Bicycle Safety Archives

Insight into Strava: Why Do Women Cycle Less in Cities?

July 13, 2022 at 2:02 pm5 min reading

Safety

It doesn’t take a genius in the industry to know that more men cycle than women, whether that’s in a city or elsewhere. The benefits of cycling to women are no different to that of men so it makes little sense that fewer women should…

VanMoof Bike Hunters: The Unstoppable Retrievers of Stolen Bikes

March 4, 2021 at 12:05 pm6 min reading

Urban cycling

When you sell e-bikes for about $2,000 apiece and you are targeting markets in large urban areas like San Francisco, New York, London, Paris and Tokyo, one of the selling points you absolutely must consider is security, because expensive stuff tends to get stolen in…

What Makes a Bike-Friendly Neighbourhood?

August 22, 2019 at 1:54 pm4 min reading

Urban cycling

We all know the benefits of cycling as a way to commute. It improves health, reduces air pollution, and makes traffic less terrible. So, why don’t more people bicycle to work? New research says that it has a lot to do with the type of…

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Things You Should Learn About Road Safety from a Royal Air Force Pilot

June 26, 2019 at 9:46 am9 min reading

Safety

John Sullivan is a Royal Air Force pilot with over 4000 flight hours, and an avid cyclist. This ‘simple fighter pilot’, as he refers to himself, was kind enough to share what he’s learned as a plane crash investigator and explained to us how we…