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The quick answer is if your e-bike has a motor that's over 250W you'll find it impossible to find cycle insurance for it because in the eyes of the law it's a motorcycle. With eBay and Amazon flooded with after-market electric motor kits for bicycles, we're hearing from an increasing number of people asking how to insure them. Once fitted,...

With over half of motorists breaking 30mph speed limits and an estimated 1 million uninsured vehicles on UK roads, law-abiding drivers could be forgiven for thinking UK roads are a hotbed of criminality. With a long list of misdemeanors to choose from, it's hard to whittle it down to 7 motoring mortal sins. How about these for starters?...

With an estimated 800 bicycles stolen every day in the UK, the time has come for a new deterrent against theft; our flat-pack skip offers an unusual storage solution for bikes by hiding them in plain sight. Entirely anonymous in the urban environment, the skip can be erected in less than five minutes on any street or drive. The design might...

Longer days allow for smaller lights on your bike. The stylish Koma, which takes its name from a traditional Japanese wooden toy, is compact enough to be attached almost anywhere on your bike. Despite it's diminutive size (the outside diameter is only 30mm), the aluminium-bodied light puts out 20 lumens for up to 20 hours at a time. Bolts...

If you've bought a mobility scooter without paperwork, how can you tell what type it is? There are two categories of mobility scooter. Class 2 mobility scooters can’t be used on the road (except where there isn’t a pavement) and have a maximum speed of 4 mph. This type of mobility scooter does not need to be registered. Class 3 mobility...

Cycling stylishly in a skirt involves a certain skill - a knack the French-designed Poupoupidou aims to make a little easier. Little more than a clothes peg with magnets, the Poupoupidou secures your skirt hem to the underside of the saddle. Now that summer's here, we'd love to hear how well it works. We've got three to give away....

No stinky diesel fumes where our cargo trike-towed ice cream trailer's concerned. We're not abandoning cycle insurance in favour of selling Mr Whippys, but we are planning an unusual campaign for later this summer. In the meantime, who's for a 99? Cargo bike insurance Cargo bikes offer a clean, quiet and cost effective way to carry stuff...

A new global initiative to save lives, improve health, and reduce air pollution that is both harmful to public health and the climate launched this week. Breathe Cities will help boost clean air projects such as London mayor Sadiq Khan’s forthcoming expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), The ULEZ has already lowered harmful...

Slinging a hammock and riding a bike are two of life's simple pleasures. Why not combine them? If you have a few metres of space and a spot of sun this summer, what better way of whiling away your leisure time than snoozing, reading a book or simply daydreaming? And even if you don't have the space yourself, a hammock is small and light...

There's a lot to be said for daydreaming. You know how it is: Friday afternoon; two hours until home time; your mind starts to wander. And so it was that one day in 2013 our thoughts turned to flying bicycles. Earlier that year we'd read about how British aeronautical company Parajet had created a flying car using a paramotor wing, so we...