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Canal Cycling - a touchy subject
Interesting Guardian article (and comments) on the problem of inconsiderate cyclists on the Regent's canal towpath.
I can understand the concern; walking up the towpath the other week, I say a wheelchair user subjected to abuse from a pair of cyclists who seemed very aggrieved that he had the temerity to take up as much of the path as he did. (Sad to say, this is by no means the only example of anti-disabled prejudice I've seen from members of the outdoors-and-active fraternity.) And many parts just aren't good cycling territory, with narrow paths under bridges and little space to pass pedestrians. Born-again cycling proponent as I am, the RC towpath is one of those routes I really am not sure cyclists should be encouraged to use in its present state.
I can understand the concern; walking up the towpath the other week, I say a wheelchair user subjected to abuse from a pair of cyclists who seemed very aggrieved that he had the temerity to take up as much of the path as he did. (Sad to say, this is by no means the only example of anti-disabled prejudice I've seen from members of the outdoors-and-active fraternity.) And many parts just aren't good cycling territory, with narrow paths under bridges and little space to pass pedestrians. Born-again cycling proponent as I am, the RC towpath is one of those routes I really am not sure cyclists should be encouraged to use in its present state.