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Nobody knows for certain why fewer women than men cycle in the UK. Transport planners, cycling organisations and researchers have their own theories, but all agree the gender imbalance has worrying implications for the future of cycling in Britain. After all, adults who have never cycled are less likely to encourage their own children to...

Good weather might be taking its time to arrive, but the longer days do at least allow for smaller lights on your bike. The stylish Koma, which takes its name from a traditional Japanese wooden toy, is compact enough to be attached almost anywhere on your bike. However, despite its diminutive size (the outside diameter measures only 30mm),...

In a bid to cut costs, cash-strapped councils in London today launched a radical approach to boost sustainable transport; mobile cycle lanes. The towable cycling infrastructure not only provides a moving refuge for cyclists, but is entirely self-funding. As well as providing rudimentary protection from drivers who overtake too close, the...

The UK government wants to support schools that would like to prohibit the use of mobile phones by pupils. But what about the rest of us? Don't we deserve to be protected from mobiles phones, too? Last year, Unesco called for smartphones to be banned from schools as evidence showed their use was linked to reduced educational performance as...

The promise of warmer weather does nothing to fend off the chill of a British springtime. The best we can do to help is give away a Merino wool jersey. Breathable, naturally anti-bacterial and lightweight, Merino wool is perfect for cycling in the month that, in theory, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Win a merino jersey We...

If you're one of five million British motorists heading to France this year, take time to brush up on local rules. For example, the speed limit on French secondary roads - the two-lane highways that crisscross 400,000 km of the country - has been reduced to 80km/h. The French government imposed the new limit to reduce road deaths, which...

There are countless websites that demonstrate how to tamper with the speed limiter on mobility scooters to unlock more performance. However, there are many reasons why modifying a scooter in this way is a bad idea. Insurance invalidated If you have modified your road-going mobility scooter so its top speed is more than 8mph, your insurance...

"The bicycle is indeed the great leveller,” extolled The Century magazine in 1894. “It puts the poor man on a level with the rich, enabling him to ‘sing the song of the open road’ as freely as the millionaire.” Better still, the equality offered by cycling goes beyond the socioeconomic. Research by Wheels for Wellbeing reveals that 75 per...

An increasing number of car drivers rely on dash cams and reversing cameras, and now the same tech is making its way into the world of mobility scooters. Mobility scooter dash cams As a provider of mobility scooter insurance, we have customers who've faced the threat of prosecution based on little more than hearsay. Of course, third party...

When the busiest junction of the M25 closed this weekend for the first time since its opening in 1986, our thoughts turned to office decor. Hanging above our printer is a photograph of a Dutch motorway, the road empty but for four children on bicycles. For three months in late 1973, the Dutch government banned the use of private motor...