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I'm not convinced that the driving test is where we should be focussing, for two reasons. Firstly, people tend to drop habits learnt in order to pass the test, shortly after taking it. Secondly, it doesn't address all the morons already on the road.

For these reasons, I think a better approach would be an ongoing programme of driver awareness, preferably backed up with a more hard-line approach to banning drivers who come into conflict with cyclists, unless they can prove that the fault lay wholly with the cyclist.

In principle, I agree. However, I also strongly sympathise with the argument that moving the goalposts after someone has bought a car is not on. I'm not affected by this personally, but it would be fairer if people owning an exempt car when the changes are brought in were to remain exempt (wrt that vehicle).

Hi all, thought I'd join after after some extensive lurking. Been riding fixed, in Edinburgh, for only a couple of months, but loving it! The all-carbon, expensively group-setted monster now sits neglected, while I'm out getting back to basics...

Replying to my own post - must be losing it!

Just a reminder that on a fixie, a rear mudguard that wraps around the back of the wheel (like the Crud Roadracer) is a complete pain, as it prevents you from removing the rear wheel out of the horizontal dropouts. You're better off with one of the blade-style mudguards that sits above the wheel.

I've been well impressed with Crud Road Racer Mk II if you have a narrow tyred road bike. They fit easily and well, and require next to no frame clearance.

Regarding the "SLOW" comments - they're right. Do lots of distance training, and don't let your heart rate exceed some embarrassingly low threshold (maybe 60% of max heart rate). If that means you're walking up hills, or being overtaken by a granny on a shopper, so be it. In (not much) time, you should find yourself building speed while avoiding the need to exert yourself.