If you’re member of the Twitterati who also rides a bike you’re almost certainly already familiar with @cyclingmikey – the mild-mannered London cyclist who uses a camera to record and subsequently report dangerous drivers. The metropolitan police has prosecuted over 20,000 motorists since it started accepting video evidence via an online portal and @cyclingmikey can take credit for 800 of…
Who says international travel restrictions mean an end to holiday adventures? Take for example the adventures of Tom Burick, who got in touch to share details of the charming caravan he’s just built. The little tear-drop trailer echoes the lines of his vintage Vespa scooter, which doubles as a tow vehicle. Tom told us: “The trailer weighs in at 170…
German cyclists buy over 25 times more cargo bikes each year than their British counterparts. It’s an astounding figure not lost on Volkswagen Group head, Herbert Diess, who late last year tweeted: “In overcrowded urban centres the car will only be accepted in the future if the bike has enough space in the mobility mix” – a sign that even the…
We make it 1968 hours (and counting) before the clocks go forward. Sunday 27 March might seem a way off, but we’re already dreaming of daylight at both ends of the cycle commute. To help you count down to BST, we’re giving away a stylish stem clock for your bicycle. The clock attaches quickly and easily to the stem of…
Research by Cycling UK has highlighted the shocking scale of a loophole that allows dangerous drivers to escape automatic driving bans; almost one in five drivers who accumulate 12 penalty points manage to escape bans by arguing disqualification would result in “exceptional hardship”. A Parliamentary question from Labour Peer Lord Berkeley revealed that between 2011 and 2020 there were 83,581…
14/12/21
14/12/21
