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Cargo bikes offer a clean, quiet and cost effective way to carry stuff that's too bulky for a conventional bicycle. However, the fact they're bigger and heavier can make a breakdown troublesome. Even the shortest journey comes to an abrupt halt in the event of a flat tyre, broken chain or buckled wheel and carrying kids or cargo adds an...

This month marks 25 years since we inaugurated Britain's first national Car Free Day - an event that's now global and still going strong. Many hundreds of town and cities around the world are expected to take part in this year's event on 22 September 2022. While we're celebrating the quarter century since we helped usher in the UK's first...

"We need to build roads faster" said new British prime minister, Lis Truss, yesterday during the short speech she gave in Downing Street. According to the Department for Transport there are 245,000 miles of roads in Britain; a distance equivalent to circumnavigating the earth 10 times. In other words, we have more than enough roads already....

It was a summer that felt like it might last forever, but autumn - and the damp commute - is just around the corner. Rain needn't be an obstacle to cycling. However, looking at the line-up at bike shops, you'd be forgiven for thinking mudguards are a relic of a bygone era. The weight and aerodynamic penalty is negligible so given how often...

London's popular cycle hire scheme, which is used over one million times a month, is to be boosted next month by the addition of 500 electric bikes. Riders will be able to dock the e-bikes at any of the 800 existing docking stations in central. The e-bikes will cost £3.30 for half an hour – twice as much as a the standard bicycles. London...

There's seemingly no limit to the number of uses for decommissioned shipping containers. We've seen them stacked to make houses and even filled with water to create swimming pools, but the latest idea is bike storage. The Container Cycle Hub was a finalist in the innovation category of the Healthy Streets Awards 2019 and for good reason....

As the cost of living crisis bites, and with no prospect of a decrease in cycle theft rates, it's more important than ever to protect your bike. We don't believe a lock can replace the need for a good cycle insurance policy, no matter its strength, but a new class of cycle lock recently entered the market. Sold Secure, the independent...

How best to get people out of their cars in our increasingly congested and polluted cities? California Senator Anthony Portantino believes his proposed tax credit of $2,500 for every adult who doesn't own a car could help. California is a state orientated towards driving so it's easy to overlook the millions of its inhabitants manage...

Studies have shown that restaurants and bars can see see their turnover boosted by up to 30 per cent after installing a parklet. Not only that, but per square metre, cycle parking delivers 5 times higher retail spend than the same area of car parking. Good news then for The Cut, a busy B-road in London's Lambeth that's being transformed...

There's nothing new about the concept of retrofit electric motors for bicycles, but the soon-to-be-launched Skarper is sleek-looking and novel take on the idea. An easily-detachable unit houses both the motor and battery that drives the rear wheel via a special rear disk brake, which allows the direct connection of a Skarper motor drive...