David Cameron backs cycling as he helps open bike shop in his constituency

Another +1 for an LBS in Chippy. @Solentine, maybe this is where you could open Bready Merckx.

Mick Murphy illustrates the sheer size of the balls Mr Cameron must have to show up and open a bike shop while doing sod all to safeguard the lives of it's customers...

Cycling is the new socially popular item of the day. I just hope it actually benefits long time cyclists

This is one we'd be better doing over a beer stumpy but saying it wasn't labours fault it was the bankers is akin to a prison governor leaving the jail unlocked and then blaming the prisoners when they escape and commit more crime. It wasn't a secret they were greedy bstds, that's why they should have been more closely regulated, and I speak as a former HBOS employee who used to receive advice each month on how to justify selling an inappropriate solution to a client because it would earn us more bonus.

Anyway, waaaayy off topic, enjoy the racing and it looks like I'm voting lib dem

Colin, your commitment to cycling is applaudable however the word BANKERS springs to mind. Your right the books would not have been balanced however without the bank crashes it would be a hell of a lot better.

And this lot are still borrowing more despite making everyones (bar the rich) life worse by cutting everywhere.

Oh and by the way the last MORI poll on bankers showed most of them voted cons.

Anyway rant over back to cycling the last stage of the ToB is about to start.

It's no worse than Ed Millhouse wandering around East London market stalls.

I despise the way Labour have ruined this country's economy and spent all our money in a non- sustainable and inefficient way.

Bliar and Co. never seem able to balance the books and are more interested in buying votes. Think about that when you get your knickers twisted about spending cuts.

I vote Tory mainly because I think they're slightly less clueless on the economy than Labour, but next time I'm voting for whoever says they'll do the most for cycling. This kind of political window dressing pi$$es me off, they had a real opportunity to catch on to the public demand for more action on cycling and do the bare minimum as a box ticking exercise.

Fine open the local shop, great publicity for the owner, but if he meant what he said he'd have committed much more than the paltry amount to alternative transport

So Cameron only "helped" to open the cycle shop. He needs someone to hold his hand while doing something as simple as opening a shop, we really are up Sh** creek.

Shame most roads leading to Witney are lethal. LBS for Chipping Norton please

Fine words butter no parsnips...

Mick Murphy about to present Cameron there with the Emperor's Golden Ostrich Egg to commemorate the opening ceremony.

Bandwagon - jump - win votes. The man is full of crap and i hate him with a passion.

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Prime Minister David Cameron last week showed his support for cycling

No he did not - Cameron just showed his ability to capitalise on an opportunity to look like taking action while actually doing nothing himself

Cameron can now add 'opened bike shop' to his pathetic list of pro-cycling initiatives.