I have no beef with cyclists per se, but a prime concern in Whitehall is the growing tension between those who are adhering to the spirit of the Government guidelines and those who are not.
When you have two groups of people, one consisting of those locking themselves away, taking the minimum of exercise they need, leaving the house as few times as they can to shop, making lists, making sure that they only go out when they've got a significant amount of items to buy, ensuring they have the absolute minimum contact they with the outside world they can.
And a second group, nipping down the shop when they fancy an ice cream, meeting up with mates in the park for a chat, going for a drive with the family to get out, popping out whenever they run out of something they could easily live without for a few days, tensions are going to build, signs of strain will begin to show and eventually cracks will appear that will eventually become too big for some to contain.
The spirit of the guidelines isn't taking 100 mile rides and that's what's going to piss people off. It probably is unfair to single out cyclists, it's not just them ignoring that spirit, and yes, the Government should be firmer and stricter and explicitly state that kind of behaviour is not allowed instead of leaving it up to personal choice, but that's a poor reason to use and cyclists aren't doing themselves any favours by insisting that the Government hasn't said they can't take a 100 ride, so until they do, they'll continue. There are enough people that have an irrational undeserved hatred of cyclists, there's no need to boost their numbers by giving other people a genuine reason to dislike them too.
