Live blog: Greg James forced to pause Sport Relief efforts, Armstrong helps test autonomous drone + your pics of cycling in the snow and more
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Thu, Mar 01, 2018 18:27
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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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60somethingcyclist 4 minutes ago
Re. Pro-car campaigner slams “hidden agenda” to “slow down motorists, restrict parking, and deter travel” this is just another right-wing conspiracy loon spouting off their usual rubbish. Why give him publicity? Like the sad people who walk through our town centres ranting on about anything and anyone they're best ignored.
60somethingcyclist 13 minutes ago
Been a cyclist since I was 5 (63 soon), but I can't support this kind of behaviour. Just dumping bikes like this isn't on. Lime should have been made to provide enough designated pick up points before they were allowed to operate the scheme.
AlanMyles 29 minutes ago
It is easier to trace fatalities and match them with the news story. In 2018 for instance, the only reported death where a "cyclist" was the other party, was the death of Sakhine Cikan, who was killed by someone riding an illegally modified machine. I have done a bit of research for other years and found similar. Injuries are going to be harder.
IanMK 54 minutes ago
It's quite important if it's an illegal motorbike, you could claim against the MIB for damages etc. How will you (or the MIB) know if it's not recorded properly.
Mr Blackbird 1 hour ago
I agree that all steps should be taken to avoid death or serious injury in sport. However, things can go wrong. Neck injuries in rugby, cardiac arrest in football, high speed crashes on descents in cycling etc. I don't know whether this was a case of a driver disobeying instructions and barriers etc, or something in the stage organisation got missed ; after all, ensuring that a longish cycling stage remains traffic free must be an absolute logistical nightmare. The main thing to take away is that whenever a tragic death etc occurs, it always leads to improvements in organisation, equipment etc to reduce the chances of a repeat. Examples are Casartelli's death in the TDF in 1995 playing a part in making cycling helmets mandatory, collisions and injuries caused by vehicles pulling out in front of amateur time triallers led to the making front lights compulsory in recent years. I do hope that any failings identified in this case will be acted on so that Tarling's tragic death was not a total waste of a young life.
cruachan 2 hours ago
Tragic news, my condolences to his family, friends and team.
Rendel Harris 4 hours ago
@Velo-drone I hold no brief for the UCI, but I believe their statement came out before the news broke that Finlay was hit by a driver. They presumably were guided by the race organisation's initial statement which also described his death as "a serious accident" with no mention of a car being involved and so had no reason to think it was anything but a racing incident (or accident).
tomlew 4 hours ago
@boblo This! Also the 'it’s a lot more relaxed than its policy suggests.' part is worrying. It sounds like 'we will decide arbitrarily based on the mood of our customer service rep'. If they claim something is their policy, why not say it - like - literally in the policy?
mdavidford 4 hours ago
Depends on your frame of reference. The Earth's rotational speed at that latitude is about 600 mph, it's orbital speed is about 67,000 mph, and the speed around the centre of the galaxy is about 514,000 mph - those could be considered quite fast-moving.
tomlew 4 hours ago
Don't worry. Crank makers will make sure you need to buy a new standard soon!
23 thoughts on “Live blog: Greg James forced to pause Sport Relief efforts, Armstrong helps test autonomous drone + your pics of cycling in the snow and more”
Snow day for me, woke up at 6
Snow day for me, woke up at 6, a wall of red cancellations on the live train board, went back to bed. Thing is the ride part of the commute has been fantastic all this week. On Monday the mud had frozen and it had not been that dry since June. Got a bit sketchy on Tuesday evening so fitted the spike tyres. After a hearty brunch I’m off for a big off road ride.
Getting some use out of the
Getting some use out of the IceSpikers this year.
Drinfinity wrote:
that looks nice. Where is it?
ConcordeCX wrote:
Cadshaw farm to The Strawbury Duck. Just off the A666 Bolton to Darwen.
It’s part of my regular off-road short loop. There’s a whole set of bridleways and farm tracks that link up to form decent circuits, and access the PBW feeder routes.
A good long freeze and spikes also makes the top of the moors accessible. Most of the year it’s bog, but when frozen solid extra circuits open up.
Drinfinity wrote:
lovely round there. Spent many a fine summers evening at or outside the Strawberry Duck in my youth before moving away
Drinfinity wrote:
thanks, that’s near my ancestral homeland. Looks good on the OS maps too. PBW is on my list of things to do.
I’ve just got a road bike
I’ve just got a road bike with 28mm semislick GP4000s. Remember discretion is the greater part of valour; have the weekend off, Mother Natures free rest day. It’s going to be a long summer.
Leviathan wrote:
Also riding a road bike with GP4000s. Around the same area (Manchester). Don’t know what the fuss is about. Bit of white stuff on the side streets but once on the reasonably frequently used A & B roads its fine.
CygnusX1 wrote:
Oh yeah. Do you know Rufus Brunt? I wonder if you are one of my Velofrenemies. As easy as it is the quote Rule 5. I’d rather not take a needless spill and be off the bike for days or weeks when it will take literally one day to melt this lot if the wind turns. I’ve lots of shopping to do and haven’t seen Black Panther yet.
And my work site is closing
And my work site is closing from tonight and all day tomorrow. Double snow day, Yeah!
ktache wrote:
Me too. Paid leave. Awesome. Long may it continue!
RE those drones, they could
RE those drones, they could be a godsend for cycling coverage in years to come. No need for a road full of motorbikes.
Turbo @ 6am and then a(nother
Turbo @ 6am and then a(nother) day of WFH 🙂
“The drone pursues him like
“The drone pursues him like an Irish journalist.”
Hmm.
“The drone pursues him like
delete
“The drone pursues him like
delete
Lance who?
Lance who?
CygnusX1 wrote:
Armstrong.
His name’s Casey Neistat not
His name’s Casey Neistat not Casey Neustat. At least get his name right!
greenphotos wrote:
yeah we know – slip of the finger, but you can’t edit an embed on the live blog unfortunately
Warming up after a 20 mile
Warming up after a 20 mile off road snow day adventure.
Spike tyres, Yeah!
ktache wrote:
Yes, they are great aren’t they? I got to work through heavy snow shower and packed snow on the minor roads no problem. In fact I would have struggled to get to work in the car on wednesday.
Then two hours later they shut the workplace down (University campus) so I did it all over again! Great fun knowing you can keep rubber side down in these conditions.
Having said that, I don’t think we in South Cumbria have had it that bad, compared to the rest of the UK – still hasn’t stopped work closing the campus until next monday.
I’m with you on this 110%
I’m with you on this 110% Leviathan. This’ll be gone in a couple of days and no point risking 6 weeks off the bike with a broken wrist. PS. It’s rule #9
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