The Daily Mail doesn’t need much encouragement to lay into cyclists, or Lycra Louts as it will often term them. Here’s a round-up of 10 of its most hysterical anti-cycling headlines over the years.

We've included links to our own coverage of the same stories here on road.cc (other than number 10 – that link goes to the Daily Mail, so consider yourself forewarned).

1 - When Daily Mail columnist Petronella Wyatt's mother got knocked over by a cyclist ...

2 – ... and when the exact same story was recycled two and a half years later

3 – When it slammed cyclists for not using a Cycle Superhighway … which wasn’t one ...

4 - ... but that didn't deter it from declaring war on cycle lanes

5 – What it tells us is that bikes are the most efficient way of getting round a city

6 – When it (yet again) missed the wider issue

7 – When it misreported a study, wrongly claiming cycle commuting is one of the biggest triggers for heart attacks

8 – When it got upset about a training manual for police cyclists

9 – When it 'exposed' broadcaster and cyclist Jon Snow as a serial rule-breaker, except he wasn't ...

... nor was road.cc's own Oli

10 – A headline inspired by a cabbie, no less, who claimed cyclists "Never pay for stuff, always moaning, and get really upset if you pull out quickly."

And finally – The headline isn't cycling-related, but it was a bike shop that came up with the perfect response to it

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