London's Drive to Work Day

Reminds me. When I enquired as to whether my colleague was cycling to work this week, she became really defensive:

"Oh I'm far too old for that in this weather!" (She's about 40 and it's not even snowing yet!)

"I've just got so much on at work." (You are a classroom assistant in a private nursery - the kids are in at 9 and gone by 4. Besides, that affects your commute how exactly?)

"Oh, I just do the cycling for fun really." (All the more reason to keep going with it, surely? Although how you can ever have fun on that heavy lump of junk I don't know.)

It's not my place to condemn her and didn't want to argue her points. I don't feel smug. I do feel a bit sad/puzzled that there are some people who still prefer to drive even after they've experienced cycling.

At 40 she is far too old. Armstrong is around that age and has been banned for life. No one over 35 should think of riding a bike.