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Neatcleat: Spring clean your cycling gear

It’s the simple things that make life easier. If you regularly get yourself into trouble for leaving cycling gear lying around, salvation may be here in the form of Neatcleat – a small and stylish device to store your cycling shoes. A carabiner makes it easy to store your cycling shoes out of the way in a hall, cupboard or car. The…

Win a bicycle whistle

The Bookman bicycle whistle might be based on nineteenth century technology, but its benefits for urban cyclists remain up to date. Established in Birmingham in 1870, Acme Whistles has teamed up with Swedish bicycle accessory supremo, Bookman, to create a new design of whistle for today’s rider. According to Bookman’s Johan Lidehall: “Most of our customers probably wouldn’t like the look of…

Driving in France 2018

The snow has melted, the equinox has passed, and spring has sprung… in theory if not entirely in practice. However, even though a chill in the air remains, it’s surely open season on daydreaming about summer. If you’re one of the five million British motorists heading to France this year, the ETA Guide to Driving in France is a free…

World’s first 3D printed car ready for mass production

Electric car company XEV and 3D printing company Polymaker claim their new LSEV is the world’s first 3D printed car ready for mass production. The £5,300 electric car car, which weighs just 450 KG has a top speed of 43 miles per hour and a range of 93 on a full charge. CEO of Polymaker, Dr. Luo Xiaofan, said: “XEV…

Is it a car? Is it a motorcycle? Is it a scooter? No, it’s a Qooder

The arms race that has seen the number of disposable razor blades escalate to as many as five appears to be spreading to the transport world. You need only look at the original Mini, or Fiat 500 or VW Golf to notice how cars are becoming increasingly bloated. And now the same may be happening to powered two-wheelers. The popularity…