Tales of a Los Angeles Summer from the bowels of a Birmingham Winter.
Friends of the Friendless is the name of a bike ride that roams the streets in search of lone cyclists to escort safely to their destination. (If only such a scheme had existed within Barcelona's scooter community).
NB. A cycling streetgang chanting "ONE OF US!" in motorcade formation around you can be overwhelming. I crashed into a kerb descending at speed a particularly dark and treacherous incline. "Man down!" bikers called as they sped past in the tuck position.