Adam Becket

News editor at Cycling Weekly, Adam brings his weekly opinion on the goings on at the upper echelons of our sport. This piece is part of The Leadout, a newsletter series from Cycling Weekly and Cyclingnews. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As ever, email adam.becket@futurenet.com – should you wish to add anything, or suggest a topic.

It’s road safety week in the UK, a time to think about how roads could be safer across the country (and, the world), particularly for those more vulnerable. It’s all too easy to feel vulnerable as a cyclist, as a person wearing regular clothes or lycra, pedalling along while two-tonne vehicles rush past you. But, we must also remember that, by choosing cycling over more sedentary modes of transport, we’re reducing our risk of far more prevalent threats on a daily basis.



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