"Bod" wrote in message ...

This week on Business Scotland Colin Blane checks out the business
behind one of the most remarkable inventions of the industrial age ..
the humble bicycle. Over the years, cycle sales have been through some
ups and downs but for the last decade or so the push-bike has been
pushing ahead again. A recent report suggested cycle use in Scotland was
up 32 percent since 2003. Colin talks to a number of people who've
saddled up to take advantage of the surge in cycling.
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Bod

You forgot to add this bit:


"....329 milion vehicle kilometres were travelled by bike in Scotland in
2013, up 32 per cent since 2003, but cycling makes up just one per cent of
journies (sic) made...."

Read more at
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/...zWkbeuvDs7p.99

The last part of that statement rather brings it all back down to earth,
doesn't it?