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Keeping your head warm without it becoming sweaty on cold morning cycle rides is a science. The Pro Team winter hat from Rapha is breathable, water-resistant and promises to protect against the elements, while still allowing heat and sweat to escape. The hat uses a soft fabric with a durable, water-resistant treatment, and is also...

The worst examples of substandard cycling infrastructure do no better a job at creating safe spaces for cycling than our Heath Robinson-inspired self-laying cycle lane. All too often, poorly designed cycle lanes end up little more than a cheap and nasty way of promoting cycling – they take circuitous routes, are poorly maintained and often...

Transport policy without road-user charging is doomed to fail. Essentially this is because roads are free – and when anything is free we tend to over use them. In the case of roads, this leads to congestion. However, 40 per cent of people now support road pricing to replace road and fuel duties, according to a survey of 3,000 adults by the...

Now it feels cold, why not swap your water bottle for a bicycle thermos and enjoy a mid-ride slug of coffee? The Stanley one-handed vacuum insulated mug is perfect as a bicycle thermos. Fully leak-proof, you can drink your morning pick-me-up on the go one handed and with no spills. It keep drinks hot or cold for 7 hours. Win a bicycle...

It's peculiar there's been no talk at COP26 about cycling and it's potential to tackle the climate emergency. Required reading for the great and the good in Glasgow this week as they glide serenely between meetings in their chauffeur driven limos, should be the open letter signed by us and over 60 other organisations across Europe which...

Scrappage schemes may be popular with car makers and many motorists, but they are usually as financially questionable as they are environmentally spurious. Sustaining the capacity to produce cars that consumers are unwilling to pay for in full distorts competition and inevitably creates the need for further and prolonged state intervention....

It should come as no surprise that the significant drop in traffic on UK roads during lockdown resulted in a drop in casualties. In fact, there were an estimated 1,460 reported road deaths in 2020, down 17 per cent on 2019. However, while motorised traffic dropped, cycling increased and with it the number of deaths. The average cyclist...

When drivers overtake too close it's not just a frightening experience for cyclists, it's life threatening. Given most drivers ignore the law that 1.5 metres must be allowed when overtaking, what can be done to stop the close pass? Tether is the latest attempt at using a gadget to tackle the close pass. A small unit located on a bicycle's...

Who knows if trick or treating numbers will be back to normal this year, but with the clocks going back on the same day why not hedge your bets with a ghostly reflector. According to Bookman, "we can’t guarantee these little will animals will scare anyone, but they will definitely add safety thanks to their certified reflective...

The UK is the last major European economy where e-scooters are still banned to use anywhere except on private land. However, the legal status of e-scooters isn't stopping them from being bought in huge numbers. Nobody knows for certain how many e-scooters have been sold in the UK but Halfords has seen its own sales more than double over...