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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/26/commuter-cycling-fails-census-data-uk
'There were numerous predictions that a significant proportion of Britons would soon cycle to work, notably after the success of GB cyclists at the 2008 Olympics.'
Eh? Presumably more people drive to work if Lewis Hamilton wins the F1 then?
There's a nice Graeme Obree quote about why he took up cycling, along the lines of "you can't just football down to the shops"
@IWRATS, aye I saw that. Cycle commuting stuck at 2.8%, though higher in some places, lower in others. Only England & Wales mentioned in the breakdown of figures. Presumably Scotland even lower than 2.8% average?
Interesting snippets:
The figures also bear out the concern that intimidating road conditions mean cycle commuting is primarily the preserve of younger men, seen as more happy to mingle with heavy, fast traffic. Men were significantly more likely to commute on a bike than women – 3.9% of the total as against 1.6% – and it was most common overall among people aged 30 to 34.
However, there were massive geographical variances, even within cities. The number of people cycling to work in inner London rose by 144% over the decade, against a more modest 45% rise in the capital's outer suburbs.
A number of other cities recorded notable rise in the number of bike commuters, with increases of 80% or more in Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield, and a 65% boost in Cardiff.
However, in rural areas the picture proved very different, with some areas recording drops of up to 30%, albeit based on relatively low overall numbers. Across the board, the numbers cycling to work fell in 202 of the 348 local authorities over the decade.
Only 31 areas in England and Wales – fewer than one in 10 of the total – could boast bike commuting rates of 5% or more.
Only one area in Scotland? Edinburgh?
Cambridge, traditionally a cycle-friendly place, topped the league for bike commuting, with almost 30% of workers choosing two wheels, followed by Oxford (17%) and the somewhat divergent pairing of the Isles of Scilly and Hackney, in east London, both at 14%.
No change in numbers here but I have been moving from the Lowe Alpine Mountain cap to the Kangol wool 504. Tropic Kangols are a few weeks away.
Tilley is good against sun and rain but it's cotton with vents so not too cosy.
Doc Marten shoes rather than boots for a couple of weeks already. I need new boots and see they are making Veggie Docs again.
I've yet to see any of the other staff who got cycle to work bikes in June using them for getting to work. Mine has been there almost every day since August, used other bikes a few times.
I had several pairs of vegetarian doc marten boots and a pair of shoes. They were indestructible but the shoes never broke in at the heel and the boots made your feet quite sweaty. Fitted in with the rest of the vegan ism as suffering malarkey
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