Cycling is a simple pleasure, free from the bureaucracy of driving. It’s a good thing cycle insurance isn’t mandatory, but that’s not to say it isn’t a useful thing to have. Who pays if a cyclist causes injury or damage? Around 80 per cent of cyclists own a car but their motor insurance will not pay out if they cause…
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Cox, Head of Crime at Lincolnshire Police, and the National Lead for Fatal Collision Investigation, is undertaking a 200km running challenge during Global Road Safety Week which runs from May 17th – 23rd, in support of RoadPeace. He’s calling for people to support him by running, cycling or walking alongside him – joining in for all or just part of the 9-day event…
The 2019 Subaru Ascent launched to the American market as the largest car the firm had ever made, but made headlines for another reason. The SUV boasts 19 cup holders. 19 might mark ‘peak cup holder’, but most car firms put a staggering amount of effort into their size and placement. According to Linda Brainer, senior project engineer and interior…
The current cold snap, which has seen snow and freezing rain lash the country, doesn’t feel like the spring we deserve. So how best to survive the unseasonal weather when you’re out and about on your bike? Like a bicycle, the umbrella is a design of such beautiful simplicity that it no longer needs to evolve, but that doesn’t stop…
A truly puncture-free tyre that replicates the handling characteristics of a pneumatic tyre is the Holy Grail of cycling. Cyclists who know their history will be wary of any claims made of any new technology. For example, the radical looking ‘Air Free Concept’ touted by Bridgestone four years ago was supposed to go on sale by 2019… For the time…
