If you are a cyclist,

You're quiet

You're non-polluting

You take up very little space on the road

Your machine required far less materials to make

Your machine used far less fossil fuels and water to make

Your machine will last for decades (I have a brilliant bike that I bought in 1989 that I've done tens of thousands of miles on)

Your machine is easy and cheap to maintain, needing only tiny amounts of resources

At the end of its life most of it can be recycled at the local tip, not stacked on top of dozens of others in an ugly scrapyard

The cycling will have kept me fit and saved the NHS a fortune

When I'm not using it, it won't take up space on the street or in vast car parks

I can see over hedges, breathe fresh air, work up a healthy sweat, hear the wind in the trees, get a tan and listen to the birds and bees

I can do 30 miles to the pint of water, two bananas and a Hobnob or two.