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It’s a myth: the Dutch are not avid cyclists because their country is flat and their weather is much better than ours. They cycle a lot because of the choices their governments and local authorities have made over the past 50+ years. In the UK we have one word for those who use a bike – “cyclists”. These are then sub-divided into three (often derided) groups: the first is “Old Gits in Lycra” (I can assure you “I speak whereof I know” to misquote philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstei