Le Nouveau Ciclisme

There's a plague of cycles on London's streets. TVe reported over the weekend that around 400 of the two-wheeled nuisances have been sold in the capital every day since July 7. These "new bikers" are a source of botherment because they appear to have retained the manners of London Underground commuters! Backpack bombers notwithstanding, statistically it might have been safer for them to stick to their troglodyte ways. But at least they are unlikely to be fretting about sudden unexpected extinction quite so much when it actually happens.