BBC: Is Berlin the safest city to be a cyclist? Berlin is enjoying a cycling boom, with miles of new cycle paths and more than half a million bike journeys made every day -- but controversially, a helmet is rarely seen. The Berlin bureau of the BBC is debating whether to buy a bike-trailer to carry around our recording gear. Since I am one half of the Berlin bureau of the BBC, what I mean is that the producer and I are debating which sort of trailer to buy. We could get what's called an Eco-trailer for 39 euros and 99 cents (32) but this just wouldn't be big enough -- it's meant mainly for a box of organic vegetables. Or a heavier duty Big Cargo Trailer at 139 euros and 92 cents (112) capable of carrying so the maker says, a load of 100kg. I think we're going to plump for the bigger one. It won't be the easiest to tow behind our push-bikes, particularly over Berlin's cobbles, but it will make for swifter trips to interviews, and it will save money for the licence-payer. Berlin makes getting around on two wheels a pleasure. I have cycled in London but gave it up after too-many rants at a white van. But in Berlin, it is a joy. Firstly, the city is pretty flat, and secondly, there are endless cycle tracks. Thirdly, everybody has a bike -- so car-drivers are probably also cyclists in their other lives and so keep