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Police in Swindon have unveiled plans to crack down on bike theft. According to officers, mountain bikes have been stolen to order Walcot and the Parks . Community beat officer PC Matt Barnett said: “There has recently been a rise in the theft of low and high value bikes … many of these are stolen to order as people are moving them on very...

A shop owner in Cambridge has told of her fury after being targeted by bike thieves. Claire Peters was shocked when she discovered the windows in her Blazing Saddles shop shattered. "It looks as if they were after the bike which did have a £1,500 price tag on it. They must have seen the bike in the window and threw a brick through it," Ms...

Peugeot hopes that the safety features, fuel economy and environmental performance of its latest scooter will tempt commuters out of their cars. The Peugeot HYbrid3 Evolution has no gears and is powered by a 300cc engine driving its single rear wheel and two 3 kW electric motors – one mounted within each of its two front wheels motors. The...

A cycling scheme in Bristol is celebrating its success after handing out its 150th bicycle. The Bristol Bike Project, which was set-up by James Lucas and Colin Fan, has now been in operation for one year. Under the scheme, old bicycles are collected and mended by the project’s organisers with the help of local residents in need of a bike....

British-based electric scooter company Ecolve has unveiled a prototype electric sports bike with a performance comparable with petrol-engined equivalents. The ‘Bolt’ uses a 15kW water-cooled electric motor to achieve a potential top speed of 150mph. The bike is expected to go on sale throughout Europe as early as May 2010. The company...

The Business Crime Index published this week predicts that regions hit hardest by the recession will see more people turning to crime over Christmas. The reports warns that businesses, including bicycle retailers, may be seen as highly attractive to thieves during this time due to increased levels of stock and cash being kept on premises....

The after-market spoilers fitted to cars often have little aerodynamic benefit, but the most recent design could at least do its bit for the environment. The ‘Shelf’ is an extendable solar panel that stores away inside a rear mounted wing, which also serves to improve the car’s traction and stability. The solar panel unfolds over almost the...

Citroën describes its latest electric vehicle as ‘triple zero’; a reference to the fact that the C-ZERO uses no petrol or diesel, emits no CO2 at point of use and produces no noise. The four-seater, automatic-transmission city car will have a top speed of 80mph and a range of approximately 80 miles between charges. The C-Zero’s...

A national petition has been launched to crack down on bike theft in Britain. Bike theft victim Magdalen Jagriis is fighting to put a stop to stolen bicycles being sold on auction websites. She has launched an online petition in a bid to persuade such websites to display a bike’s serial number in adverts so that police can check whether the...

The Dutch will be the first in Europe to pay for the environmental impact of their motoring through a road-user charge rather than sales, fuel or road taxes. GPS technology onboard each car will track its movements before sending the data to a billing agency. When the system is introduced in 2012, the average-sized car will pay the...