Call it the Richmond Park test. Yesterday morning, amazing to report, it wasn't belting down with rain, and the park was crammed. It was a joyful sight – families, dog-walkers, runners. But what would have amazed a time traveller from a couple of decades ago would have been the thousands and thousands of cyclists. Something has happened.
There are the dolphin-like schools of muscular men and women in matching Lycra, teams from Britain and the continent, moving as one; there are the men of a certain age, still on racing bikes, but swaddled in woollens; there are the kids with their parents; and there are the stately amateurs, sitting up straight on their three-gear Raleighs.
See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/30/cycling-bikes-wiggins-environment-transport
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