Live blog: Car passenger filmed pushing woman off bike, Brief history of the bicycle from the BBC archive, Meghan and Harry’s baby bags a Trek, High jumping on a cross bike is a thing + small girl on pink bike (with stabilisers) races police car + more

Cracking piece of vid from the BBC archive (but you guessed that) - a 56 year old piece on the history of the bicycle in Coventry.

Top marks to the intrepid reporter who rides a succession of original early bikes including a bone-shaker, a penny farthing, and a succession of trikes – note the trailing microphone cable behind him as he rides along the road - chapeau! Also note the lack of traffic - interestingly back in 1963 what struck the reporter most about Coventry’s roads was the lack of bicycles - 10 years earlier they’d have been full of them he tells us.

#OnThisDay 1963: Tonight visited Coventry, to take a whimsical look at the history of bicycles (and tricycles) in Britain. pic.twitter.com/buCRbF2P6c

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) February 21, 2019

Rather scarily some of the stuff he's talking is only 20 years further back from 1963 than 1963 is from now. 

Not a great view of him, but this idiot shows his face (a bit) while knocking this woman off her bike. Anyone who knows him is sure to recognise him from this... pic.twitter.com/Bgi3EuAW8d

— Sticky Bottle (@sticky_bottle) February 21, 2019

The shocking clip shows a man lean out of a car window and push a woman into a hedge. 

We spotted the original footage yesterday evening when it was retweeted by Twitter user Ivan Brasso. The post he was retweeting was subsequently deleted - but not before Irish website Sticky Bottle grabbed it and posted it again.

We're unsure if the woman was ok following the incident, although in the comments someone claims the police have been informed. The offender's face is reasonably clear. 

Shockingly some on Twitter are openly expressing their amusement at the clip, including the 'person' below who when asked how he would feel if this was his mum replied: "I’d have disowned her long ago for being a cyclist!". We'll be following up to see if the offender is brought to justice. 

Good morning! Your day won’t get much better than this. pic.twitter.com/Af60IwnAmR

— Bashy Mc (@BashyMc) February 21, 2019

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On Tuesday's blog we ran a poll asking you if you would actually care if your bike got stolen - being as a fair few of you will have some level of insurance and will be able to get some sort of replacement, we thought it was feasible some of us might not be too miffed if we had to get a brand new replacement should a thief strike. 

Well it seems you all love your bikes insured or not, as a whopping 93% said you definitely wouldn't like your pride and joy stolen! Just 2% said they weren't bothered, and 5% said it depends on the bike and the insurance level. It seems the decision of the British Transport Police to shut down their bike theft unit in London and the south east will prove to be an unpopular one, then. 

Police chase. Dutch style!
(@Politie_Rdam in Rotterdam)pic.twitter.com/76YJ50jqbz

— Cycling Professor (@fietsprofessor) February 20, 2019

Look at her go! 

On a day when there hasn't been loads of news about to put a smile on our collective faces - this certainly does the trick (okay, a small girl on a pink bike racing a police car probably doesn't count as news but we're willing to stretch the definition for this one). Aside from the fact she gets up to an impressive clip, this young cyclist also displays masterful control of her bicycle - particularly tricky given it's got stabilisers on plus as anyone who's daugther(s) have ever had a similar bike will know those sort of pink Barbie bikes are flipping hard to ride.