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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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Evans Cycles logo 3×2

Press Gazette calls on journalists to boycott Evans Cycles over Daily Mail boycott

Trade journal's editor calls on Jon Snow, Andrew Gilligan, Jeremy Vine and 70,000 other journalists to shun bike retailer

Fri, Sep 22, 2017 13:40
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Newspapers mock Dutch Reach technique – based on a dodgy video

The video used here depicts a more conventional interpretation of the car door opening method

Sat, Feb 11, 2017 15:45
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On same day Mail warns more pedestrians being injured in collisions with cyclists, two serious crashes a mile apart show that both groups are vulnerable to large vehicles

Cyclist seriously injured after rush-hour incident involving coach minutes after lorry killed pedestrian nearby in East London

Tue, Feb 07, 2017 12:28
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Soho Bikes goes viral as chalkboard message trolls the Daily Mail over Article 50 case coverage

"Openly gay ex-Olympic fencers welcome," says bike shop and cafe as it references headline about "Enemy of the People" judge

Fri, Nov 04, 2016 21:13
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N-S cycle superhighway (still from @Lakerlikes Instagram)

Daily Mail declares war on cycle lanes

Says there is less space on the roads for “normal traffic”

Wed, Oct 05, 2016 09:41
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“Cyclists not using bike lanes”: Twitter responds

Transport for London says the Daily Mail's story, showing cyclists bypassing a set of cycle traffic lights, was inaccurate and "one-sided", while cyclists on Twitter react brilliantly

Mon, Aug 29, 2016 10:44
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Justine Thornton and Ed Miliband (CC BY 2.0 NCVO London:Flickr)

Two days of stalking Ed Miliband’s partner gets Daily Mail a tour of London road “insanity”

Justine Thornton taking sensible shortcuts shock horror probe

Mon, Apr 27, 2015 17:27
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Woodcote CX – MAMILs in the mud

Daily Mail warns MAMILs to step away from the bike for their health’s sake

Equally, step away from the Daily Mail to avoid confusing messages about exercise and health

Sun, Nov 17, 2013 13:16
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Sir Chris Hoy in 2012 Team GB kit (pic Team GB)

Sir Chris Hoy provokes online ire of some Scottish nationalists with independent Scottish Olympic team comments

Daily Mail outraged by Twitter abuse for cycling knight following remarks on potential sporting implications of Scottish independence

Thu, May 30, 2013 10:05
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