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A quiet moment.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
They are already things I work on: routine and less sugar.
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To be able to cycle from my home in Chiswick [west London] to the centre of London on a fully segregated lane.
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For persevering, and being a good role model.
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