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The straddle bus is a radical vehicle that can pass over traffic jams and frees up road space for cyclists. Bus lanes provide a valuable refuge for cyclists on urban streets, but in London they have become so clogged with motorised vehicles that bicycles can find themselves in a near-constant state of overtaking, or being overtaken. The...

If you think every new city car looks and costs pretty much the same, take a peek at the Mirrow Provocator; a four-seater that the same length as a Smart car, but stretched to be as tall and wide as a large SUV. The car’s unusual features don’t stop there. To get in or out, you use a door at the back - where the boot normally sits. And to...

The ultimate urban electric bicycle needs to be tough, compact and ready to haul cargo – tasks the new RadMini is built to handle with ease. If the Brompton is a Morris Minor, the RadMini is the Hummer of folding bicycles. Fitted as standard, 4”-wide, all-terrain tyres more than soak up potholes, a folding frame makes multi-modal travel a...

TA+TOO is a new type of bicycle saddle from Selle Royale that promises to prevent theft and vandalism by hiding its fixings beneath a removeable top. The saddle is padded with 3D Skin Gel for shock absorption and comfort and you can choose from 12 colour combinations. The seat is available with a handle to help with manoeuvring the bike...

Bicycle parking need not be a drab affair; Cyclehoop is pioneering practical and elegant bike storage that takes the place of a car parking space. Aside from the obvious advantages of secure on-street storage for city folk, the reclamation of road space broadcasts a powerful message about the efficiency of cycling in the urban environment....

How easy is it to buy a bike, motorcycle through Europe and then sell it on your return for a profit? The buy, tour, sell approach can be applied to a bike of any age, and we have motorcycle breakdown customers who buy 15-plate tourers to tour and then pass on, but what if your budget doesn't stretch that far? The Honda VFR800fi is a silky...

How times have changed. In the late 1890s few people had any inkling that cars would take over the world. It was the age of trams, trains and bicycles. Parliamentarians of the time were fiercely opposed to motor cars. Cathcart Wason MP, spoke in the debate for the Motor Car Act of 1903, famously describing motor cars as “those stinking...

If the average D-lock seems too passive a way of protecting against bicycle theft, check out BIKE MINE - the world's loudest alarm. When thieves come for your bicycle in the dead of night they have a massive advantage. You are asleep. They have time to prise open sheds and dismantle locks in peace. The answer,...

Hammocraft is a simple device that allows you and up to four friends to doze peacefully in a hammock while floating on water. The Hammocraft collapsible frame can be attached to an inflatable raft or two paddle boards, but the craft isn't intended to make long journey - its focus is very much messing around, and relaxing, on the water....

The obsession with cycling as a sport makes it easy to overlook the excitement and adventure offered by cycle touring – a pursuit as old as the bicycle itself. Now reinvented as ‘bikepacking’ the business of setting off to ride and camp, taking with you only as much as you can carry, is as pure a cycling...