Wellington Community Police officers can be seen cruising around on bikes, joining the trend.

OPINION: I was driving behind a cyclist at 10kmh on a narrow Wellington road last week trying to quell my increasing rage.

The cyclist had whipped out in front of me as I waited at a red light. I had been there first, and then 'bammo', in comes the cyclist 10 seconds before it hits green.

As I was dawdling along, I actively tried to rationalise the situation.

"Cyclists are good for the environment. Everyone is entitled to use the road," my mantra went.

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Finally there was enough space on the road for me to safely pass. As I was passing, old mate cyclist had a bit of a wobbly, cycles in a diagonal direction and I had to slam on my brakes so I didn't hit him.

SUPPLIED Cycling's a great past time, but there's not enough space on Wellington roads to accommodate it.

Then he veers back to the side of the road, with the tenacity to glare at me as I manoeuvre past him and his thick, woolly socks popping up over his trousers.

It's the most compelled I've been in a long time to wind down the window, flip the bird and cuss at a stranger.

You see, I don't want anyone's blood on my hands.

But that's the thing with Wellington, the roads are becoming increasingly congested. There's not enough space for cars, cyclists, buses, motorcyclists, skateboarders, scooterers, and pedestrians, and there is an ever-increasing frequency of the aforementioned situation.

Due to lack of space for infrastructure for both motorists and cyclists to get around this city of ours safely, one has to cede.

My personal feeling would be we get rid of bikes.

The basis for that opinion simply comes down to weather. Wellington is not a fair-weathered haven. If there are seven sunny days in a row in the capital, it can justifiably warrant headlines.

When I lived on the Sunshine Coast I loved hooning around on my bicycle as my preferred mode of transportation. But then, the Sunny Coast's roads are wide enough to accommodate cyclists and cars going both ways. In Wellington a lot of the roads are only wide enough to permit one car at a time.

Sure, when the public transport is in a much better position with widely accessible trains and buses, and cyclists we can revisit the conundrum and look to reinstating bicycles. But for now, we need to take some time out, put bicycles in the naughty corner.

Perhaps all the cyclists should visit the velodrome in Wellington. Cyclists can go there to get as much of their cycling rocks off as they like.

But for now, perhaps we should all get on Wellington Mayor Justin Lester's case and demand change – zone Wellington as a bike-free area.

* A previous version of this opinion piece called for a velodrome in Wellington. In fact, Wellington already has a velodrome.