Can Sadiq Khan stand up to bike bashers and make London a cycling city?

More than half a million bike trips a day are now made in London as business increasingly sees the benefit of helping cities compete on liveability

My regular bike commute to work comes in two very distinct parts, a split which epitomises the rapid changes to cycling in London. The beginning and the end - Walworth Road and Farringdon Road for those who know the city - are an experience familiar to cyclists in the capital for many years: a slightly gung ho rush of mingling with the buses, cabs and construction trucks.

But for one, blissful mile in the middle, this all changes. Those of us on two wheels are funnelled onto a brand new, billiard table-smooth bike lane, separated from the metal behemoths by a raised kerb, cosseted with our own mini traffic lights.