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Fully Charged, one of the UK’s leading e-bike retailers, has announced the opening of its new store in Liskeard, Cornwall, after a successful year-long soft-launch. Its new permanent residency serves to get individuals, families and businesses within the Southwest on electric bikes and electric cargo bikes, as well as offering …

Communications agency 138 Alternatives has scaled up its production agreement with the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for the next two years. The Munich-based content and communication agency will now be responsible for producing a variety of social media content formats across all of the UCI’s disciplines for the 2023 and …

Thule has unveiled the Epos, the brand’s new fully foldable and tiltable towbar bike carrier. The product features a telescopic bike attachment system designed to transport bikes of any type or size – whether it is mountain bikes, gravel bikes or e-bikes. The core innovation of the Epos is the …

Link My Ride, the social cycling app, has announced it has received investment from a range of high profile names from across sport, including F1’s Valtteri Bottas, alongside current professional cyclists Daryl Impey, Tiffany Cromwell and Ryan Gibbons. The new wave of investment in Link My Ride will help to …

A total ban on the disposal of bicycle tyres and inner tubes in landfill has taken a significant step forward following a key summit last month. On Thursday, March 30, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) hosted representation from The National Bicycle Tyre Recycling Scheme.  At the …

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Caz Nicklin is definitely not wearing Lycra. She meets me for lunch after a sample sale at the Cyclechic offices; it occurs to me over our meal that she’s a sort of stealth cyclist.

Kieran Howells talks to Brick Lane Bikes owner Feya Buchwald about the history of her iconic shop, the gentrification of East London and the ever-changing face of London’s cycling culture...

Accused of being a marketplace for counterfeits, Alibaba is back on the watch list