I think things are a little awkward because of the fact that you can (within reason) take your bike on the train normally. I only started doing so last year, and only fairly locally, so although I'd be ready for the knackers yard when I got back, I could cycle back (or at least to the next bit with trains) if there was an emergency blockade. That obviously isn't possible if there is a landslip on the West Coast mainline and you find yourself with 50 miles to travel.
As others have said, I think more effort could be made at times on the part of the rail companies, especially given public transport and bikes should work together for fewer cars on the road (is that still policy, or did it get lost sometime over the last year?). However, I appreciate it would be difficult to come up with a consistent policy... if you said "they must be carried on coaches, but cannot be carried on buses", how would you make sure that you consistently had the same sort of vehicle available each journey, each time? There is a distinct lack of safe space on "normal buses".
Personally, I'd be happy if the situation was one of "reasonable adjustment" - where frequency isn't so much of an issue (i.e. not a rural branchline!), I'd be quite happy to wait until the next bus (30 minutes doesn't seem unreasonable) if that could take me. I think it fair to expect that I stood and held my bike throughout the journey, and if that meant I had to disembark and reembark at
every station on my journey to allow other people to circulate, I'd consider that a small price to pay for the "convenience" of being permitted travel on the RRB.
Throwing another idea out, what if there was a minimum distance? You can't take your bike if the distance to be travelled by RRB is a couple of suburban stations, but you can as long as it is more than m miles or n stations?
Then again, perhaps I am unusual in thinking "reasonable" is even possible!
Should we go back to the times when you had to pay to take a cycle or dog on a train again? [...] Some people think its there god given right to demand something that they haven,t paid for in there ticket price.
I was surprised that I didn't! A nominal fee of a couple of pounds doesn't seem too bad to me - perhaps banded depending on price? (i.e. Bike cost of £1 for each £10 of fare paid after any railcards, discounts, etc.).
As for your final comment... what have they paid for in their ticket price? Should there also be a charge for suitcases? 'Corkage' for eating your own food? Using the powerpoints (where available for the public)? Given the demonization of public transport as a mobile petri dish over the last year, I really don't think we need to go any further down the Ryanair-isation of any part of our public transport network where it isn't strictly necessary, do you?