There were 805 cyclist deaths in 1950 – let's stop grasping for a mythical 'Golden Age of Cycling'

Demanding more as cyclists will always be important, but we shouldn't be blinded to everyday goodness

Cyclists on a group ride as the sun is setting
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If your online algorithms are anything like mine, you will have been told many times to live more in the present. I'm not sure exactly what that says about me, but I don't imagine I'm alone. Media of all kinds is alive with mindfulness and similar strategies exhorting us to live more in the moment, rather than waiting for a situation to change, or wishing it was like it once was.

Cycling as a whole could do with a bit of this right now.

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