Will We Finally Witness a Cycling Revolution in London?

“Boris Bikes, no sorry Ken Bikes…” Image © Mark Ramsay Last month, London Mayor Boris Johnson announced what could be very ambitious changes to London’s cycle infrastructure, pledging nearly £1 billion worth of funding to the scheme. His plans which includes a Crossrail style cycle route that would run at least 15 miles from West London to East London; a ‘tube network’ for the bike in which cycle lanes would... Read More

London Cycling Campaign launches ‘Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling’

London Cycling Campaign aims to highlight and bring to action safer cycling conditions for those in the boroughs of London.  Today, as part of their Safer Lorries Campaign, they’ve launched a hard-hitting video demonstrating the catastrophic affect a collision between a lorry and a cyclist can have. Highlighting the significantly high incident rate compared to the small number of lorries that make up the traffic on London’s roads,... Read More

Visijax Jacket Competition

NOW CLOSED! And the winner is…    This month we have a fabulous competition for you, you could win a Visijax Jacket. You will be able to read our review of the Visijax Jacket in the next week or so, we’ve been putting the manufacturers claims to the test. Enter now and you could be the lucky owner of one of these beauties! Launched at the end of March 2012 the VisiJax is revolutionary with it’s integrated intelligent... Read More

MET Crossover, a helmet for everyone?

As the name suggests, this is described by the Italian manufacturer as a unisex helmet suitable for both road bike and mountain bike use, and has some features that would appeal to commuters too, but is it a case of ‘Jack of all trades, Master of none’ ?   I have owned this helmet for 6 months, and wear it on my daily commute and on my longer weekend rides. Features: Light weight, it is the lightest helmet I have owned so far, weighing only... Read More

TwoZero Prize Draw

NOW CLOSED! Winners…. Twitterer: @furno_ooo (UK) Facbook: John Chapple (UK) Email Subscribers: Sam Hilton (USA) & P. Warner (Germany)         The lovely people at TwoZero have given us some of their excellent cycling bags and safety gear to pass on to you via a prize draw. We reviewed their winter safety products in the autumn of 2011 and we were mightily impressed, read the review by clicking here.   TwoZero’s... Read More

The Light Revolution

   While browsing the latest submissions on KickStarter.com I came across this slightly Close Encounters meets Tron with a dash of E.T. bicycle lighting solution. The Revolights attach to your wheel rim with tiny clips that you place on your spokes (yes it only works with spokes). Take a look at the video below. You can get involved by becoming a financial backer for the project via the KickStarter.com website, the design project has proved... Read More