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How many miles of road would you guess crisscross this little island of ours? 100,000? 200,000? According to the Department for Transport there are 245,000 miles of roads in Britain; a distance equivalent to circumnavigating the earth 10 times. Even more surprising is the relatively tiny proportion designed and built for cars and lorries....

The promise of warmer weather does little to fend off the bitter chill at this time of the year. However, Merino wool can help. Breathable, naturally anti-bacterial, lightweight and soft are the properties that make Merino wool ideally suited for cycling in spring. dhb have chosen a mid-weight Merino, blended polyamide to allow for a snug...

Motorbike Breakdown Cover from the ETA We can provide motorbike breakdown recovery in one of two ways: Personal cover – applies to you as rider / pillion, or driver / passenger on any bike or in any car Vehicle cover – applies to any rider using your bike Get a quote for ETA Motorbike Breakdown Cover Motorbike Breakdown Recovery If your...

Dramatic footage this week emerged of the moment a gang of bike thieves in East London were confronted by members of the public. Thieves had used a cordless angle grinder in broad daylight to cut away locks from bicycles in Victoria Park as hundreds of people passed by in the afternoon sunshine. However, rather than ignore the noise and...

Until the day that a healthy environment is universally recognised as a fundamental human right, our politicians must be held to account. After all, over one million deaths each month are attributable to unhealthy environments. European law has been a force for good in environmental matters as in so many other areas so it's vital that...

Only when a multi-functional tool is engineered to an extremely high standard does it cease to be a jack of all trades and become supremely useful in its own right. The Nutter is the Leatherman of the cycling world; a new generation of bicycle multi tool that is exceptionally simple, extremely functional and rather stylish-looking to boot....

Bath has become the first city in England outside London to charge a levy on polluting vehicles. The clean air zone operates in the city centre 24 hours a day throughout the year and charges apply to pre-euro 6 diesel and pre-euro 4 petrol vehicles, except private cars and motorbikes. Taxis, minibuses and other commercial vehicles that fail...

After what feels like an exceptionally long and wet winter, one would be forgiven for assuming Britain must have more water than it knows what to do with, but we have less available water per person than most other European countries. In fact, South East England has less water available per person than the Sudan or Syria. Reducing the...

Battery powered angle grinders have been a game changer for cycle thieves. Small, powerful and quieter than their mains-powered cousins, the cordless tools make short work of every design of cycle lock. It's a problem that prompted us to ask 'what would Q dream up to protect James Bond's bike?' - a question that led to an anti-theft ejector...

The family of a man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver are calling on the government to broaden the definition in law of 'death by dangerous driving' to include a failure to stop, call 999 and render aid on scene until further help arrives. At time of writing, their petition has almost 6,000 signatures. The driver who killed Ryan...