“The thing I can’t stand, I’ve railed against this before [is] road sectarianism.

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“Supposedly bus drivers hate taxi drivers and car drivers hate cyclists, but cyclists hate people on electric scooters and so it goes on and on and on,” he says.

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The us-and-them, cyclists-versus-motorists narrative is one that is played out regularly in the media.

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“It’s a great story for the media because they like to get a famous personality ranting about bikes and taxi driver ranting about how he or she has to make a living,” he says.

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“It's a good story, but it's all b*ll*cks, frankly.

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“People just need to accept the fact that we’ve got enough common enemies. To be honest, if you're riding a bike or driving car or using a motorcycle or a scooter, things like potholes, bad road markings, badly parked things, roadworks, bits being constantly dug up, all these things annoy all of us, and we have those in common.

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“We don't need to fall out with each other about it,” he adds.

 

You can see the full interview here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsuvEENrK44&t=92s

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