Live blog: London bike cop’s supermarket sweep, Canadian PM’s wife’s bike school run in the snow & more
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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mdavidford 40 seconds ago
It does say which suggests it gives you a 'start assist' boost, meaning you'd need minimal pedalling to get moving.
chrisonabike 9 minutes ago
Very generous - I was expecting to be accused of trolling under the cross-chaining bridge...
squired 1 hour ago
@Wales56 Thanks for that link. Yes, it was one of the cargo bikes that I saw, but no pedalling needed! I'm going to pay more attention to them now, to see if that was a one off.
996ducati 1 hour ago
A simple keyword search would be a great improvement for the iPad/IOS version to help finding workouts.
Wales56 1 hour ago
@eburtthebike https://www.mubea-umobility.com/en/products/technology and https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/sustainability/amazon-electric-delivery-vehicles
Cycloid 1 hour ago
@neilmck The DfT figures for the UK say if you do the same journey by bicycle and motor vehicle (Say a commute) you are up to 30x more likely to be killed or seriously injured on the bike.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
@chrisonabike Cheeky! If the honourable gentleman will allow me, I rephrase my remark to "so that the line of the chain was always absolutely as perfect as possible for the particular gear I was using at that point in time."
Callum Devereux 2 hours ago
@mdavidford Well spotted, and duly amended! The perils of an under-caffeinated morning :)
eburtthebike 2 hours ago
@squired I wondered if there was some definition of what type of bikes/mini vans Amazon was using, but a google didn't find it. Lots of congratulatory news stories, but I couldn't find exactly what kind of machine they are.
kingleo 2 hours ago
23 mph e-bike, that's disgraceful, he will get in the way of the traffic going that slow.
11 thoughts on “Live blog: London bike cop’s supermarket sweep, Canadian PM’s wife’s bike school run in the snow & more”
Staggering story from Seattle
Staggering story from Seattle, a complete waste of money and effort, and I wouldn’t mind betting there are plenty of places the cycle parking is actually needed.
Next time I want some cycle parking installed, I’ll lie down on the pavement for a few days.
burtthebike wrote:
wouldn’t be surprised either if they took the money out of the cycling budget…
but those four cycle riders
but those four cycle riders are taking up exactly the same space as a car or tractor…
That “one peen” water bottle
That “one peen” water bottle system? Sure, I’ll replace my bit of bent wire which is universally compatible with pretty much every bidon, for a big lump of plastic compatible with nothing else apart from a bottle from the same vendor.
And the argument about small frames? Do Side loading bottle cages not exist in Oz?
Drinfinity wrote:
But it “looks good, and its fast” – I’m in ….
(stitches)
Bike parking 3 blocks away
Bike parking 3 blocks away and then has the gaul to say they can’t put bike parking there because they need planning or some BS excuse. So not only using the excuse of this being parking for bikes despite it never ever going to be used but coming up with BS excuse as to why it isn’t actually near where it’s needed to cover up the fact it’s intended use was to prevent homeless people from sleeping there.
Mut be related to Valbrona #CUNT
How do those bike racks stop
How do those bike racks stop the homeless, there’s loads of space on the pavement.
Also I see an opportunity for a hammock!
On narrow two-lane roads, I
On narrow two-lane roads, I can understand how it may be a delay for vehicles to pass 2-abreast cyclists while maintaining the minimum legal passing distance with oncoming traffic. However, on bigger roads where there is at least two lanes in the same direction of travel, I think it should be law where motorists must completely move over into the next lane.
I live in rural countryside, and some tractors (harvesters) can be as wide as an entire 2-lane road. Not one motorist has a problem pulling off the road and stopping to let the harvester by. But as soon as they see a cyclist, they act like the world is ending having 10 seconds of inconvenience. Everyone has to have something or someone they hate.
PC Knellar’s Sainsbury’s
PC Knellar’s Sainsbury’s Strava segment is unfair, I may have to challenge it hanging off a trolley
I think this is the Tooting
I think this is the Tooting video:
http://www.facebook.com/1797224600303573/videos/2300255640000464
I hope the Daily Mail don’t get hold of it…
That policeman riding through
That policeman riding through the supermarket at full whack seems really reckless. What if a small child had run out in front of him, even if he had time to react or wouldn’t make much difference on the polished surface.