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road.cc live blog – Zwift announces national championship winners, Jesse Norman says reports about new dangerous cycling laws “misleading”, and much more…

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by Simon_MacMichael

Mon, Mar 05, 2018 14:54

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Simon_MacMichael

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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mike the bike

March 5, 2018 at 6:00 pm

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To misquote Mark Twain: The Sun, chloroform in print.
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peted76

March 6, 2018 at 10:15 am

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Biking in the snow looks like

Biking in the snow looks like ace fun!
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Terry Hutt 11 minutes ago

@chrisonabike I think the important message here is that your head will fly 20% further if you are wearing a collapsible helmet. Has anyone researched how far your head will fly if you're not wearing a helmet at all? Seems worthy of a research grant.

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Mr Blackbird 12 minutes ago

Any cyclist caught cycling backwards (on a non-fixed wheel bike) should be jailed for at least 2 years and have their bike confiscated. Such a despicable manoeuvre is dangerously confusing to motorists and pedestrians.

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chrisonabike 35 minutes ago

@robike "why not cycles" UCI has entered the chat (in 1914, 1934 etc) 1914 - after riders began experimenting with fairings and a notable fatal crash, UCI banned such things 1934 - they brought in rules to effectively ban recumbents, ostensibly "safety" but possibly because complaints from better riders beaten by a recumbent rider, and vested bike industry interests Of course there is constant creativity with the likes of shaped helmets etc. If you care less about the history and just want to be as fast as humanly-powered possible, there's eg. the British Human Powered Club!

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robike 1 hour ago

They should get a fairing, then posture will be less significant. Most other road sports have fairings - why not cycles?

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No Reply 1 hour ago

@Rendel Harris Are you a snowflake? Get over yourself. Bless, you delicate little thing.

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Rendel Harris 1 hour ago

@No Reply "bum chum". Haven't heard that as an insult since I left the school playground, and that's where it should stay.

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chrisonabike 2 hours ago

@Mr Blackbird he's a freedom fighter for oppressed minorities (white farmers in South Africa, convicted right-wing thug types who're back before the judge on harrasment charges, Trump administration loyalists...)! Also in favour of freedoms around gun ownership, abuse and insult ("hurty words"), rich folks not paying taxes - certainly likely to be a friend to UK vulnerable road users!

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Mr Blackbird 3 hours ago

@chrisonabike To be fair, that Elon Musk seems a fair minded bloke. I can't imagine him allowing anything that blights the lives of the general population, in order to make huge profits.

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chrisonabike 3 hours ago

@mdavidford that's called "reducing the problem to the form of a previously solved one"...

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mdavidford 3 hours ago

So if they don't fall over it will just cheerfully drive into them?

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