Firstly, I’m new to this form of communication so if I offend anyone out there, I apologise.
Some things are important enough though to get out into the real world
Over recent years, frequent and repeated encounters with the recreational cyclists here on the Isle of Man have led me to raise the following question.
Does anybody out there reading this consider that these cyclists might be a disease in need of curing?
I am a motorist, as many of you out there will be, and as such, I am far too often finding it necessary to make adjustments to my driving to accommodate the very poor road craft shown by a large number of recreational cyclists.
Clearly, an alarming number of them have never read the section of the Highway Code referring to cycling and cyclists. If they have even heard it exists I would be surprised.
And as for the attire they seem to want to display themselves in, I can only assume it’s a case of the Emperor’s New Clothes in as much as they have no close friends to tell them that far from looking like Chris Hoy or Victoria Pendleton they look ridiculous. How did I and others ever get through our childhood years riding bikes without looking like a twat?
I think all of us out there who care about our cycling friends, if we have any, should be brave enough to tell them that the extra pounds some of them are carrying do not look good in lycra, far from it in fact.
Anyway, I’m sure I will be unpopular in some circles but these things need to be said, and cyclist or not – be safe out there!!