I used to only use a bike for fitness, but the last ten years or so it has become my main transport, too and from work, down to the shops, an evening pootle along the seafront and a month long tour in Europe.
Now all that lycra is getting pushed further and further towards the back of the wardrobe. I want a bike with mudguards, with lights, with a sensible saddle. Most of all I want to ride my bike and not feel the constant danger I do now.
Cycling is much much more than a sport. Its my transport and much more important my pleasure.
I only hope this isnt another false claim and it really goes to the the people who can make the rules that are needed.
I can remember taking my bike on the ferry over the North Sea to Hoek van Holland in the late eighties. I just could not explain to people I cycled with in the UK when I got home just how good it was there.
Well since then there have been a lot of false hopes, essentially have things moved in the right direction for cyclists in my part of the UK. Not really.
Lets hope this campaign really does turn the tide.
