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I used to use marathons during the winter on my commuter but I found they were more prone to puncture because glass would get wedged in the tread and work its way into the tyre. Also an absolute b* to get off the rim if you need to fix a flat. Went back to gatorskins and took it a bit easier on the slippery bits.

I crashed at the junction with the Afan road. It was entirely my fault no-one else involved, I was going too fast, braked too late, skidded and whilst I controlled the skid (years of commuting on a fixie) my back tyre popped flipping me over. I don't think I endangered anyone else and I have the road rash to remind me of my stupidity, but I am a very experienced road cyclist. At the end of the day accidents happen. I personally didn't see any incidents of dangerous riding, but you have to accept that if you choose to travel at speeds in excess of 30mph dressed in lycra and little else the consequences can be bad. Best wishes to the guy in hospital, I know that the St John's that attended to me were superb so I'm sure he was/is in good hands.

It is good publicity for Trott to win, being the darling of the media. If the need to brake was so imminent, why wasn't she ALSO riding dangerously? Even if she kept her hands on the hoods, neither girl crashed and racing is racing, surely. Or shall we relegate Cancellara too?

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2013/04/Cancellara-Wins-WEB-658x440.jpg

Key takeaway: Clearly a horrible saddle

Bit of a leftfield one here in that it's not racing, it's touring.

Moods of Future Joys and the sequel, Thunder and Sunshine.

It's the story of Alistair Humphreys 5 year round-the-world ride. Funny, moving, fascinating and never involving doping or lies like most of the road racing books seem to!

nic stevenson: good post. I was there on the night and actually thought Barnes had got it - but to be fair as I couldnt get near the finishing line I could only watch the finish on the big screen close by.

I agree with you on the Bryton Rider 50. I might 'lose' mine when the Leikr comes out here (once it has a bike mount and Strava support). http://leikr.com/

Think this is a real shame for all the riders / teams involved as it clouds the win for Trott and undermines Barnes' awesome recent form... kinda of means I can't help but wonder whether the budget, size and clout of Wiggle Honda, and the weight of expectation that Trott would win played any way in the making of this decision... wonder what would have happened if the roles had been reversed?

Silver lining time - the amount of social medi adebate and focus on this shows that elite women's racing is becoming as important to fans as men's is, which is brilliant.

Yeah, it's fucked isn't it? The greatest of all time, happy to promote cheating - when he vocally railed against it during his career.

This statement is only true if your forward progess is not halted by an immovable object, like a tree, a rock, a motor vehicle, a brick wall or a kerb. I would suggest that in a majority of collisions, this is going to happen, and that it is comparively rare for a collision to occur where the cyclist is not stopped in such a manner. Therefore, your forward speed is relevant, or are you suggesting that in all cyclist collisions, the only force retarding forward movement is friction? Which would be absurd.

And you don't seem to understand a single thing about cycle helmets "end of debate" or not.

They are tested to about 20kph, so might just be effective for a low speed trip to the shops to buy a pint of milk, but at 80kph the forces involved are so outside the limits of their design that they are useless. In fact, they increase the danger from rotational injury, which is far more dangerous than direct impact.

Sagan and Podium Girls.....awkward!!

And his talent means that he'll be seeing an awful lot of them for an awful long time!!