Simon Mason wrote:
: QUOTE:
: The Queen has revealed that she is a fan of London’s dark blue Boris
: Bikes – although unlike her counterparts in ‘bicycle monarchies’ such
: as the Netherlands and Denmark, it’s a pretty safe bet that Her
: Majesty will never be seen riding through the streets of the capital
: on two wheels.
:
: According to The Daily Telegraph, during yesterday’s visit to upmarket
: grocer Fortnum & Mason, when she was accompanied by the Duchesses of
: Cornwall and Cambridge, the Queen told Mayor of London Boris Johnson,
: “At least I didn’t have to come down here today on one of your bikes,”
: reports The Daily Telegraph.
:
: A worried Mr Johnson, who launched the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme in
: summer 2010, asked the Queen, who celebrates her Diamond Jubilee this
: year, “Oh, gosh, don’t you like my bikes?”
:
: She quickly reassured him: “Oh, yes, I think they’re lovely. In fact,
: I notice the bike racks are often empty.”
:
: Sadly, there’s more chance of the ravens flying away from the Tower of
: London than there is of ever seeing the Queen on one of the dark blue
: bikes.
:
: Mind you, we suppose the Duchess of Cambridge could have wheeled out
: the tandem Boris Bike that the Mayor gave her and Prince William as a
: wedding gift last year and ridden the half-mile or so from Buckingham
: Palace with her grandmother-in-law as a passenger, with Camilla riding
: solo alongside them?
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http://road.cc/content/news/53793-bo...ely-says-queen

Yes, the woman is eighty five years old, probably best not to go and cycle
places.