Early Rider: Seeker Series

Our 8-11 year old’s can be as energetic and confident as their elder siblings, whilst craving a set of wheels to keep up with them … and even overtake you! The Seeker Series is designed to combine Early Rider’s signature lightweight aluminium frame and parts, with a derailleur to match: it offers a 418% gear range through this 1 x 9 gear set. Seeker is as happy on the school run as it is in the park and ready for many years of happy riding! Age and Size Guide: • Ages 3-5, 37cm standover height, 5.6kg: 14” £399 • Ages… Read more →

Early Rider: Belter Series

This is beyond question, Early Rider’s most rewarding bike! At a little over 5.5kgs for the 14” version, the Belter Series sets the standard others can only dream of following. With every kilo on a 3 year olds’ bike being the equivalent of 4 or 5 on an adult bike, this is 5kgs lighter than most 16″ bikes. Quite the difference to a child. It’s not just the weight either, everything is designed for low rolling resistance. High psi tyres, cartridge bearing hubs and even bespoke full bearing aluminium pedals all play a part. Yet it is the belt drive… Read more →

Early Rider: Charger 12”

A first bike can’t ever be too good, or too light, or too well made! It really helps to ensure your Kiddo begins their first foray into cycling with ease. This classic diamond frame with anatomically correct geometry leads the pack: there’s the same sleek lines and lightweight approach as you have on your bike, scaled to fit. Complete with beautifully curved and tapered aluminium throughout, plus a contemporary faux leather saddle finish it off in style. You really will wish you could ride it too!!! STANDOVER HEIGHT: 33CM AGES: 2-4 FRAME: HAND BRUSHED AL6061, FORGED DROP OUTS FORK: HAND… Read more →

LEFTFIELDBIKES

Leftfield Bikes: Riding, Re-invented Come and visit us on historic Brewers Lane (TW9 1HH), here beside Richmond Green: Whatever your requirements may be, do get in touch! We are happy to deliver all bikes in person to your home or office, then tune them with you to match your individual riding style and comfort free of charge. We will also design and build your dream machine, entirely bespoke. Winter Sale: Looking for a bargain now the rain has returned? Well, we have a few items available to nudge you towards one of our glorious bicycles and make it through the… Read more →

Zapp i300 Scooter

Zapp’s i300 is the world’s fastest accelerating scooter, with the handling and stopping power to match. This uncompromising bike leaves all 300cc models behind – and plenty of other vehicles as well! Need we say more? To begin with there’s 14,000 Watts of power at peak, delivering 587Nm at the wheel. This takes you past 30 Mph in 2.35 seconds and beyond 43.5 Mph in 4.10. That’s above the speed limit in most of London and less time than it took you to read this paragraph. To back up the fun stuff, there’s a beauty to the whole assembly. Two… Read more →

Kona: the Smallest Biggest Bike Company in the World

Kona’s HQ in Ferndale, Washington. Kona: Rider-owned. The documentary, by Matt Dennison & Kaz Yamamura. What mountain bike company isn’t owned by riders? Who else but a rider would have the fiscal patience and insensitivity to risk required to own a mountain bike company? Yet there are brands so strongly defined by their founders that it usually turns out they sacrificed nearly every other thing in their lives for bikes. They’re the type who possess a devotion to riding that is so deeply ingrained that founding a brand seems pre-ordained. So what the hell does ‘the smallest biggest bike company… Read more →

City Cycling: Health Versus Hazard? Cities Compared Internationally.

© Sarah Maycock/Handsome Frank http://mosaicscience.com/story/city-cycling-health-versus-hazard Are the fitness benefits of riding your bike worth the risk of an accident? Lesley Evans Ogden takes a tour of seven cities on two wheels to find out. It was just another morning commute. That is, until a bus driver ran a red light, turned right, and drove straight into Ann-Doerthe Hass Jensen. The bus knocked the social worker off her bike, trapping her underneath, a wheel pinning down and crushing her left foot. It was a school bus heading to a Copenhagen kindergarten, and the children aboard were screaming. Ann was rushed to… Read more →

Expensive cars and driving psychology

A Range Rover obstructing an ASL. Source: The Peeky Rider. http://hedgehogcycling.co.uk/ 20th November 2013. “I was crossing the road at the same time as a pretty, young, blonde girl to the pedestrian refuge in the middle, then to the other side, crossing two lanes of traffic each time. All the drivers stopped and waved us (her), across. When it’s just me, this doesn’t happen. I watched an expensive Mercedes glide right into an Advanced Stop Zone reserved for cyclists, and come to a halt at the second line. Typical of a Mercedes driver, I thought. I’d think the same if… Read more →