I'm going to hold my hands up a bit here.
I cycle way more than I drive, partly because you can't park around here. If I'm heading back to The Lanes from, say, Waitrose (Waitrose to Starbucks being a well cycled route for me), I cut across the road at Churchill Square, cycle down the pedestrian ramp, avoid the lights, cross the road to Lloyds bank, into the pedestrian precinct, into Ship Street, and I'm there. And that ride is all downhill, so quite fast.
And I know I should get off and walk, or stay on the road. I know that.
But none of us do.
So I'm totally pro cyclists. But I also realise that we are not angels. We do take liberties. And when we get hurt, we moan about the horrid car drivers. But there are two sides to every story.
Incidentally, the cycle path on the sea front is on the footpath, not on the road. Visitors from out of town hardly ever notice it. They cross the road towards the sea front, avoid the cars, and then step straight into the path of the bikes.