Dame Sarah Storey replaces Chris Boardman as Greater Manchester active travel commissioner

I'm having trouble picturing an "anti-terrorism" barrier that would keep an able-bodied cyclist out, but let a wheelchair user in.

Some might wonder why some Britons, mainly those on the right, are so eager to run their country down when most forms of crime have declined, e.g. homicide last year lowest in half a century, firearms offences down to their lowest since 2003, knife crime 9% lower last year, fatal stabbings down 23% on the previous year...violent crime of all sorts, burglary and car theft are all down 90% on thirty years ago, but that doesn't suit the "everything's shit because of immigrants" narrative, does it?

Re the filthy drive chain. It does indeed show a special talent. During a trip to Sainsbury's at 8mph, the rider's power output was probably similar to that of Bradley Wiggins in the 2012 Olympic Time Trial.

Are they, though? Are they more dangerous per person (given the population is increasing), or per person-hour on the roads (or per billion passenger-furlongs)? And - since when? Pretty sure that the 70s were a boom time for eg. dying on the roads, and we've got a lot better since. Haven't checked the trends over the last few years but I think that it's all pretty small changes comparatively. Different types of risks / relative size of risks of course.

Given that the reporting of whether a cyclist is wearing a helmet or not is, to say the least, patchy and unreliable, your data is suspect and so are the conclusions. Unless there was irrefutable proof of the lack of helmet at the time of the incident, then you're making assumptions. Even if you have that proof, those figures are so small as to be at best, not robust. Not to mention, of course, observer bias. How many children were admitted in the same period for other activities?

FFS what is it with journalists? Are they really that clueless? “Other modern details include a T47a bottom bracket.” Threaded bottom brackets are an admission from so called high end bike makers that they can’t make a round hole - basic engineering. It’s not modern. A press fit bottom bracket is. And when done properly is much better than threaded and the galvanic corrosion it brings. Stop cosying up to the brands. Start calling them out.

Then change the law.

Cheating will be part of life for ever. How shocking!

They have made those complaints for decades. The same complaints about road tax. Its just parrotting the bollocks they heard on the daily mail. Cyclist behaviour has fuck all to do with it. If behaviour had any logical bearing on opinions then drivers would be absolutely despised because so many of them are awful and dangerous.

Is the Armed Cyclist a Trump supporter...? https://youtu.be/Rshp_mpPvhE?t=1003