In a twist of irony, that article bore the sh*t out of me. An overly-long ego-whinge about someone unable to find the time to ride because he had kids but keen to blame it on the fact that some aspects of cycling have changed in the last ten years - he's the kind of guy who immediately stops liking a band once they achieve any kind of recognition from the greater public or start having any sort of success.
I get it, all the guys who go out and drop £3k on carbon road bikes and Rapha kit aren't real cyclists, they don't even know the joy of riding a cheap hybrid across the South Downs with a close friend fuelled only by home-made flapjack and local ale. But they are cyclists, and due to the fact that there are a lot more of them the infrastructure is improving, there is increased exposure in the media pushing cycling away from being the fringe activity it once was which will hopefully lead to more safety in numbers and hey, it's better than our ageing, bloating nation sitting at home watching Game of Thrones or toddling round the golf course.
As mentioned before on this thread, my experience of cycling daily through London is markedly different to some of the other contributors - maybe I'm doing it wrong - but the pernicious chant of 'Danger! Danger!' does nothing to improve our lot, we need more people out on their bikes, not less, scared away by things they've read on the internet.
