I’ll tell you what annoys me, seeing as you’re interested; and I can’t see me making many friends by this.  But for an international influencer like my good self this is secondary to exposing awkward truths.

And that’s motorists who don’t leave much room for me when I’m on my bike. (Cue vehement anti-cyclist/anti-motorist tirades).

And here’s the rub; they mostly seem to be women.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been on the end of White Van Man’s finger and heard a torrent of “witty” abuse, shouted mainly for the benefit of his passenger, but it is uncanny the number of times I’ve predicted that the snug overtaking manoeuvre was being performed by a woman driver.

Now, I have a number of theories why this is the case.

Quite possibly the proportion of women cyclists is far smaller than that of men who ride bikes.  So the need to leave ample space has not been learned from personal experience among the general population of women drivers.

Secondly, I hold the view that there are differences between men and women.  I believe, for instance, that women have a far more highly tuned sense of intuitive observation than men.  Conversely, men have a better sense of spatial awareness enabling then to read maps and park cars better.

Or lastly, women are instinctively drawn to the sight of my lycra-clad bum and think, “I’ll cop a closer look at that!”.

In the interests of road safety they should try to control themselves a little more.