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Is it possible to cycle on British roads and avoid becoming radicalised?

When people talk about the roads, it’s clear that many mistake equality for equity. For example, the placatory and often heard “we all just need to share the roads” might sound reasonable enough, but it overlooks the fact that on the roads – as in so many other areas of life – equity requires that some people get more. Unfortunately,…

The tilting electric trike with four wheels

Drivers are notoriously difficult to prise from behind the steering wheel. We blame the cup holders. Millions of us every day overlook the running costs, time wasted in traffic jams and even our responsibility for the air pollution that brings about the early deaths of 50,000 in Britain alone each year, simply because our cars provide such a comfortable and well-appointed…

Stunning cycling art up for grabs

Of all the prizes we’ve offered this year, this has to be our favourite. So hard did we find it trying to choose from the range of stunning posters Mark Fairhurst has to offer, that we are offering one lucky reader the chance to choose their own. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning an A2-sized…

The vulnerable road user is now considered a non-person. Literally roadkill.

Earlier this week a young woman in Tulse Hill was killed on her way to work. While using a pedestrian crossing on her way to work, she was struck and killed by a lorry. The driver failed to stop. The young woman was struck by at least another lorry and two cars – none of which stopped – before somebody…

Your Christmas tree has nothing on these bicycle spoke lights

We bought these coloured LED bicycle spoke lights via an advertisement on Twitter and very much on a seasonally-inspired whim (so we can’t vouch for their quality), but if what they promise is true, your bicycle will look every inch the mobile Christmas tree. According to the packaging, installation is as easy as clipping them to your spokes…and switching them…