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The coolest trailers
Vehicle livingOct 1, 2004

The coolest trailers

Bicycle trailers are the solution if you’ve got children or are always carrying stuff around. These days, trailers are safe, sleek and practical. Here are...

Cycle in the city — part 2
Vehicle livingSep 29, 2004

Cycle in the city — part 2

Original and fun new bikes were introduced at the London Cycle show last weekend. Among our favourite were a little electric bike and super stylish folding bicy...

Cycle in the city
CommunitiesSep 24, 2004

Cycle in the city

The International Cycle Show 2004, London, is taking place right now, until the 26th Sept, at the Business Design Centre in Angel. Your chance to see the new 20...

Cycle in Alaska
Vehicle livingSep 21, 2004

Cycle in Alaska

Sockeye Cycle organise cycle trips around Southeast Alaska and Northern Canada. They provide bike and camping equipment, or indoor lodging facilities if you pre...

Cycling routes and maps
Vehicle livingSep 21, 2004

Cycling routes and maps

Adventure Cycling Association make cycling routes and maps. Their researchers link together rural roads to create cyclist-friendly routes through North America....

Clever child carriers
Vehicle livingSep 21, 2004

Clever child carriers

Baby carriers that turn into chairs; backpacks that turn into child carriers… having children is not a reason to stop hiking anymore, and here’s why...

NextGen camping stoves
Courses, guides & tutorialsSep 20, 2004

NextGen camping stoves

Here are a few specimens of the new camping stove generation. They work in the wind, they love below-zero temperatures, weigh a few ounces and take almost no sp...

Sports sandals
SpiritSep 17, 2004

Sports sandals

In the past couple of years, sports sandals have grown up, evolving from cousin of the flip-flop to globetrotting year-round shoe. The Chaco Z/2 Colorado is the...

VW Camper alive in UK
LandSep 17, 2004

VW Camper alive in UK

Known as the Type 2, or “bay window” van (its predecessor had a beaky nose and split windscreen), it fell off the twig in Europe in 1979, but factor...

Ultimate Camper-van
LandSep 10, 2004

Ultimate Camper-van

The Camper-van revolution is upon us. The RV is shaking off its image of snoring retirees and untethering itself from power supplies or campsites. Enter the Ear...

Flat battery
Vehicle livingSep 10, 2004

Flat battery

We can send a man to the moon and computer power doubles every 12 months, but what the hell happened to batteries? They just are not getting better fast enough....

Sail away
Vehicle livingSep 3, 2004

Sail away

Sailing is a great way to escape, get back into shape physically and mentally, and just a great holiday. And you don’t have to know how to sail to go on a...