With more than a little help from his owner, Maggie Scorer, a golden retriever called Oscar will next month embark on a 5,000-mile cycle trip around Britain. Comfortably seated in a Dutch-designed DoggieRide trailer attached to the back of Maggie’s bike, the duo will be unsupported during the trip, although they will benefit from Cycle Breakdown cover from the ETA. Dutch…
If you want to freshen up your front garden or shed this spring while at the same time adding some gold-standard bike security, look no further than Velotrove – a British company that offers stylish and sustainable cycle storage design. The Veloplanter is a timber and recycled plastic design that allows the front or back wheel to slot into a planter. The units can…
Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels promise twice the practicality and half the price of a conventional e-bike. Retro-fit electric bicycle wheels There is much talk about battery-powered cars, but electric bicycles are already being bought around the world in their hundreds of thousands. And while it’s easy for cyclists to scoff at electric bicycles as expensive and superfluous, they make sense for…
Start-up Ventum has a single remit; to build triathlon bicycles for people who like to go fast. Co-founders Diaa Nour and Jimmy Seear claim their 2015 bikes are lighter, faster and more technologically advanced than the competition. Triathlon bicycles According to Seear: “We don’t start with an existing bike and ask ‘What can we add to sell more bikes?’. Instead,…
There’s always a sense of trepidation when you check a bicycle in as luggage with an airline, but there are steps you can take to minimize the chance of it being damaged in the hold. Flying with your bicycle First things first. You face a choice over how to package bicycle: Cardboard box, bag or rigid plastic case. A cardboard…
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