Jeremy Vine tries cycling in London
Jeremy Vine, of BBC R2 fame, has been cycling recently and has written a pretty balanced article about it for the Daily Mail of all places. It’s a pretty depressing read overall though about the sate of cycling in the UK.
Despite such narrow run-ins, I am OK. Today, yes. Far, far fitter than when I belonged to that gym (and nearly two stone lighter). But tomorrow? I don’t know if I will be OK tomorrow.
Every morning when I leave the house, my wife says farewell in the manner of Japanese women who waved off pilot husbands in World War II.
If nothing else, cycling in a major British city reminds you to make a will and tell your mum you love her.
And he also makes a pretty solid point regarding car use.
Car drivers have no reason to hate cyclists. If we all gave up our two wheels and bought 4x4s, the whole country would be stuck in a jam from Kingston to Kilmarnock.
It’s best to stop scrolling when you get to the comments as it gets pretty grim as usual. It is the Daily Mail remember.