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Roads have a social hierarchy of their own. Generally speaking, the bigger the vehicle the more entitled the attitude of the driver - an anti-social and potentially deadly hierarchy that puts vulnerable road users at greatest risk. This inequality is part of the inspiration for tall bikes - and there is none more lofty than this...

According to a recent survey of 4,300 cities around the world, 80 per cent of urban areas do not comply with World Health Organisation air quality guideline levels. Worse still, particulate air pollution levels in many developing cities can be up to 15 times higher than WHO guideline levels, putting many at risk of long-term health problems...

When people have to work in or around a road it's considered a serious healthy and safety issue involving risk assessments, special equipment and even closure of the carriageway. The rest of us who interact with busy roads have to make do with little more than good luck. With this inequality in mind, a new high-tech upgrade for the...

Spring is in the air so in its honour we have this Faema Guerra retro cycling top in medium to give away. The top is worth £70 and boasts lightweight polyester for incredible comfort and breathability in warmer weather. To be in with a chance of winning the top, please leave a comment below. Ethical cycle insurance On the face of it,...

There's something of the Mad Max about today's cities: We wave a chequered flag to cars capable of over 200mph; we don't bat an eyelid to SUVs that boast 700hp and we turn a blind eye to fully laden 44-ton articulated lorries that squeeze six miles from every gallon of diesel as they rumble along our narrowest streets. We do, however, make...

Talk about road fatalities centres almost exclusively about numbers killed. It's a narrative that masks not only the misery caused by each death, but details about who is doing the killing. 1,793 people were killed on Britain's roads in 2017. But what about if we put that statistic to one side and focussed on which vehicles are involved...

Our schoolchildren are under siege. Not only are more than 950 schools near roads with harmful levels of illegal pollution, but over 6,000 children were injured on British roads in 2016 - a threat that prompts some schools to resort to barricades against cars. However, a decade after child-shaped safety bollards first appeared outside a...

If your New Year’s resolution is to cycle more, but the absence of a shower at work threatens to stop you commuting by bike, why not build your own workplace shower? Our own take on the idea transforms a standard loo into a fully-functioning hot water shower. The design combines an upcycled plasterer’s bucket, chair, chin-up bar and plastic...

Like bicycles, filament bulbs are a design that has hardly changed over the last century. However, unlike a bicycle, which allows a person to travel at 10–15 mph, using no more power than they would require to walk, filament bulbs waste 95% of the electricity they use as heat. Indeed, in many homes the use of tungsten filament bulbs can...

When it feels this damp, time has come to swap your water bottle for a thermos. Whatever the weather, this small thermos from Stanley will help keep you warm however you travel. Win a thermos We have a 0.47 litre Stanley bicycle thermos worth £30 to give away. Simply leave a comment at the bottom of this page and let us know what you'd fill...