In reply to Flatlander:
the reason for that is we don't have a tube line and every one gets sick of being stuck on a bus on Essex Road or Hackney Road every morning or evening (me included!).
Plus of course Hackney does contain Stoke Newington which has to be one of the most 'right on places' I have ever lived near
and eveyone there seems to have a bike.
Still good to see Hackney coming top for something positive as opposed to failing schools, crime etc etc