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Driver blasts horn at cyclist and child as angry passenger tells him he “shouldn’t be in the middle of the bloody road”

“Every hour or so, someone will wind down their window to tell me to get off the f***ing road”: Is anti-cycling abuse on the roads getting worse?

It’s always been an issue, but is vitriol from passing drivers and passengers getting out of hand? road.cc’s readers had their say

Fri, May 22, 2026 18:51
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Daily Mail ‘speeding cyclists’

New year, same old anti-cycling ragebait in the media

When it comes to how UK cyclists are portrayed in the wider media, 2026 hasn't got off to the best start according to our columnist George Hill

Mon, Jan 05, 2026 15:28
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Iain Duncan Smith (parliamentary portrait) and cyclists at lights (Simon MacMichael)

Iain Duncan Smith’s anti-cycling crusade is anti-reality

George offers his opinion on an article recently penned by the former Leader of the Opposition

Mon, Oct 14, 2024 17:02
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20 of the most hysterical Daily Mail anti-cycling headlines

"Lunacy, blight, and the scourge of lycra louts" — we've read it all over the years so you don't have to...

Thu, Jan 04, 2024 15:48
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Wetherby wire on path (via West Yorkshire Police).PNG

‘Tempting’ – Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle on stretching piano wire across road to target cyclists

Comments come a month after a rider near Leeds was injured by exactly that type of trap

Sun, May 24, 2020 18:49
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Time Out slammed on social media for ‘How not to be a dick’ when cycling article

London listings mag under fire on Twitter over article - but says it was 'meant to be a bit of fun'

Sun, Jan 05, 2020 18:08
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NZ Herald Dangerous dickheads screenshot.PNG

Press watchdog slams “dangerous dickheads” anti-cyclist article

New Zealand’s Media Council says article was “inaccurate, unfair” and “unbalanced”

Wed, Jan 02, 2019 20:54
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Richard Madeley getting tetchy (via ITV).jpg

Six of our favourite anti-cycling rants and complaints from 2017

Extra points for originality and also extreme and wilful unoriginality

Fri, Dec 29, 2017 13:54
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Poster (c) Dave McManus.jpeg

Council ‘taking action’ after bizarre ‘anti-cycling’ cartoon posters erected

"I just thought they were very insensitive" said local cyclist

Sun, Apr 16, 2017 06:08
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road.cc news

‘The only good cyclist is a dead one’ – advertising pulled in wake of magazine editor’s remarks

Power of social media sees issue move from Richmond to cycling media then onto mainstream outlets

Fri, Sep 07, 2012 08:40
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