cycling – Longrider

Vile Strikes Again

September 16, 2023 Longrider 19

Jeremy Vile is, perhaps, the worst possible advocate for cycling. A pompous, self-righteous arsehole who will actively put himself in harm’s way to prove a […]

He Is

April 28, 2023 Longrider 7

A prick. A pedestrian filmed swearing at Jeremy Vine today insisted that the cycling BBC star had endangered him – and stood by his words that Vine is a […]

In Which I Agree With Sajid Javid

November 14, 2022 Longrider 23

The father is a dangerous fool. A father insists that his five-year-old son has every right to ride on a road after a video of […]

No

September 16, 2022 Longrider 18

Sad stories make for bad law and this is one of them. The parents of a teenager who died after crashing while riding an electric […]

We’ve Been Here Before

June 18, 2019 Longrider 13

I know I’ve discussed road behaviour here before and this generated some heated discussion. This time it is a cyclist who finds himself on the […]

Recycling Old Bollocks

January 4, 2019 Longrider 17

Or, as the progressives would say, victim blaming. Cycling campaigners have reacted angrily to a tweet from the Highway Code that said cyclists should wear helmets […]

Sigh… No.

August 26, 2018 Longrider 11

Absolutely not. Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas has said cyclists should be forced to wear helmets. The cycling professional, from Cardiff, Wales, said there was “no reason” not to […]

That’s Right

August 14, 2017 Longrider 41

I don’t respect you, you irresponsible cunt. A “dangerous” cyclist knocked down and killed a pedestrian on a busy London street and then blamed his victim, […]

Oh, FFS!

October 4, 2016 Longrider 4

No. Absolutely not. He called for legislation to be introduced to require riders to wear a helmet, similar to that in force in Mrs Greenway’s […]

Cycles in the Sand

September 22, 2016 Longrider 13

Another study… A major study of bike helmet use around the world from more than 64,000 cyclists has found helmets reduce the risks of a […]