I disagree, especially concerning tow paths, where 99% of cyclists are of the sort of ‘non-serious’ types. These paths are of course for pedestrians more than us cyclists, but a lot hog the whole path, have dogs off the lead or watch you coming then walk in front of you.
Anybody speeding on a bike on a towpath is an idiot if there are people or animals about, roads are for speed, not canal paths.
Ps for anyone who might want to bring up the road tax for bikes nonsense, they are welcome to either come and pay this year’s RFL on my vehicles, or accept that if everyone who cycled took their car instead, your journies are going to take a hell of a lot longer.
People ‘hating’ car drivers, cyclists and pedestrians are the problem, they’re the ones most likely to deliberately do something stupid just because they can, or just foster bad feeling between themselves and the other groups.
Live and let live.