http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "The UK has never needed the bike more" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:08:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14135#post-176302 Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:36:13 +0000 chdot 176302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not new, but don't think I've seen before - still true!</p> <p>"</p> <p>The UK has never needed the bike more. Obese, austerity stricken, and polluting, urban Britain is indeed responding to that need by taking to cycling. I have been using a bike to, from and while at work for 40 years. I can even claim to be a better journalist for cycling. Not only do I get to stories and interviews faster, but the experience of being treated as a fifth class-citizen gives me a perspective that has long since knocked any sense of self importance squarely on the head.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3309098.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3309098.ece</a> </p>