For people who cycle in and out of the city centre at rush hour every day, here is a spoiler alert - the following may contain observations that are blindingly obvious to you, so apologies in advance.

I've been blogging about my cycling during 30 days of biking and one of the things that struck me was how few other cyclists I saw on my travels. Admittedly, due to the nature of my work, I'm often riding between meetings etc during the day in the week when other people are in the…

It's been a few days since 30 days of Biking finished and as I sit watching the cliche Bank Holiday weather, I've been pondering my biking activities during April. I think I've done my bit regarding profile raising, blogging, tweeting and saying hello to other cyclists as promised, but I was disappointed not to get out and about much beyond my day to day commuting and other practical purposes.

In February and March, some warm sunny weather coincided with a period of underemployment…