Over the past few weeks, various arms of BBC radio – 4, Kent and Ulster – have, independently, broadcast items about cycling which were variously ill-judged, silly, unbalanced and, in some cases, downright odd.
The anti-monarchist lobby will surely be more comfortable with this item from cycling's court circular: five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault will be the official starter for the Otley Cycles Races on 2 July.
When the news came that BBC Breakfast was planning a week of items connected to cycling, my thoughts returned to that abysmal BBC1 "documentary" from two years ago, a programme which, among many sins, passed off six-year-old commercially-shot film of couriers paid to race each other through London as everyday footage of cyclists.
Many users have their favourite items, including the time, cycling continuously, which allows surreptitious scanning of the latest sports results while sitting in a meeting.
Commuting to and from school was recorded using a 4-item scale, including walking, cycling, public transportation and picking up by parents.
Twelve items pertained to walking and cycling provisions in the school environment.
The audit includes items that support walking and cycling such as physical infrastructure, street-level aesthetics and incivilities, and traffic-safety attributes.
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These items, currently available in stores, range from cycling gear to power tools and Halloween outfits.
Twenty items assessed time spent engaged in walking, cycling, stair-climbing, sports and games, domestic activity including gardening, housework, and do-it-yourself projects.
