Chris Boardman is a keen advocate of cycling safety, so when his mother was involved in a 'close pass' with an Aldi lorry on a Birkenhead North End Cycling Club club ride he entered a debate on Twitter about safe cycling procedure.
Twitter user @trucksimdriver messaged Boardman with a video of the BNECC ride to ask if the riders or the driver was in the wrong, with Aldi apparently claiming the pass was perfectly safe.
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Hope for better bike infrastructure as Active Travel England to be consulted on new housing estatesOrganisation will help deliver cycling infrastructure on all future large planning applications
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Mike Burrows: the designer who influenced the bikes we ride todayA legendary bike designer and innovator, Burrows created the Lotus 108 ridden by Chris Boardman at the 1992 Olympics
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Chris Boardman becomes the first commissioner of Active Travel EnglandFormer cyclist will head up the new cycling and walking body, which is responsible for £5.5 million investment in active travel schemes
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