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This would need a lot of thought and probably cost (it always costs a fortune). I can forsee problems with cyclists turning left and pedestrians crossing. I have had a couple of near misses, as a pedestrian, and got a lot of abuse for crossing when it appeared safe and the green man was lit.

I cycle, walk and drive so I am not anti any of these groups. When driving I always give cyclists plenty of room. One I don't like it when cars come close to me and secondly, if I am in a collision with a cyclist it will make a mess of my car. Why don't other drivers think or realise this.

@tino got to admit that even from thousands of miles away in the UK I was wondering why he simply didn't just detour around the ride. I've had a look around and I can find no reports of any threatening behaviour or aggression from the critical mass riders - you only have to look at the videos to see that the ride is an easy going affair.

He may be well connected but this time he's out in the spot light and his lawyer might be well connected but if I was him I certainly wouldn't have let my client go out and speak to the press on his own… think I might have gussied him up a bit too so that he didn't look quite like Hannibal Lecter's sinister brother too.

You'd also have to say that two days on the run with access to a lawyer and that's the best they story they could come up with - it's feeble, and not only that he can't even stick to his own story. I think he's toast.

@TheBigMong - thanks for that link.

@demoff @Simon E word on how long they will be producing 9 speed Tiagra seems to be… not very long. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they'd stopped already.

I also asked Shimano Europe about longevity differences between 9 and 10 speed, not surprisingly they think their 10 speed groups last just as long. It does have to be said that even though it is 10 speed the new Tiagra 4600 kit will be heavier than say 105 so in that regard you might expect it to wear more slowly too - there's more of it to wear.

Why are Shimano moving all their groups over to 10 speed and going for under bar cable routing on the higher end groups? Simple answer is that's what consumers want and by consumers I mean both people buying new bikes - because they are the biggest buyers of new groupsets, and also manufacturers - the people who actually buy the groups of off Shimano. Bike buyers want to buy something they think is technologically cutting edge, bike sellers need a story to sell - 10 speed is that story. It will be on Sora eventually too I'll bet. I don't doubt either that in five years or so we'll be talking about Tiagra Di2.

Likewise under bar cable routing is Shimano keeping up with SRAM and Campagnolo who both already had it and thus looked modern and minimalist which is just what bike buyers wanted. Shimano held out for quite a long time because even before the advent of SRAM on the road scene they used to get regularly beaten up for the old-fashioned look of all that cabling out front. Mark my words cable routing on Tiagra will go the same way too.

That's a chilling video....

Jane appears to have been driving for so long that she's forgotten her responsabilities as a road user! The Highway Code seems to have been a tool to get her through her driving test and promptly forgotten as soon as the L plates were torn up

Now SOLD

we've done what?

Seeing as road.cc have now re-cropped the image so you can't see the cable or battery I'd say it's a certain that what they're not allowed to say is there will be Ultegra Di2 in 2011

I work for easyJet and I can tell you that actually all airlines are pretty much equal in terms of the handling of your prized steed. The reason is that aircraft (including baggage) handling is all done by third party operators, not the airlines themselves; most airports will have just one or two companies covering all airlines, despite what an airline might imply in its advertising. The only area they may differ will be in pricing and what they deem acceptable as packaging.

To that end, package up to protect! Baggage handlers are not out to damage things, but let's just say when you've got an aircraft to unload rapidly, the odd thing does get dropped. I've actually seen an entire bike bag (with bike inside one assumes) drop out of the rear hold straight on to the tarmac; not cool. I've also seen handlers carefully remove a bike from the hold, place it on the truck, then proceed to stack the rest of the luggage on top!

That said I recently brought a bike across in a Neil Pryde bag with no issues, and in fact I'm heading back to the UK this weekend to collect another one. All I can say is remove or pad out as much as you can to minimise risk; obvious things like drop out spacers and foam lagging on the tubes will help.

Good luck!

Turns out the guy has priors:

http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,acusado-de-atropelar-ciclistas-...

I ran that page through Google Translate and while the translator is pretty choppy, it seems to say the guy has priors for threats of violence, speeding tickets, and other moving violations (can't tell but it looks like something about driving the wrong direction and/or driving down the sidewalk?)

While Critical Mass events in some areas (NYC, for example) are often meant to annoy/infuriate drivers, this Brazilian event appeared to be quite peaceful. No one is corroberating the driver's claims that he was being threatened and/or attacked out of the blue. Add in his legal history, and it seems pretty obvious that he has road rage issues.

I think he should be facing multiple counts of attempted homicide/murder/manslaughter (whatever they call it there) as well as corruption/neglect of a minor, since his son was taken along for the ride.

BUT, he's a banker, and apparently he and his lawyer are both pretty well-connected. So it's quite possible that he did nothing wrong and in fact everyone else owes him money for his troubles.

Post and cages sold - stem still available.

Max flite sold - others still available.