Kemper Filibus, drawn by Amylin Loglisci. The prediction at the end of this article by the good Robert Hanks, published in the Independent almost three years ago still stands: Time was, all bike shops were more or less the same – dim places, floors crammed with drop-handlebar bikes, ceilings festooned with wheels and tyres, walls impregnated with a fug of tobacco, ageing rubber and WD40. The more commercially minded might have a couple of ladies’ models tucked away in a corner, maybe a kid’s bike [...]

Cameron on bike has car on tow – Daily Mirror He obviously needs a Kemper bicycle. Of course, on Tuesday morning he will receive a letter from our courier division, offering to deliver his briefcase and shirt carbon-free. GyroBike flywheel helps bicycles self-steady – Engadget But if the bike “self-steadies”, will children learn to balance? “A start-up using technology developed at Dartmouth College is aiming to eliminate the rolling crutches that are training wheels, and replace them with a gyroscopic flywheel that attaches to the [...]

Bucket Boy, originally published by Copenhagen Cycle Chic as part of a series on passenger cycling in Amsterdam. An Amsterdam mother and child on a Kemper Packmax. Can city cycling be more fun?