WE think

that the only way you are going to have safe cycling in Scotland is if you have more investment in separate facilities.

Pedal On Parliament has been very successful. They have won the debate.

The only issue we have is that they seem to want everything tomorrow – but that’s not really feasible or affordable.

They always talk about cycling in Holland. In Holland, everybody cycles – young and old.

But it took 25 years to get to that point.

We’re heading for the same long-term goal, but I think Pedal On Parliament want to get there a bit too quickly.

There’s not the funding for that, and there are issues that affect both cyclists and drivers – the main one being the £1bn backlog in road maintenance.

We would rather money was spent on doing up potholes and improving roads – ironically, that would help cyclists too.