The Insurance Choice Awards aims to find the UK’s best insurance companies by asking customers like you to vote and share your experiences…it’s a bit like the X Factor, but for Insurance! Who’ll win? Only you decide! We’d love to make to go on and become a Winner, but we need your help to make this happen. Voting is…
Riding your bike is one of the best feelings in the world, but you can be quickly kept off the saddle if your bike breaks. To ensure you can continue enjoying your favourite pastime, you need to make sure your bike is properly maintained. Even if you’re a complete mechanics novice, it’s never been easier…
A survey by Cycleplan, which aimed to understand the health benefits people experienced after taking up cycling discovered that three-quarters of respondents noticed an improvement in their mental health. A third of the 971 respondents said cycling reduced their stress levels and made them feel more relaxed, with 8% even saying it helped with their…
Bike theft is, unfortunately, all too common. According to crime data, there are over 376,000 reported incidents of bike theft in the UK each year. What’s more, it’s likely to be even higher than that with stolen-bikes.co.uk estimating that only 29% people report their bike as stolen to the police. Luckily, there are plenty of…
The benefit of exercise on your lungs is no secret. While this is widely acknowledged, cycling has often been left out of the conversation due to many believing it did more harm to your lungs than good. The culprit? Air pollution. Although no one can deny a cyclist will be exposed to a certain degree…
People start cycling for a number of reasons; to improve cardiovascular health, build muscle and, of course, to get the athletic body of their dreams. The health benefits don’t just stop at keeping our body’s well-oiled machines though. Many of us don’t give much thought to our mental health because the signs and symptoms can…
Cycling – on Britain’s roads especially – is perceived by many as dangerous. While to a degree this may be true, it’s not cycling itself that is dangerous, but rather other road users who increase the risk. Compared to other forms of aerobic exercise – like running for example – cycling is very low impact…
No matter who you are, heart disease is a very real risk – it’s the biggest killer in the world. In the UK, it will kill 1 in 10 women and 1 in 7 men, and someone will die from it every eight minutes. Not only that, but it costs the NHS £15 billion a…
A common reason people start cycling is to get fitter and lose weight as a result of being more active. By now, we’re all too familiar with the mantra that to lose weight we need to burn more calories than we consume. So, burning as many calories as you can during your bike ride will…
