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Conventional mountain bike tyres are more than up to dealing with a few inches of snow, but ice provides far more of a challenge. With more cold weather on the way, cyclists who like to stay on two wheels whatever the conditions but would rather not invest in a snow bike or pay around £50 for a single tyre fitted with metal spikes can adapt...

Lightweight gloves with inbuilt LED lights could prove just the thing for cyclists wanting to supplement their headlight, signal to drivers or change a tyre in the dark. The two single-bulb LEDs are mounted on a Velcro base that can be positioned at four points on the glove. The battery lasts for 14 hours. LED there be light The robust,...

Clothing that can regulate temperature to protect its wearer from extreme conditions has long been used by astronauts and deep sea divers, but thanks to a new product called Climaware, cyclists could soon have access to climate-controlled vests, shoes and even helmets. Climaware clothing places small metal discs close to the skin and then...

Sit back, relax and enjoy the following hand-picked selection of the most popular cycling-related stories from our website in 2010. Top cycling stories 2010 It’s the knotty problem wrestled with by cyclists everywhere: You like the idea of owning a £140,000 Porsche GT3 RS, but worry it would mean less time on the bike. Luckily a team of...

The Mitsubishi i-MiEV is the only electric car eligible for a £5,000 grant that can be bought and driven away when the scheme launches next month, according to a list released by the government this week. The remaining cars on the list are available only to lease or have yet to go on sale. The government has committed £43m towards the...

Rail commuters at Waterloo now have the use of a super-sized docking station designed to house 126 Boris Bikes – the first to be opened at a mainline railway station. There had been concerns that docking stations sited near to railway stations would empty or fill too quickly, but Transport for London says it is reacting to an...

A punitive import tax imposed on Chinese bicycle makers is adding 30 per cent to retail prices, according to Zhang Peisheng, senior commissioner from China Chamber of Commerce. The EU is deciding whether to extend the so-called anti-dumping duty on bicycles made in China to protect European bike brands. The EU has extended the duties twice,...

No one knows what type of bicycle will become the default choice for style conscious urban bikers when the craze for fixed gear bikes has run its course, but a good candidate would be the utilitarian Dutch bikes that have this week gone on sale in London. Online bicycle retailer anddutch.co.uk is the brainchild of Gert-Jan Baan, a Dutchman...

Bicycle accessories such as lights, computers and GPS devices could soon be powered by the heat generated by a cyclist’s body heat thanks to technology unveiled today by Fujitsu Laboratories. There is nothing new about solar-powered cycling devices, but the amount of power harvested is limited. Fujitsu Laboratories has been developing ways...

The early onset of freezing weather this year is likely to result in many new candidates for the dubious title of ‘Britain’s biggest pothole’ according to the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). Andrew Harmsworth earlier this year reported a mega-pothole 3-metres long, a metre wide on average and up to 6 inches deep, which he...