This is a guest post by George of Bring Your Own Bike. Have you ever made your own sandwich? You’ll know the stages: agonising over the individual components, carefully assembling the parts, finally standing back to admire the finished article ...
Laundrapp review – laundry for busy people
What, you still do your own laundry? You fire up the washing machine, throw in the colours separately, add the powder and then put it in the drier when it’s done? Then you manually fold it? That’s so old school! After all, this is the 21st ...
In praise of a back-street bike shop
Guest post by Joe Plommer, a photographer and writer based in Camberwell. You'll find Joe on Twitter. Illustration via Mayumi Mori. I must first have visited Bob’s Cycles, on Walworth’s John Ruskin street, in around 2006. I was a student, ...
UK to get its first festival dedicated to Cycle Touring
Guest post by Tom Allen. Alongside cycling in general, bicycle travel is undergoing a real growth spurt. More and more people are discovering the joys of using their bikes to see the world beyond their local rides. This is gratifying, because I ...
How we started Fixation London
This is a guest post by Alex Bodini, Co-Founder of Fixation London. We, like many others, have quietly observed the increase in cyclists on the roads of the UK with a big smile on our face over the past 5 years - we are bike people, always have ...
London’s Big Local Bike Shop End of January Sale
London's bike shops have come together to offer London Cyclist readers discounts on popular items. This is part of continuing partnership with Pocket High Street aiming to bring you more from London's independent bike shops. The items here are ...
5 most popular London Cyclist posts in 2014
As we wrap things up for 2014 here at London Cyclist HQ and get ready for mince pies and long naps in-front of Christmas TV, we'd like to take a look back at our 5 most popular articles in 2014. Using GPS Cycle Routes on your Android or ...
London Cycle Hire price changes from January 2015
Good news and bad news off TfL this Christmas. Which would you like to hear first? The good news is hundreds of new docking points are planned for 2015, as the scheme continues to successfully expand. In particular, Putney Pier, Vauxhall and Tower ...
Amazon but for local bike shops
Readers always ask us to do more to feature local bike shops. It's the reason we launched the free London Cyclist app to showcase some of London's best bike shops. Today, we're launching a new useful tool for London cyclists in collaboration with ...
Sign your business up to Zero Emissions Network and get a £1000 grant to help encourage sustainable travel
Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets councils have teamed up to create the Zero Emissions Network, a project aiming to reduce air pollution across the city fringe. They are aiming to help businesses operate cheaper, cleaner and greener. Aside ...
Keeping your phone charged while you track your rides
Mr No Battery Life asks: I wonder if in your editorial you might be able to do some surveying of mobile phone peripherals? I have been using MapMyRide to plot my routes, but my phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) runs out of battery before I finish, even on a ...
Spanish and Swedish bike repair instructions added to Bike Doctor app
In Spanish: "“¡Mi desviador esta roto!” In Swedish: “Min växelförare är trasig!” Now you know how to say my derailleur is broken in two more languages! Just don't ask me how to pronounce the Swedish version... Our bike maintenance guide for ...
5 odd things we do with our bikes, that we’d never do with our cars
I'm sure many fellow cyclists can relate. 1. Avoid maintenance, until the brakes barely work I was having a chat with a friend of mine recently who runs a bike shop in London. Someone came in to the shop with £200 worth of repairs to their bike ...
Comprehensive look at bicycle insurance options
Let's say I: Own a £1000 bike Plus £150 worth of bike accessories - my lock, lights, mudguard etc. I tend to leave my bike in my house and at work in a secure garage. Once a week I leave my bike overnight in London, when I go out for after ...
Mitie London Revolution places are now open
Registration for a place in the 2015 London Revolution has just opened. If you've been following London Cyclist for a while, you'll know this is one of our favourite rides. I rode it in 2012, Sam, one of our contributors, rode it in 2013 and I'm ...
Vulpine Men’s Cotton Rain Trousers Review
I hate shopping for trousers. It's one of those items that you'll wear all the time and will last for years, which makes it feel like it's a big decision. As I hate shopping for them, I end up wearing my old trousers so much that eventually they ...
New MiCycle opens in East London offering cyclists a bike wash
"The Swiss Army Knife of bike shops" is how I summarised MiCycle in 2010 after being thoroughly impressed by all the services offered. Since then, they've expanded from one store in Islington, to another in Stroud Green and now a new store is opening ...
A crossrail for bikes – London cyclists to finally have their wishes granted
Transport for London have announced detailed consultation plans for two new Cycle Superhighways. They are the first two routes that really deserve the superhighway label. The East-West route will take you from Barking to Acton. An 18 mile route ...
How to jump a red light
All the cyclists are patiently waiting at a traffic light. Should they jump it instead? Risking a fine For a start, if they were caught, they would be issued with a £50 Fixed Penalty Notice. In 2013, over 4,000 cyclists were issued a Fixed Penalty ...
Mountain biking in Devon’s Haldon Forest
"Let's do a weekend away!" your friend enthusiastically suggests. Five minutes later you are throwing out ideas: Let's go coasteering! Let's go mountain biking! Let's go kayaking! Let's go rock climbing! Two weeks go by with no planning, and ...