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Insurance from the ETA already represents great value at £65 per year to cover a mobility scooter or powered wheelchair worth up to £3,500, but you can now buy the same policy to cover two people at the same address for only £90 per year - a saving of 30 per cent. You now also have the option of insuring your mobility scooter or powered...

Traffication develops a bold new idea: that the trillions of miles of driving we do each year are just as destructive to our natural environment as any of the better known threats, such as habitat loss or intensive farming. Using the latest research, Paul Donald's book reveals how road traffic shatters essential biological processes,...

The first time I put my 3-year-old son on a 'balance bike', he sat silently until a boy rattled past him on a little bicycle fitted with stabilisers. 'Why can't I have one like that, daddy?' he asked me wistfully. The theory (entirely lost on him at the time) is simple: Remove a bicycle's pedals and you allow a child to concentrate fully on...

How do you feel about pavement parking? In an act of desperation five years ago, we invented this (spoiler alert: The problem's even worse today). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0moP21omQXc&feature=youtu.be CatClaw is the size of half a small orange and is designed to be installed in its thousands along kerbs and pavements. When a car...

Whether you're already one of the increasing number of cyclists who runs a cycle cam or are considering investing in one, how do you fancy testing one for us? A small and inexpensive mini camera caught our eye this week so we snapped it up and would like to give it away for testing. It's not intended to be a replacement for action cams like...

Whether you use your phone to plot a route, take pics or call our cycle rescue service if you break down, it's all for nothing if it runs out of juice. We're giving away a small set of solar panels to recharge your phone while you're on the move - as well as celebrate the long overdue appearance of the sun here in the UK. The panels...

If you're old enough to remember the launch of the Raleigh Chopper in 1969, you won't need to be reminded how popular this cultural icon quickly became among an entire generation of kids. The bike's long, padded seat, high-rise handlebars, and top tube mounted gear shift mimicked chopper motorcycles, but more than that, it's image tapped...

If you’ve ever watched an e-bike newbie return from their first ride, particularly someone who hasn’t used bikes of any description for a while, their joyous reaction will tell you all you need to know about this tech’s potential to change the world As countries around the globe scratch their heads over how to provide nationwide charging...

Something extraordinary happens when a group of cyclists becomes so large it dominates the road. Motorised traffic slows and people who might otherwise be too worried to ride on the road feel confident enough to join in. While it might be an everyday experience for riders on Dutch streets, here in the UK, pedal-powered critical mass usually...

Want the practical qualities of Lycra, but unsure about the look of tight shorts? We might have just the thing. Endura Hummvee cycling shorts are described as mountain bike gear, but we think their appeal is broader. For a start, they offer commuters a practical, comfortable and warm way to wear shorts all year round. The shorts feature an...