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I have just read your newsletter and with reference to the Tern Elektron and eagerly awaited Brompton electric folding bicycle, I thought you may be interested in the two bikes I have built. To my mind, Tern have lost out; both ours fold considerably smaller than the Elektron. One is a highly modified Brompton, which folds in the same way...

As a rule of thumb, lowering a speed limit by 10 km/h results in an actual reduction of only 2.5 km/h, a problem that makes reducing road danger challenging Swedish engineers think they have the answer in the form of Actibump – a traffic calming device that penalises only those travelling above the speed limit. Unlike a traditional speed...

Renting a vehicle is a staple element of the popular fly drive holiday, but unscrupulous practices by car hire companies are leaving thousands of travellers with a sour taste, not to mention slimmer wallet. Problems stem from car hire companies aggressively selling add-ons or charging hundreds or thousands of pounds for damage that may or...

Tern has stolen a march on Brompton by launching the Elektron – a bicycle described as the smallest, most powerful folding e-bike ever. The long-awaited electric Brompton has been in development for over five years and remains months away from launch. According to Cycling Industry News, the electric Brompton advanced prototype tips the...

I spent 10 days in 2012 guiding a group of 80 women for 450 km across three countries in South America. After a long plane journey, we arrived in the incredible Panama City. It’s hard to arrive in a new country without preconceptions, so while the immaculate high-rise skyline was a surprise, with it came a modern and comfortable hotel...

Over 800 bicycles have been stolen today across Britain according to the world’s first road statistic counter. [quote type="cycle_insurance"] How many bicycles stolen today? The British crime survey, which examines people’s experience of crime rather than recorded offences, estimates that 533,000 are stolen bikes each year in Britain - over...

It was easy to dismiss the straddle bus from China when the idea first emerged, but the concept has now become reality in the form of a full-scale working prototype. The transit elevated TEB-1 straddle bus was put through its paces last week on a test road in Qinhuangdao, a demonstration which illustrated how cars are able to pass beneath...

Friday 5th August will mark the start of the 2016 Summers Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, a festival of sport during which 11,000 athletes from 206 countries will compete in 306 events across 28 different sports. The inaugural Olympic games of the modern era held in Athens in 1896 featured just 43 events across 9 different sports. Cyclists...

The family bicycle is widely regarded, in this country at least, as a runabout to potter around the local park with the kids; driven largely by fashion, we overlook practical options in favour of those built for outright speed or off-road ability. It is surprising then, that an appetite for a new breed of family bicycle is emerging not from...

Every child has the right to cross to school in safety. We want to ensure that every school can get a designated safe crossing on any road on which it has an entrance. It's the reason we developed our pop-up zebra crossing and why we took it to St Peter's School in Portslade to help with their own campaign to get the safe crossing their...