Sir – Recently I paid a visit to Abingdon. After going to the bank on the Market Place, I turned the corner into High Street, only to be faced with a lycra-clad, helmeted cyclist on a racing bike riding on the pavement.
Then another similarly-clad cyclist on a racing bike, having crossed at the lights, came cycling along the pavement.
I confronted him saying he should know better (being a serious cyclist). He dismounted, asked me to repeat what I had said, which I did. He then proceeded to ask me if he was posing a danger to pedestrians. I said that was not the point.
It is arrogance such as this chap showed that gives cyclists a bad name. I am much in favour of encouraging more cycling and making conditions safer, but keen cyclists must set a good example. As I understand it, pavements are for pedestrians, especially in a high street, or am I wrong?
Kay Porter, Radley
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