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Ethel
"Accordingly, criticism has been made on social media that Hackney’s cycling boom does not cater for women who are supposedly less risk-averse or more foolish (choose your view) than men."
I think they've got that the wrong way round. If women are less risk-averse than men then they'd hardly be giving up riding because they're worried about traffic while the men carry on. I'm going to assume it's a typo.
I do like this high-five picture on Cable Street, though:
@pootsmanuva did you ever do your Breeze training with British Cycling? It's something that I've been thinking about idly over the last month or so.