I know this is not specifically about X-training - but I am sure
there are a lot of us who cycle on the roads as part of our training.

You may have heard about this, but if not here you are:

If you cycle, please take two minutes to read this and sign the e-
gov petition - which CTC thinks is well worth doing.

Your right to ride on the road is in jeopardy.

The revised Highway Code says cyclists should "use cycle facilities
where possible". If this Code is approved, cyclists will effectively
lose the right to ride on the road where there are alternative
routes or adjacent facilities.

The implications of this are too bad to contemplate. First we will
suffer more abuse and intimidating driving, as recently suffered by
a CTC member. Second, if a cyclist is involved in an accident and
tries to claim damages, the insurance companies are likely to argue
that the rider contributed to the accident by not using the cycle
facility.

The Highway Code has been laid before parliament. It will
automatically be approved unless it is referred to a House of
Commons Committee which cannot amend it and can only recommend the
whole document be rejected.

It will take an unprecedented amount of adverse publicity to
persuade the government to reject the Highway Code in its entirety.

The CTC HQ Campaign team are working hard to find some way of
achieving this and will obviously require national support.
Meanwhile HQ says it will do no harm to support the petition which
is at

http://petitions. pm.gov.uk/ roads4bikes/

It is interesting to note that 35 MP's objected to the original
revised wording. Unfortunately, the replacement wording is no
better. Only 11,000 objections were received to the previous
wording. There are over 50, 000 in the CTC alone who should now be
objecting.

If this Highway Code is approved by government cyclists will
effectively lose the right to ride on the road where there are
alternative routes or adjacent facilities. (more info at
http://www.ctc. org.uk/DesktopDe fault.aspx? TabID=4568)

Please register your name on the petition and persuade others to do
the same.