The hidden dangers of cycling

A list of Don’ts for women on bicycles, c. 1895 has been doing the rounds. It consists of about 20% good advice (“don’t criticize people’s ‘legs’”) to 80% sexism (“don’t use bicycle slang: leave that to the boys”). But what on earth does this mean:

( Don’t cultivate a ‘bicycle face’. )

Law-breaking among cyclists: perception vs reality

Jim Chisholm asked me to write an article for the newsletter of the Cambridge Cycling Campaign about the public perception of law-breaking among cyclists, how this arises and persists through cognitive biases, and some consequences for campaigners. I think most of the material will be pretty familiar to my readers here, but you never know.

( There’s a general belief in this country that cyclists are a bunch of scofflaws )