In central Oxford, the police recently had a street stand encouraging people to register their bicycle. Unfortunately a high % of bikes recovered by the police never make it back to their owners. This is a shame as a quick registering of the bike would make it much easier to reunite owners with bicycles. The […]

The Raleigh Flyer is a budget single speed town bike. From a distance it looks quite impressive and with a £230 price tag, it definitely gains your attention.  Raleigh flyer – not bad looking. Raleigh are producing a lot of different bikes at a very low cost. These cheap bikes are quite popular in Oxford […]

A look at some of the benefits of a fold up bike. (Or in my case a justification to buy another bike – see: Do I need to buy a new bike?) My last bicycle purchase involved spending a four figure sum on some ‘light as paper’ carbon fibre wheels. They would probably dissolve if […]

There are quite a few different options for buying a bike. Bike Shop Bike Zone Oxford. A good place to buy a bike. Not all local bike shops are the same. Some will specialise in selling cheap hybrid bicycles and have little knowledge of road bikes. It is harder to find a shop which specialises […]

Part of being a cyclist is the big question of when to splash out and buy a new bike? How much should we invest in buying a new bike, and how much time should we spend pouring over magazines / t’internet in looking for our next pride and joy? Do we actually need any justification […]