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On Tuesday 26th May at 12.15pm, the BBC Radio 4 "You and Yours" program is a phone in one. They are asking people who have ever felt threatened by cyclists to phone in their stories. To stir things up this blurb appears on the website: "A child is recovering after being hit by a cyclist...

The BBC's "More or Less" program on Radio 4 debunks stories based on false statistics and also analyses data. This Friday's edition tomorrow reports on the result of analysing the voting in the General Election to show who would have been leading the country with Proportional Representation...

Crispin Sinclair, son of Sir Clive of C5 fame, has designed what he feels is a much safer bicycle after suffering a bike accident, and it's electric assist. Basically following the BMW C1 scooter concept, it's a semi-recliner with a roll over hoop and seat belt. You can learn all about his...

Trek have issued a safety recall on this huge number of bikes made from 1999 to April 2015 due to a risk of serious accidents. The European market is also affected, so all Trek owers should check if it applies to them. The information is on this link .

You'll love this! Dyson are taking the EU to court over the latest vacuum cleaner regulations. It seems the German vacuum cleaners from Bosch get awarded the top class A standard, the Dyson ones well down the scale! Dyson explain that the regulation test is with the vacuum cleaner dust bin or...

The Netherlands where the S class speed e-bikes were recently introduced are now introducing compulsory helmet wearing for them. One of the reasons given is that the EU is introducing legislation on 1st January 2017 classing the S class bikes as mopeds EU wide. On the surface that appears to...

Readers of the long thread on cycling deaths in London might easily conclude that London is a very dangerous place to cycle. In fact one is far less likely to be killed cycling in London than elsewhere in the UK, as the figures for the last three years for which the full information is...

Yesterday the latest of five London cyclists was killed so far this year, again going under a truck. And once again it was a woman, four out of the five being females. I keep posting about this year after year in the hope that something will change, since women dominate these deaths. I've...

This is the latest statement released by Bike Europe: STEPS New is also that software updates can be installed in the current STEPS drive system. Examples are Walk Assist and Start Mode. After a stop Start Mode selects automatically a lower (pre-selected) gear. In daily life selecting the right...

Once again an announcement about a hoped for lithium-sulphur battery breakthough. This type holds huge promise for low weight with very high capacity, but with those characteristics have very short life to date. At one time Wisper were hoping to introduce them on their e-bikes. This latest...

Announced earlier that Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC after a fracas with Top Gear's producer, and the Sunday edition will not be broadcast. I've just listened to pundits saying that he is irreplaceable, what utter nonsense! As all we cyclists know, our roads are packed with...

Here's an article with more information on Shimano's second generation STEPS crank drive unit system: Link to information .

I've previously been surprised and envious as The Netherlands e-bike market grew beyond 1 in 8 bikes sold, but now in 2014 it was a staggering 1 in 6 of all bicycles sold, and of all bikes on the road, over one in 5 are now claimed to be e-bikes. The Dutch are certainly having a love affair...

Speed pedelecs have expanded from Germany into The Netherlands where new models are now being created, more on the link below. France will be joining the S class club too in 2017, so perhaps one day the DfT will relent and allow them here: Bike Europe, Speed class pedelecs .

Toyota's long awaited Mirai model, hydrogen fuel cell powered, is finally going on sale. Two things for you here: First, today's BBC Radio 4 "You and Yours" program has a feature on it and the fuelling availability and you can listen again from the exact 20 minute mark on this i-player link...

. Story here, quoting "according to a UK dealer", could almost have been written by KTM! ;) .

. It's looking increasingly likely that prices are inevitable for those who have not already just raised them as this report shows. .

Bike Europe have published a PDF whitepaper containing all the EU regulations on e-bikes, pedelecs and speed pedelecs. Although for subscribers, I think you may be able to download it through following the steps from the foot of the introduction from this link P.S. It seems not unless you...

. 8fun are changing their brand name to Bafang and opening a service centre in Europe: Story on this link .

With the ever more prominent selling of illegally fast e-bikes, it had to happen before long. The story is on this link .