Stolen Ride recently interviewed a reformed bike thief about his old trade in Cycling Weekly. It makes for some scary but not unprecedented reading. We thought it would be useful to pull together some new and old tips for securing your bike that will ...
The best bike shops in Central London
We've gone from East to West, North to South and finally it's time for central London! Our choices are all independent bike shops that we know and love. As always, we encourage contributions in our comments - please share your favourite choices to ...
Summer cycling events in London
Summer is a wonderful time to cycle around the city. It is also a great time to check out some excellent cycling and bike-based events. Luckily, as Londoners we are spoilt for choice. Here is but a selection, as always please contribute your own ...
The 5 Best bike shops in West London
Completing our local bike shop themed tour of the compass points, this week we go West. Next week we will finish up by going into the centre. West London is a somewhat strange and unfamiliar land to me, I admit to not having spent much time there. ...
alpini Mini Velo review
Minivelos are not common bikes and you don't often see them on the streets of London, which is a shame. I am a fan of small wheeled bikes, I love my Brompton and it's acceleration. A minivelo benefits from fast acceleration but has a larger ...
Eastway Flyback H1 hybrid bike review
Hybrid bikes are a great choice for commuting and general cycling - you get most of the speed and weight benefits of a road bike, with the riding comfort of a city bike. They are great bikes for commuting and leisure riding, as well as light touring ...
Best bike shops in South London
We are looking due South this week, rounding up 5 of our favourite bike shops in South London. As usual, there are many more great bike shops out there, but here are 5 we, and others, especially like. Seabass Cycles 62 Camberwell Church Street, SE5 ...
Cosine Saddles Review
We gave you an overview of what to look for in a saddle last week. We also said how hard it was to recommend a specific saddle to people. That said, some ranges have quite a few different shapes. One such range is the Cosine saddles - Wiggle's own ...
Tannus Solid Tyres Review
Punctures suck. Regardless of how good you are at changing a tube, they still get in the way. They invariably seem to happen to me when it is raining, which just makes the experience so much worse. An added complication is that I have pit-lock ...
The 5 best bike shops in East London
Last week we brought you a selection of our 5 favourite bike shops in North London. This week we are working our way around the compass and come to East London. East London has a lot of cyclists - it's a great place to ride a bike and has loads of ...
How to choose a saddle
Saddles are a tricky item to buy. What's great for me, won't necessarily be the best saddle for you. Simply put, our butts are different (probably). That said, it gets pretty hard and expensive to keep trying saddle after saddle at random until ...
The 5 best bike shops in North London
There are so many great little bike shops in London. Some are specialists in a certain type of bike. Others are more focused on maintenance and repair. Most sell a good range of accessories for impromptu upgrades or planned revamps. North London is ...
3 things I can’t understand about fellow cyclists
It's official, there's no commuter who is as happy as the cycle commuter. "I can't wait to get back on the underground" said nobody around the office water cooler ever. Instead the conversation is typically "Riding my bike in to work is sooooo ...
Mission Workshop Rummy review
I have mostly been using a pannier through the winter as I find it useful in the rain. However, regardless of using it for months now, I still don't really feel like it works for me for regular trips into and around central London. I love it for ...
Evidence based bike fit
I have always been intrigued by the idea of a bike fit, but wasn't sure if I was enough of a 'Cyclist' to warrant one. I was also terrified that someone would tell me a I brought the wrong sized bike! I have tinkered around with the fit of my ...
An interview with Nick Hussey, founder of Vulpine
Vulpine are one of the quintessential success stories of the London cycling scene. Founded in 2012, Vulpine set out with a goal of functional clothes that look good and off the bike. As Nick says, the litmus test for a Vulpine garment is whether you ...
Monkey light review
We featured the Monkey Light in our visibility roundup a few weeks ago. I had seen one in action a little while ago and thought it looked awesome so wanted to spread the word. Then of course I wanted one for myself. So here is a full review of the ...
An interview with the founder of London based Svelte
In the first of our 'London cycling company' profiles, we sat down and had a chat with Svelte. Svelte is a fairly new, fairly small South London based company, founded in 2015. They currently produce a few of key pieces of cycling attire, notably ...
Polar M400 review
With the London Cyclist 2016 roundup of the best GPS options for cyclists guide just released, now seemed like a good time to provide a through review of one of the options we mentioned. I have had the Polar M400 for a year now and it has replaced ...
The People’s Poncho review
We have talked about waterproofs and strategies for staying in dry in the past. One item that we have not really reviewed but many of you have mentioned is a poncho. These waterproof items are a little more versatile in some respects than a normal ...