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Bike accessories: Simple cycling solutions

The bicycle is a design of such efficiency that it no longer has any need to evolve, but that’s not to say there is no desire for new takes on bike accessories. A range of beautifully simple and elegant extras for bicycles by Italian design students showcases a fresh approach to bike lighting, mudguards, bottle holders and bells. A playful take…

Flashy breakdown protection this summer

If you’re unlucky to breakdown this summer, common sense dictates you switch on your vehicle’s hazard lights before getting yourself and your passengers to a place of safety while you wait for recovery. LED road flares offer an additional way of minimising the risk of your vehicle being struck by an inattentive driver. At just 10cm in diameter and 3.5cm…

Let’s make Green Transport Week a year-round event

We launched Green Transport Week in 1993 to celebrate sustainable transport and to raise awareness of the part transport has on our way of life and the environment. Almost 30 years later, the issue has never been more important. Our national health emergency predates covid-19. Britain’s poisonous air causes 40,000 early deaths a year, with almost one in four of…

Your mission should you choose to accept: Roadside puncture repair

Many cyclists these days consider a roadside puncture repair a mission impossible, but this formidable-looking cluster of tools from Weldtite includes an inflator head, two CO2 cartridges, two nylon tyre levers and self-adhesive patches to help get the job done quicker than traditional methods. The inflator is compatible with both Presta and Schrader valves and rubber straps keep everything together…

Streets are for people

Most of us who live in cities become blind to the blight caused by endless rows of cars parked along every street. We become immune to the visual clutter and numb to the road danger to which they contribute. We forget that streets are for people. During the first lockdown last year, traffic levels plummeted and many areas enjoyed a…