“Shit happens” says rider who crashed on cattle grid at start of Tour de Yorkshire

Waiting at the red light doesn't decrease the likelihood that a driver will close pass you or hit you. Probably increases it if there's no advanced stop line or similar infra. I always wait at the lights, but only because I like to have a little break now and again.

My other comment about another woman also having her Brompton stolen, literrally just around the corner, by what looks like the same gang, on Monday is "awating moderation" (probably becuase i linked to the facebook comment). but here is a fundraiser setup by the cafe owner: https://www.gofundme.com/f/replace-bike-stolen-at-knifepoint-outside-bartons

Despite cyclists RLJing and not having license plates and insurance, the number of KSIs are vanishingly small. Even if you include the road-illegal e-motorbikes, there are still very few instances of people getting hurt. Meanwhile, drivers routinely speed, use their phone, park inconsiderately and block roads and junctions due to their vehicles being so big (despite most of them only containing one person). They have an "intense dislike" of cyclists because they're buying into the motornormative dream - there's no point trying to be a "good" cyclist as drivers are not basing their opinions on facts and reality.

I do have sympathy with the race commissaires on this one - the image included in the article clearly shows the rider resting on the hoods to get more aero', and since the team admits that the levers were too narrow after the crash, this is gaining an unfair advantage over other riders, regardless of how that setup was achieved or how the bike was setup before the race. I'm not defending that the rule makes sense, but if the rule is in place then it should be enforced when it applies, and clearly that's the case here. Needing to change a bike after a crash is a normal part of racing, and he chose not to, thereby gaining an advantage.

Working as a bike mechanic, I can attest that it is possible to have both levers bent inwards after a crash - seen it multiple times.

In the age of outrage you could be our king. Why so negative @spangly? It doesn't matter. Im going to buy one of these wonderful jackets, reviewed by this fantastic website and spread the love. Hope you can find something, anything you think is ok.

I don't know if the new comment system weeds out words like "bastard". Let's find out. Bastards! It's time to take up a new sport, I think. Baseball. I shall take up baseball. I might play baseball at a moment's notice. I need my bat with me at all times. It won't stop me doing other activities, such as cycling places or sitting outside a cafe. But I'll need my bat with me, in case I am spontaneously invited to play immediately. And a cloth, to wipe my sweat; and any blood in the case of an accident.

Well we all know that jumping a red light is breaking the law. If the vast majority of cyclists are doing that I see it as a massive problem. In the same way I see the vast number of throttle powered illegal e-bikes that are also lumped under the "cyclist" label. Certainly it all feeds into the intense dislike motorists seem to have for us because they view us as above the law / thinking we "own the road" (hence the constant complaints about us not having license plates and insurance).

They're solving the problem the DPMX had with the ribbon cable by putting the electronics into the cleat. However, that gains them the problem of lots of extra stack height + more stuff exposed to high wear and abrasion.

Let's not forget that Hooey is writing to appease her audiences mental age.