Bristol's Cycling City status has an image problem – and it's all the fault of the local paper.
That's the view of a Bristol City Council officer's report to the city's audit committee, in which they admit targets to double the number of people on bikes might not be met by the £23million project's 2011 deadline.
Although the council has been criticised by the public, cyclists and funders Cycle England for not delivering quickly enough, it appears to think the root of the problem lies elsewhere.
Evening Post has stirred up 'reputational problems', council officer claims