I don’t know whether it is because I work in a particularly enlightened office or that colleagues, aquaintances and random strangers I get to speak to have subliminally been chosen only for their propensity to buy bikes but…….
I find that views such as those published in aformentioned rags are increasingly out of step with those around me. I’ve noticed a difference even on my regular 2-mile commute from the station – it’s got to be nearly 12 months since anyone hurled abuse at me for ‘getting in their way’ from it being a fortnightly occurance.
Also, interchanges such as those captured in the latest Meerkat STW column (“you could buy a car for that” etc) are very out of date as far as my experience goes – I don’t think I’ve had one of those conversations for at least 3 years!