COUNCILLORS maintain that the £70,000 work on Jack Straw’s Lane is an improvement for cyclists.

I use this road daily on my cycle and find the opposite.

Cars try to avoid the centre strip by straddling it which is no help to cyclists.

Cyclists now have mini-ramps to get on and off the raised portions which are unpleasant to ride on, being not only brick patterned but not as level as the previous surface.

Most people could find better use for £70,000.

DEREK SHERWOOD Barton Lane Headington