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Sunday, 03 December 2017

The Guardian

• Bultaco Albero preview: ‘Meet the Moto Bike - part motorbike, part bicycle’ | Martin LoveThe Spanish motorcycle builder is back with a unique new concept in two-wheel hybrid travelMuch more than a bicycle, yet not quite a motorbike… a new breed of highly engineered electric ‘moto bikes’ is revolutionising the way we tackle both the city and the countryside on two wheels. Bultaco, a Spanish firm which specialised in motorbikes before going out of business in 1983, has bounced back with this unique concept. Two years ago it introduced the Brinco: a tough and striking electric scrambler designed for the big thrills world of off-roading. Now we have the Albero, an urban-focused sister...
• Is shared cycling in London on a road to nowhere?The capital now has more than 3,000 unlocked bicycles that can be picked up and leftUsing my phone as a divining rod, I walked towards a bouncing yellow dot and turned down a quiet side street. The road came to a dead end, but tucked away in the corner I found an alleyway. At the end of the alleyway, it split into another alleyway, where I came face to face with a stocky bull terrier, sitting alone, whose expression seemed to calmly say, “Turn back now, and nobody will get hurt.â€� I did a quiet runner. My first attempt to track down a dockless bike in London was not going well.This year, four d...