"They say that in London you’re never more than six feet away from a rat. Gary Inman - Sideburn Magazine publisher/editor and aficionado of biking subcultures remembers a lost coterie of dark clad urban rebels. Where once motorcycles "
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Bikes in the City Part Two: Kampala Scooter Club
"The capital of Uganda, central Africa’s landlocked nation, is a city like any other. Its citizens need affordable transport - that’s fun and stylish too. Kampala city is well-known for its Boda Boda - the colourful taxi bikes "
Bikes in the City Part Two: Bolt London – Biker History in the Making
"Bolt London is a colourful, textured Aladdin's cave of all things bike and all things good. We spent some time with a paragon of London’s creative bike scene. Bolt London is nestled in an atmospheric stable yard just off "
Bikes in the City – Teenage Dreams: Oil or Electric?
" The first motorised vehicle I ever owned was a 1986 Vespa T5 ‘Pole Position’. It was red and black. It had a little fairing on the bars. The one with the rectangular headlight and the ‘moon disc’ style wheels. A little "
Bikes in The City: Stirling Eco: a new gold standard in urban electric?
" Legislation is going to change everything about the nature and aesthetic of urban transport. Stirling Eco have one solution. Tee and Robert Grace getting high on their own supply On October 25, 2021 the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is expanding "
Bikes in The City: Clean Living in Difficult Circumstances, Martin ‘Sticky’ Round
" To be truly modern is undoubtedly to be electric. But will scooterists in rapture over their mid-century masterpieces ever embrace a new millennium’s modernism? Sticky in the Sahara: not the scooter’s natural habitat: but fun all the same "
Blood Harmony: Adam Brinkworth Q&A
" Adam Brinkworth is one of London’s most well regarded three-dimensional designers. He is also a devotee of interesting cars and motorcycles. But those two statements don’t really do justice to the multi-layered character that is Brink 66. The Brinkworths "
Blood Harmony: an afternoon with the Brinkworths
" There is honesty and openness to Adam Brinkworth. Marnie, his daughter, shares that essential straightforwardness. It’s a lovely thing to witness. Adam Brinkworth and the Bosozoku style 1976 Pangea Speed Harley An important part of the connective tissue that binds "
Electric Bikes: Brand Focus – Cake
"Part of the problem with electric bikes is the way they look. Even the most forward-thinking motorcyclist will have, at one time or another, fetishised the visible mechanicity of a motorbike. It’s the simple fact that the engine is "
Electric Options: Join The Resistance
"The world of eclectic biking can be bewildering. We had a look around at what’s available - so you don’t have to! Here is a fistful of interesting eclectic bikes for every purpose. Entry Level Scooter Staggering statistic "
The Resistance: English Electric and the alt.bike underground
"English Electric is Britain’s go-to retail and service centre for the emerging culture of electric motorcycles. With a background in the custom bike scene having founded Old Empire motorcycles in 2011, founder Alec Sharp made a bold move in 2017 when "
Off road riding: The freedom principle
"Do you remember the first thing that made you dream of motorbikes? For me it was the final sequence of Bruce Brown’s 1972 epic homage to American motorsport On Any Sunday. I can’t remember how I came across it "
Off-road culture: True Automotive Freedom via the knobblies
"The problem with roads is that they have rules. The good thing about offroad culture is that there aren't as many. Whether you like it or not the road is in itself a piece of administrative coercion. No matter what "