ABSTRACT
Cycling has long been linked, practically and symbolically, to a number of radical political movements; and in a world now so entirely dominated by cars, the mere act of cycling can feel like a political statement. Yet, many people who cycle have no explicit desire to change the world, and, indeed, many cycle campaigns are aimed at simply having cycling accommodated within the status quo. This complex past and present, and how and where bike politics might be understood as being reformist or radical, is discussed here.
