How to win a pub debate with a motorist

Next time a driver takes you to task over your chosen pastime, here's what you tell them

Two cyclists in a pub
Finish the debate with the warm glow of victory, using our crib notes
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As many reading this will already be aware, there are a certain number of rites of passage that are part of being a bike rider. They come on a variety of levels, most involving a degree of physical discomfort, such as riding your first century – be it imperial or metric – or toppling over sideways in front of a pub garden full of boisterous revellers during your first week of riding clipless pedals.

Others involve more of an intellectual challenge, such as your first encounter with the pub motorist. This occasion will see a multitude of charges levelled at you, ranging from the ignorant to the nonsensical to the... well, not that unreasonable actually.

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