One of the themes of last month’s Eurobike was stylish bags that can be clipped on a bike, but are not out of place in a boardroom or at a restaurant. Here, Basil shoppers and Zwei office bags are very popular. Below is Brooks’ latest offering, arriving soon:

Handbags, messenger bags and panniers; here are our recommendations: Cyclodelic BraBag £85.00 Zwei Handlebar Bag from £48.00 Basil Mirte £40.00 Bagaboo Messenger Bags from £90.00 Ortlieb Zip-City from £64.50 Knog Frank £86.00 Berthoud Panniers £180.00 Brooks Roll Up Panniers £150.00 Basil Blossom £40.00

Colours From 1st January 2009, all Brompton bikes will be painted in a matt finish. The switchover from a gloss finish will offer higher consistency in terms of quality, reduce the number of rejected frame parts, eventually remove the need to undercoat the frames and lend the bikes what we feel is a more modern look. Tempest Blue, Kew Green and Ivory will be discontinued, as their similarity to other colours makes them superfluous; Silver will also be discontinued as it only works as a [...]