For something on wheels, bikes aren’t half a pain to transport if you’re not riding them. You either have to take them apart or buy an expensive rack/carrier to transport them by car; reserve in advance if you want to take them on a train; and you might as well forget it if you want to take them on a coach - operators such as National Express will only accept folding bicycles. Then there is air travel, whic ...

The WingBar is the latest (and best looking!) in the range of Thule's load carrying roof mounted bars. Like all of Thule's roof bars, the WingBar is a modular system made up of a pair of bars, a foot pack (in this case only the Rapid System can be used) and roof fitting kit (when roof rails are not fitted to the host car). If your car has roof rails fitted as standard then you only need to buy 2 items - Win ...

The Timbuk2 Classic Messenger bag is a product that has evolved into the current version over a period of 20 years. Looking back into the Timbuk2 archives reveals that the same tricolour design hasn't changed at all either. Even the colours used way back in 1992 could quite easily be a representative of today's palette. What a fantastic endorsement for the 1992 original that it has undergone only a number o ...

For cyclists, the winter months are where the foundations for the season are put down and the long miles are logged – it’s arguably the most important part of the year. Despite this and our best efforts, it’s often hard to get these vital miles in: work, wind, driving rain, snow – the excuses are as wide ranging as they are easy to deploy. This is where the turbo trainer comes in to play. Love them or hate ...