Last updated: 13 June 2026.
This page explains the cookies I’d Rather Cycle (idrathercycle.org) uses. It sits alongside our privacy policy.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website can store in your browser, for example to remember a setting between pages. Some are essential for a site to work; others are used for things like analytics or advertising and need your consent.
The cookie we use now
Today this site sets a single cookie, and it is strictly necessary:
- irc_consent — a first-party cookie that records your choice in the cookie banner (accept or reject), so you are not asked again on every page. It lasts about six months and contains nothing that identifies you.
Analytics without cookies
We measure traffic with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which deliberately sets no cookies and does not track you across other sites. That is why, unlike many sites, we do not need an analytics cookie or your consent to count visits.
Cookies we may use in future
We do not currently run advertising or affiliate links. If we add them later — for example Google AdSense — they may set advertising and analytics cookies. Those would only be set after you accept them in the banner, and we would update this page to list them before they go live.
Managing your choice
You control non-essential cookies through the banner that appears on your first visit: Accept all or Reject non-essential. Since the only current cookie is the essential one above, rejecting changes nothing today, but your choice is stored and will govern any advertising or analytics cookies we introduce later.
You can also clear cookies for this site in your browser at any time, which will make the banner appear again, and most browsers let you block or delete cookies entirely through their settings.