On yer bike: a brief history of cycling politicians

Sir Bradley Wiggins has been talking bikes with Jeremy Corbyn but the Labour leader is just one of many prominent pedalling parliamentarians

From Norman Tebbit's infamous advice to the unemployed to get on their bikes to the Plebgate row, cycling has a long history of being embroiled in British political controversy and intrigue.

So it is not surprising that Jeremy Corbyn, perhaps Labour most divisive leader in recent history, has been accused of riding a Chairman Mao bicycle - a rumour he brushed off when discussing his love of cycling in an interview with the Tour de France winner and Olympic Gold medallist Sir Bradley Wiggins, who was guest-editing BBC Radio 4's Today programme.