The biggest worry here - are the idiots who could follow his advice! i've already ridden over very dangerous DIY "stinger" type devices made out of nails on my local trails!

like thumpers mum (remember bambi) if you dont have anything nice to say dont say anything at all !!!! hello mr parrish. beaten by a rabbit.

if he's serious about an apology, perhaps he should participate in a well publicised event or ride for a cycling charity.

I wonder what Mr Parrish does for fun. Rambling perhaps? I hope he's an equestrian (does that mean horse? Or horse rider? You know what I mean) because then we can just move the strings up a bit further ;)

terrym surley you mean cyclepath??

Seriously though, what with attacks on cyclists by both motorists and pedestrians emphasised in the national press recently (before christmas and this letter), e.g. the chap in Edinburgh jailed for attacking a cyclist with his car, and the many stories about slapping cyclists from a moving vehicle etc, you would think that an educated man like this would have had more fore-thought than to spout forth in his column, without at least guessing at the reaction it would cause.

I would wager that this was an attempt at gaining notoriety in the press, particularly during such an emotive period for the motorist/cyclist issue. Notice that there is something on TV tonight (7th January) about the rad rage 'war' between cyclists and motorists.

Remember that being in the press is usually never bad for the career of someone in the press