Live blog:“Complete rubbish” – Chris Froome rejects claims that riders supporting Bradley Wiggins at 2012 Tour de France took triamcinolone as part of preparations for race + much more…
+ Leeds-Bradford cycleway “a folly” says Tory councillor + lots more
Tue, Mar 06, 2018 15:15
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robike 15 minutes ago
They should get a fairing, then posture will be less significant. Most other road sports have fairings - why not cycles?
No Reply 15 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris Are you a snowflake? Get over yourself. Bless, you delicate little thing.
Rendel Harris 30 minutes 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.
chrisonabike 1 hour 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!
Mr Blackbird 2 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.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
@mdavidford that's called "reducing the problem to the form of a previously solved one"...
mdavidford 2 hours ago
So if they don't fall over it will just cheerfully drive into them?
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird this is the argument not to let driverless vehicles in, because that leads to a slippery slope where what you say happens. Or there's a self-catalysing process where firms say "look our vehicles are so much safer / more efficient they should be exempt from rules around speed etc" which means more use, which means that the streets become even less appealing to vulnerable users, which means "better safety" numbers ... until we just ban people from the streets (but it wouldn't matter because nobody goes out without a vehicle anyway). Sounds like dystopian paranoia - until you see the incredible sums of money being dumped into this and read the philosophies of the men who are doing it. Actually ... that approach would just be a continuation of the UK's existing trajectory to "improved road safety" (by making it less convenient for vulnerable road users and more for drivers) in most places!
No Reply 4 hours ago
@Paul J He probably had a crap season because he was missing his tag team bum chum Iserbyt, one or the other were always holding the other riders up so that one or the other could win. Not decent sporting riders in my opinion.
No Reply 4 hours ago
Vanthourenhart is a smacked ass cheat. He must be missing his cheating tag team partner Iserbyt, AKA F*cking dwarf as so eloquently put by Ryan Kamp. He is trying to get Kuypers to be his new tag team cheating partner. What Mason did was fine, Vanthourenthart saw him coming and deliberately moved into his path, leaning in to shoulder barge him. What was the fine for? The barge or the outburst? Or both? If you watch Vanthourenhart, if anything doesn't go his way he always spits the dummy out and starts shaking his head. It's a shame he has to be such a knob, it spoils his talent somewhat.
8 thoughts on “Live blog:“Complete rubbish” – Chris Froome rejects claims that riders supporting Bradley Wiggins at 2012 Tour de France took triamcinolone as part of preparations for race + much more…”
re. the leeds bradford
re. the leeds bradford cycleway thing. It is worth remembering that the weaknesses in the project are almost exclusively due to the councillors and staff at the two councils (Leeds and Bradford), particularly the councillors. Put simply, the councillors have insisted that the project should in no way impeed motor traffic – so whenever there is a pinch point or junction, the cycle way should be compromised in order to recue any potential impact on motor traffic. This is the primary cause of the weaknesses in the project.
The cycle way is being used, but not as much as it should be – and that is because of the weaknesses in the design, which is due to the councillors themselves.
Regarding Drive Smug tweet /
Regarding Drive Smug tweet / twat. I bet Sixt the value of their BMW that,point to point, I could beat them in any race across London. And I would obey all traffic rules. In the city cars suck. And they are real sloooow.
(I think Top Gear did something similar)
Lukas wrote:
something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlP_H93znm0
Lukas wrote:
So many motorists just cannot wrap their heads around this. Yes mate, I really am so much quicker than you…
Lukas wrote:
I bet you the value of your bike that i could beat you in a bmw in a situation of my choosing 🙂
Deeferdonk wrote:
Regarding Drive Smug tweet / twat. I bet Sixt the value of their BMW that,point to point, I could beat them in any race across London. And I would obey all traffic rules. In the city cars suck. And they are real sloooow.
(I think Top Gear did something similar)
— Deeferdonk I bet you the value of your bike that i could beat you in a bmw in a situation of my choosing 🙂— Lukas
I bet you the value of that BMW that I could beat said BMW on a pogo stick in a situation of my choosing.
“Bizarre footage claims to
“Bizarre footage claims to show Lidl worker chasing cyclist with a leg of pork”
Were both his legs made of pork or just one? Or is this some new kind of fat shaming?
On Froome: Well he would say
On Froome: Well he would say that, wouldn’t he…
I am not bashing Froome or prejudging his case, but it is utter folly for journalists to ask him about Wiggins right now. #NotNews.