Graeme Tuckett: Rip up expensive cycleway follies
(WorldNews New Zealand)

OPINION: Most days in Wellington I ride a bicycle. By this, I don`t mean I zip myself into sloganed Spandex and ride some $5000 carbon fibre creation around on sunny weekends. Nor am I one of those infuriatingly sanctimonious numpties who rides at strolling pace down the middle of the road at rush hour, and who I suspect are behind a lot of the pro-cycling letters to the Dominion Post. I`m just someone who finds that an old frame fitted with toughened rims and mountainbike brake pads - total cost about $200 - is still the best way to commute around Te Aro and the inner suburbs of Wellington. So, you might guess I`d have an opinion on our Island Bay and Victoria...