I Remember When

When Britain made Cars......lots of different makes

When different counties had their own cycle shops/manufactures & clubs ..

Still got a couple of cycle shops in Crewe, Triky Mate,  and I ain't referring to 'Alfords either ,  and I still see the occasional tricyclist  doing a fair few MPH  on the better roads along with one of those reclining  bods ( Asking for trouble I reckon !! )

Yeh, pity they don't use the cycle paths that cost millions to build.

They haven't spent millions on cycle paths round here. A few gallons of Dulux in the gutter does not equate to a feasible cycle route.

Some of the "excuses?" for not using our quite good cycle paths are to many pedestrians?,  they do not allow us to make progress as roads do, not kept clear of overhanging foliage,? when asked if they had reported the overhanging foliage not one in a survey by our local council said yes they had ?,

Maybe not in Hampshire , but in Yorkshire they have. But the Lycra brigade and the normal cyclists much rather ride on the road adjacent to the cycle path.

Could be something MAYBE to do with Council Cut-Backs ,not road sweeping enough ,,TOO much debris causing punctures/accidents etc etc !! .

Their still building them in Yorkshire !!

I remember writing and posting letters, before E mail.