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I think Andrew Neather has been the most consistently good writer on cycling in the ES. He's been at it since at least 2007. I think his article is well-balanced and does not express a preference for any political party, or a particular Mayor of London. It is certainly true when he says that there are now visibly more people cycling in London, and that fewer women cycle here than men is a simple fact, and easily verifiable. Hopefully, this won't be the case for much longer.

The main point is that what makes cycling normal in a place is in its cycling culture. I agree with that wholeheartedly. The main criticism that I have of the article is that he doesn't mention other, perhaps initially less obvious aspects of cycling culture--polo for one thing, as well as fashion, and the wider events culture which is burgeoning in London.

Anyway, we're getting somewhere--it's all about creating sustainable, lasting momentum.

It's painfully bad prose. Reads like a fucking GCSE project, for which I'd give a C+ (naturally).