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The start of British Summer Time this weekend means you can start to be a little more flexible in your lighting requirements. The Bookman USB Light is compact and lightweight, but surprisingly bright. It fits all bicycle handlebars and seat posts and is quick and easy to attach with its rubber band. Its large button on the upper side is...

One day in the not too distant future, folk will look at today's roads as frontiers-style motoring; speeding is endemic and motorists can drive dangerously and even kill with near impunity. However new legislation means the days of speeding traffic look numbered. The ETA started campaigning for speed limiters in cars in the early 1990s and...

The number of cup holders a car had used to be a good metric by which to judge its creature comforts, but as technology has evolved, SatNavs, Bluetooth connectivity and, increasingly, rear view cameras have become the new benchmark. However, unlike the headlamp wiper blades of the 1970s and 80s which were driven as much by fashion as...

The areas immediately surrounding schools are an interesting barometer of a country's attitude toward its young. In Britain today, more than 950 schools are near roads with harmful levels of illegal pollution, which has a disproportionately detrimental effect on young lungs. Countless more are situated on roads that force pupils to run a...

Now the weather has returned to being cold, if your bicycle wants to spend the night inside, you can use a Gripster to protect walls from scratches and scrapes. However carefully you lean your bike against an inside wall, tell-tale rubber marks and small chips to the plaster or wall paper are hard to avoid. Gripster is a rubber plug that...

The promotion of active travel and the campaign against road danger are issues as serious as they come, but that doesn't mean it's not possible to have fun while delivering serious messages. Here are a just a few examples of our work from the last few years. Pop-up zebra crossing Countless schools struggle to keep their children protected...

On a trip to the Netherlands last week, we didn't see a single cyclist. Just tens of thousands of people using bicycles to get about. We didn't see a single item of high visibility clothing and spotted only four riders wearing helmets. Most interesting was the healthy disrespect the Dutch appear to have for their bicycles; left overnight in...

Last Spring, we made the decision to stop using titles in our written communications with all our customers. We deem the use of honorifics and titles, to distinguish between married/unmarried women, but not men, to be outmoded and discriminatory. Titles can often set people up against each other as they imply some as worthier than others....

As disposable plastic carrier bags edge towards extinction, their place is being taken by a new generation of lightweight reusable bag. Whether you are popping out on your bike or off on holiday further afield, the reflective Notabag is a clever combination of a bag and a backpack made from high visibility reflective material. It's party...

It's hard to know whether spring has sprung, but the promise of better weather is enough to spread the travel bug. Bicycles that have been languishing in sheds over the winter deserve to be brushed off and readied for a summer of riding, travel maps dusted off and adventures planned. If you are planning to cycle abroad, Bike Express makes...