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The Arcimoto SRK electric trike might just be the Holy Grail of motorised personal transport. Short enough to park to like a motorcycle, but boasting a roof and seat belts like a car, the lightweight electric trike can squeeze up to 130 miles out of a single charge. A freight...

Driving test changes proposed by the government represent the biggest shake up to new driver regulation in a generation. Proposals by the government include a ‘cashback’ – refundable deposit returned to the driver if they pass. The idea is to encourage learner drivers to take their test only when they are ready. At present only about one in...

If you've ever fumbled with your bicycle lock with cold fingers, you'll understand the merit of key-less fingerprint operated security. The Grasp lock combines the world's smallest optical fingerprint sensor with hardened steel alloy to create a fuss-free alternative to conventional locks. The problem for British cyclists hoping to use the...

As bike light patterns become ever more complex, designers are resorting to ever higher specs to help rider stand out from the crowd. The BLAZE Burner features a bank of 24 LEDs, each with 60 levels of brightness. In the visual cacophony of today's cities, the Burner offers almost endless variations of flashing and pulsing. If you like your...

The Mandy Fender is a self-assembly bamboo mudguard that can be adapted to fit any bike. The question of why more bicycles in Britain aren't sold with factory fitted mudguards remains one of life great unanswered mysteries. Sure, they add a marginal amount of weight and spoil very slightly the lines of a sleek road bike, but at this time of...

What to buy this Christmas for your bicycle-loving kith or kin? How about the new book, Bike inspired creativity - a tribute to the designers, inventors and dreamers whose ingenious bike-inspired creativity all too rarely receives public attention. The book tours the world in search of concept bikes, research on materials, examples of...

They say the roads are getting safer, but so slowly do the wheels of bureaucracy turn in favour of people who walk or cycle (as opposed to drive), that groups are being forced to take matters into their own hands. A sticker applied to the surface of a road that gives the impression a child is standing in the middle of the street has been...

If car design is a reflection of our own personalities, then we have become a nation of bad tempered and aggressive drivers. The trend to make aggressive looking cars does not appear to serve any rational purpose. While sports cars have always been styled to have a sense of purpose even when at a standstill, most cars on the road have no...

Cities are becoming such a stressful environment for drivers that the latest design of car seat has an in-built electrocardiogram (ECG) to monitor health. If the system detects the early signs of a heart attack it alerts the driver. According to researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), heart attack and...

The term city friendly cargo bike can seem like an oxymoron. If you live in a dense urban environment, chances are you could find a use for full-size cargo bike and yet it’s unlikely you will have storage facilities for a trike. The Cargo Node is a collaboration between folder specialists Tern and cargo bike gurus Extrabike that offers the...