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On a recent ride I passed a woman by the side of the road. It happens. They are, after all, half the human race. She'd been running. No matter, I'll talk to anyone if the opportunity presents itself: even non-cyclists. I said this: "The roads around here." My full meaning, from one road user to another, was along the lines of "The roads sure are terrible, aren't they?", the context being the appalling stretch of tarmac I had just picked a careful line through.
A COUNCILLOR has questioned why so few cyclists seem to use the dedicated cycle routes linking Bradford and Leeds.
“The infrastructure has to be there for the journeys people are going to make. In Holland it took decades to create the cycling culture it has now,” the local authority’s transport director said in response to concerns over the cycleway’s use
The Grand Départ bid, which was criticised by active travel campaigners in Northern Ireland, has been withdrawn due to the lack of a functioning government – but one MLA says the project should still go ahead to leave a “lasting cycling legacy”
Disabled people have been under-represented in cycling imagery for too long, says Wheels for Wellbeing, a disabled people’s cycling organisation.