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When H. G. Wells said "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race" he'd obviously never seen a kid riding a cargo bike. After all, what better expression of childhood independence and hope for the future than a two-wheeled pack horse kids can ride themselves? Sports gear, school books and...

Your bicycle handlebars are valuable real estate - not least because the room needed to find a comfortable grip is vying for space with an increasing number of gizmos. Cameras, phones and lights can all end up requiring their own mounts, which crowd your bars and look unsightly. As a New Year's resolution, why not do a Marie Kondo and...

A new design of city car can squeeze into tiny parking spaces at the push of a button. The City Transformer is a two-seater, super-light EV with two modes...and sizes. Out of town, the little car is capable of 60mph, but for slower-speed urban areas its wheels can be retracted by 40cm. The odds always seem to be stacked against...

We don't believe cyclists should have to light themselves up like Christmas trees to feel safe on the roads, but we are where we are. Plus, the Orb illuminated water bottle is kind of cool. The Orb is an illuminated water bottle that flashes with 70 lumens of light in a bid to increase your visibility on the roads.

Although you can buy trailers designed to be towed behind mobility scooters, they are not legal to use on pavements or the road. The Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 state that so-called invalid carriages are not entitled to tow trailers of any type. The ban appears to be another example of mobility scooter users...

The law varies a little from state to state, but in general, when a school bus in America stops to drop children, surrounding traffic has to stop. To help enforce this rule, BusPatrol fits school buses with AI-enabled cameras linked to local law enforcement agencies so that drivers who overtake illegally receive a ticket. According to the...

Drivers who parked their cars on a pavement in Manchester earlier this month had their vehicles daubed with the word 'move' and some had windows smashed. Clearly such behaviour is criminal, but perhaps it was inevitable that the issue of pavement parking would eventually reach such a flash point. Elsewhere, pedestrians forced into the road...

It's easy to assume nobody cycles when it snows, but truth is, a bog standard bicycle can perform better than a car when the going gets tough. We're not a country that fits winter tyres to our cars so the minute roads are covered in a blanket of snow, drivers can quickly lose traction. However, bicycles can cope well in the kind of...

E-scooters might be the bete noire of the mainstream media, but they're a contender for the title of EV with greatest mass appeal. Strange then that they are effectively illegal. And while E-bikes are popular - not least because they're easy-to-charge congestion-busters - they're subject to restrictions and receive no subsidies from...

There isn't a winter ride that can't be improved by a coffee stop, and it's better still if you don't have to rely on finding a cafe. The Bripe is a small, lightweight copper and silver pipe designed to make coffee in the great outdoors. Better still, you don't need electricity, a gas stove, kettle or pot so it's cycling friendly. The...