason....

London's popular cycle hire scheme, which is used over one million times a month, is to be boosted next month by the addition of 500 electric bikes. Riders will be able to dock the e-bikes at any of the 800 existing docking stations in central. The e-bikes will cost £3.30 for half an hour – twice as much as a the standard bicycles. London...

There's nothing new about the concept of retrofit electric motors for bicycles, but the soon-to-be-launched Skarper is sleek-looking and novel take on the idea. An easily-detachable unit houses both the motor and battery that drives the rear wheel via a special rear disk brake, which allows the direct connection of a Skarper motor drive...

Studies have shown that restaurants and bars can see see their turnover boosted by up to 30 per cent after installing a parklet. Not only that, but per square metre, cycle parking delivers 5 times higher retail spend than the same area of car parking. Good news then for The Cut, a busy B-road in London's Lambeth that's being transformed...

Cycle thieves in the UK are almost guaranteed to get away with their crime. An investigation by The Daily Telegraph has found that in 87 per cent of cases, no suspect is identified or charged. Without GPS trackers it's almost impossible to detect bicycle theft, which is why the police give so little priority to the crime. That was the...

Tandem mobility scooters are no different from a conventional driver-only model, other than their stretched chassis and additional seat. However, they are not currently legal to use on British roads or pavements. We wrote to the Department for Transport to ask why and this is what they said: Tandem mobility scooters cannot legally be used...

Next time traffic prevents you crossing a street or a parked car blocks the pavement ahead, remember these perils of urban living weren't always regarded as the norm. In the 1920s, cars were a relatively new phenomenon and the public reacted to a soaring death toll with natural outrage. Newspapers labelled killer drivers as ‘remorseless...

The Oi bicycle bell reimagines a much-underrated accessory that's largely unchanged since its invention in 1877. Unlike a traditional bicycle bell, the Oi is not a dome. The design wraps discreetly around the handlebar in a way that looks as good on a vintage ride as it does on a road bike. The standard aluminium model comes in four...

Wales is to introduce a default speed limit of 20mph making it the first UK nation to lower the default national speed limit from 30mph. Despite only 2.5 per cent of Welsh roads currently being 20mph zones, over a third of the country's roads are expected to adopt the lower limit next year. According to the minister for climate change,...