The Cyclist's Codex

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Cyclist's Codex: Protocols for Pedalling in Pelotons Preserving a Pulse Pushing Power Pootling on Paths and Not Being a Prat on the Road</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There are two types of cyclists: those who know the rules and those who accidentally violate all of them before the first junction. This book is for both-and especially for the latter.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Cyclist's Codex</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is the long-overdue legal text for the road-going bunch-riding café-stopping Strava-uploading cyclist who wants to ride well ride right and not become the unspoken reason someone else leaves the group chat. Part etiquette manual part sarcastic scripture part unofficial highway code-this is the lawbook the peloton never asked for but desperately needed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Inside you'll find:</span></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>16 chapters of judiciously officious riding laws covering everything from rotation rituals to sock-based infractions</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Cyclist Citation Scale (CCS): a seven-point penalty system ranging from </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Glance</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> to full-blown social expulsion</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Hard lines on soft etiquette-meeting point punctuality mid-ride micturition WhatsApp decorum and the correct height of sock</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Clauses for café queue etiquette descending danger zones mechanical misconduct and how to pee without ruining your bibs or reputation</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Appendices for language decoding acceptable post-ride uploads and rules for those who say I'm just here for fun (but clearly aren't)</span></li></ul><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Written in the tone of a Queen's Counsel with a caffeine dependency and too many miles in their legs </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Cyclist's Codex</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a must-read (and must-abide) for anyone who wants to ride socially without being silently judged.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Know the rules. Know when you're breaking them. And at least be funny when you do.</strong></p>