Are you afraid to cycle and what would get you on a bike?

The Star, Sheffield

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00:00I think there's always going to be a bit of a war between drivers and cyclists that comes to mind.

00:05I feel like the only way to really help towards that kind of war

00:12is maybe making it so it's a bit easier for space for cyclists on the roads.

00:18Maybe newer road plans that they tend to bring in,

00:21maybe thinking there's also going to be cyclists on this road as well.

00:26Segregation?

00:28Potentially, yeah, because it does feel a lot safer when there's a dedicated lane for me on the road.

00:34That definitely makes me feel a lot more comfortable.

00:38I do think it'd be better if there was more cycle lanes on roads to get them off the pavements.

00:43For example, it is the quickest route to get for me through this busy area

00:49and it also tells me to come here on my SatNav when I click the cycling route.

00:54On the moor?

00:55Through the moor, yeah.

00:57I don't know if they could incorporate a bit more thought into

01:01like when you type in a cycle route on Google Maps, that could help.

01:06I've not so much heard people talking about cyclists as much

01:11but more the cycles you see quite a lot with the throttle.

01:17You don't really have to pedal a lot.

01:19I do see quite a lot of those and I don't think I'm not opposed to those

01:24but it can just be a bit dangerous.

01:27I've been spooked a few times, someone going quite quickly at a high speed.

01:32Because I can't cycle, I tried to cycle when I was given a bike, a second-hand one

01:38and I practiced for a few hours, falling off.

01:42We put it in a, not a garden shed, sort of next to the house.

01:46You know, sort of, not a shed, you know, adjacent to the house.

01:51A little...

01:52Lean-to?

01:53Lean-to.

01:54And it was stolen overnight, I've never got me a new one.

01:57How old were you?

01:58Now I'm about 60.

02:00How old were you then?

02:01I think about 10.

02:05What do you think of cyclists?

02:09I'm jealous of them because I can't cycle.

02:12And I'm afraid of them because they're very silent.

02:15Say again?

02:16They're silent, they're almost silent when they come behind you and you almost get run over.

02:20And many don't have the sense to actually ring the bell when they come behind you.

02:25And I've never been run over by a cyclist, but I've come very, very close.

02:30Just literally looking around, about to pop over, straight past me.

02:35Is there anything that could get you back on a bike?

02:41A free bike.

02:43Which I could actually practice at my leisure until I got the hang of it.

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