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Does anyone know of any good cycling safety videos? I've had a quick search on youtube but have not found anything particularly good. My six year old kids have learnt the basics of riding and my wife has just learnt as well (something that I NEVER expected she would do) and I now want them to...

I've had yet another puncture. Recently I got a new continental eco contact tyre and within a couple of weeks with extra effort trying to avoid glass on the road it still got sliced and diced and then punctured by gravel. I was half way home (6 miles to go), at the top of blue bell hill in the...

I'm still relatively new to cycling and I've been very happily commuting to work since late October last year. 12 miles each way, over a reasonable hill. I've had six punctures already and can hear Lady Bracknell questioning whether this is unfortunate or carelessness. After my most recent...

On my way to work this morning I saw an interesting self-build. It was an ordinary pushbike with a small petrol engine strapped to the frame, like the engine from one of those mini motorbikes. It came along side me briefly but I wasn't able to see how it was connected. It then flew off round the...

Batteries can be recharged a certain number of times, but what is "a charge"? For example if I charge my battery, put it into my bike and turn on the computer to see if out really is fully charged, find that it is not, and put it back on charge again, is that a second charge? I ask because I...

I'd like help with my puncture strategy. At the moment my strategy is: 1) Walk with the bike to the nearest pub. 2) Call for a taxi large enough for the bike and me. 3) Drink a pint of real ale while waiting for the taxi. Having recently sung the praises of my tyres after getting a large...

I had a car with an ice warning system. It had a thermometer somewhere and when the temperature dropped to 3 deg C I got a warning on the dashboard. Has anyone tried anything like that on a bike for winter riding? I presume it would be a little more accurate locally than just checking a weather...

I don't think I've ridden a bike since I was in my early teens, about 30 years ago. Even then I was a casual cyclist and I have no idea to do any kind of maintenance, and I think I have only fixed a puncture once. I'm really new at this. I didn't even know about e-bikes until about 6 weeks ago...

I don't have an e-bike/pedelec yet (my head is hurting trying to figure out which one to get) but one issue I'm concerned about is security. If I spend so much on a bike I think I'll be afraid to leave it anywhere. I've just found this bike tracker Bicycle Security Cycle Tracker and was...

Hi, I'm going to be starting a new job in two weeks that will involve a commute. I refuse to go by car and am hoping that an e-bike will mean that I can cycle the journey. It's about 20km by the most direct route, and that involves a fairly steep climb, about 200 metres over 4km (Blue Bell...