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If large shopping malls are today's medieval cathedrals then other aspects of contemporary urban architecture also appear to draw from the dark ages. We might not yet have trebuchets defending the local shopping centre, but the failings of town planning that make streets so hostile for cyclists now extend to the pedestrian realm. So-called...

If you're member of the Twitterati who also rides a bike you're almost certainly already familiar with @cyclingmikey - the mild-mannered London cyclist who uses a camera to record and subsequently report dangerous drivers. The metropolitan police has prosecuted over 20,000 motorists since it started accepting video evidence via an online...

Who says international travel restrictions mean an end to holiday adventures? Take for example the adventures of Tom Burick, who got in touch to share details of the charming caravan he's just built. The little tear-drop trailer echoes the lines of his vintage Vespa scooter, which doubles as a tow vehicle. Tom told us: "The trailer weighs...

German cyclists buy over 25 times more cargo bikes each year than their British counterparts. It's an astounding figure not lost on Volkswagen Group head, Herbert Diess, who late last year tweeted: "In overcrowded urban centres the car will only be accepted in the future if the bike has enough space in the mobility mix” - a sign that even...

We make it 1968 hours (and counting) before the clocks go forward. Sunday 27 March might seem a way off, but we're already dreaming of daylight at both ends of the cycle commute. To help you count down to BST, we're giving away a stylish stem clock for your bicycle. The clock attaches quickly and easily to the stem of almost any bike. All...

In a series of week-long trips during 2021, Lee Craigie and Jenny Graham travelled the length of the Dee, the Tay and the Clyde by bike, packraft, and on foot, recording as they went. You can now listen to their exploits and thoughts on YouTube, Soundcloud, or wherever you get your podcasts - just search for ‘Source to Sea’...

Just in case Santa forgets to bring you socks later this week (and after the year we've had, nothing would surprise us), we've got you covered. Constructed with light mesh to allow maximum ventilation, Primal socks promise to keep you dry and comfortable with their sweat-wicking properties, but most importantly they sport a fetching...

Research by Cycling UK has highlighted the shocking scale of a loophole that allows dangerous drivers to escape automatic driving bans; almost one in five drivers who accumulate 12 penalty points manage to escape bans by arguing disqualification would result in “exceptional hardship”. A Parliamentary question from Labour Peer Lord Berkeley...

An article this week in the Sunday Telegraph has reignited arguments over low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs). The principle argument put forward by veteran transport campaigner John Stewart seems to be that LTN schemes displace traffic from quiet residential streets to surrounding boundary roads and nearby main roads. However, the data he...

You can now travel by train from Portugal all the way to Singapore, according to rail blogger Mark Smith, the man behind the excellent website The Man in Seat 61. According to his estimates, the 11,654-mile journey from Lagos via Paris, Moscow, Beijing and Bangkok could be done in three weeks. The epic journey is now possible thanks to a...