Kit & Repairs
26 July 2026
What to Carry, and What Not To
On a hire bike you fix nothing. That changes the list considerably.
Kit & Repairs
What to carry on a bike you do not own, and what to do when it breaks.
Kit & Repairs
14 July 2026
Locking a Bike You Do Not Own
Scheme bikes have their own locks and their own rules, and getting it wrong costs you rather than them.
Kit & Repairs
26 June 2026
Punctures Are Not Your Problem
One of the quiet pleasures of hired bikes: the mechanical failure is somebody else's to fix.