I have read many letters recently complaining bitterly about Southern's policy of not allowing bikes on the new trains on the London-to-Brighton bike ride on Sunday.

While I am a cyclist myself and have cycled the ride over many years to raise money for the British Heart Foundation (BHF), I find it incredible that nobody has raised the fact that the BHF, in conjunction with Southern and The Argus, made the arrangements in place for the transport of bikes back to London perfectly clear well ahead of the event.

Furthermore, the people who claimed to know nothing of these arrangements are those who rode "unofficially", avoiding the entrance fee to the ride and, more importantly, raised no funds whatsoever for the charity that the ride was in aid of.

Public transport must provide accomodation to the foot passenger as a top priority and disabled space has, by law, to be provided.

It's common sense to say bicycles can only ever be carried if space and safety requirements allow.

-Terry Green, Saltdean