Better By Bike

Better by Bike is one of the many resources that you can tap into to find out more about cycling around the city. It always bemuses me that Bristol is ‘Britain’s First Cycling City” considering quite how hilly it is. But we’re a stalwart lot down here, I guess.
I used to write a column entitled Bristol On My Bike, which sadly is no more. It would have been great to chart the lack of progress that was made in relation to the idea to convert the fantastic cycle route from Bristol to Bath into a bus route. The powers that be (and these are they) are clearly not very clued up about the amount of support that cyclists have in this city. With heavyweights like Sustrans based here, ideas to usurp cyclists in favour of the atrocious bus service, were never likely to get very far!
Bristol is a great city to cycle around, and offers a great way to keep in shape as well as being environmentally sound. If you commute, cycling will get you where you need to be faster than any other means of travel! Not only that, but you get to see and hear a lot more than when you are stuck in a car.