 Right, what’s the betting that MBUK.com don’t nick this article from us… We’ve just had a press release about a new stamp from the Royal Mail with a bike on. It’s to launch the National Cycle Network. Launching them was rent-a-mug "Cycling mad comedian" Alexei Sayle. We’re big fans of Alexei, though he’s almost always the B-list celeb hoiked out of the crowd to do the bike thing. Anyhow, the new stamp promote the National Cycle Network which he rent-a-quoted "I’m a great supporter of cycling and public art and I’m delighted a stamp has been issued to help promote this innovative project." Hmm… Trouble is, the bike-stamp is a 45p one. And non of us here can remember the last time we used a 45p stamp. Royal Mail denote it as a "Airmail basic letter rate up to 10gm." And when was the last time you needed one of those?  And, the stamp itself shows a bike lane. On a road. Instead of all the other lovely images of cycling we can imagine. Beautifully crafted dirt jumps on a building site. A long singletrack cutting across open moorland… |
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