Guest post by Catherine Ellis We always wanted Made in Britain to be stamped on our leather bike bags. Yeah, the Italians know a bit about cycling, and leather for that matter, but us Brits are hard at their heels both in terms of innovative bike ...
Blog
Beyond pink: The rise of the female-specific bike shop
Walking into Everyone Bikes, in Battersea, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d wandered into a boutique rather than a bike shop. Everything here has been laid out with an eye to its visual appeal – from the helmets, forming a colourful display ...
The five things I’ve learnt as an everyday cyclist in London
People ask me all the time, “don’t you find cycling in London terrifying?” Apparently, it’s only the most insane amongst us who are actively choosing to take on two wheels in the UK’s capital. That’s not without its reasons. In the last four years, ...
The Best Rechargeable Bike Lights
Rechargeable lights come with green credentials and are wallet friendly, saving you from having to keep replacing the batteries. There is a downside though, in testing, they don't tend to last as long as bike lights that use standard, ...
Mitie London Revolution 2015 – Extra camping spots released!
Way back in 2012 I rode the Mitie London Revolution. To date, it's been one of the most fun and challenging rides I've ever been on. Since the rides conception just a few short years ago, it's become one of the most popular routes amongst London ...
The simplest bike storage solution
It's a well known formula: Bike + Indoor storage = Unhappy coinhabitants + messy corridor Having recently taken part in the much despised game of "find a new place to rent" one of the things I was looking at, as estate agents showed me around, ...
10 of the greatest joys for cyclists
In a previous video, I've talked about 5 of the greatest dangers facing cyclists in London. Of course it’s not just about avoiding the dangers, it’s also about taking in the joys of cycling in London. In the new video, I wanted to explore 10 of ...
Discounted bike servicing in 17 local London bike shops – offer ended!
Note: This offer has now expired. Thank you! The last time we did a bike servicing offer with Lunar Cycles in Kentish Town, things got a little crazy and we sold a lot more than we expected. Since then, a lot of people have been asking me when ...
How a cyclist sees London
There is an invisible hierarchy in London. It looks like this: Underground passenger Car driver Bus passenger Cyclist Runner Walker The Underground user is at the bottom of the hierarchy. They get to see little, to none of the ...
3 odd changes to make your next bike ride safer than the last
An interesting article in the Evening Standard caught my attention last week. Inside, behavioural psychologist Crawford Hollingworth, suggested some quick changes cyclists can make to their next bike ride. As a reader of London Cyclist, you ...