Yes, it can be rather idylic being a cyclist.

But what happens when the days get shorter and colder? Or the wind whips up into a headwind? Or it starts raining when you are exactly halfway out on your route?

In issue 11 we asked you what were the worst things about being a cycle commuter, what was it that has you staring out the window with the prospect of the ride to work wondering why it is that you put yourself through this every day?

Here at cc we had expected the usual responses of having to ride in the rain, or against the wind, and we weren't disappointed as more than half the respondents admitted these were factors against cycling.

Perhaps surprisingly having to deal with drivers didn't poll as highly - perhaps more an inconvience than an outright reason not to take the bike to work, they tend to be something always there, we took up riding to work despite the traffic and that hasn't changed.

Equally the hassle of having to change once you are at work didn't prove much of a turn off.There were, however, two main reasons for not cycling which we hadn't foreseen.