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Chris Froome on eve of 2018 Tirreno-Adriatico (picture credit LaPresse - D'Alberto, Ferrari).jpgLive 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…
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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- brooksby 9 min 3 sec ago
Riding in primary wouldn't stop a motorist crossing the white line to overtake: arguably, it would encourage them to cross the white line giving...
- Geordiepeddeler 6 hours 7 min ago
Cycling infrastructure does not force drivers to break the law, drivers are the reason they break the law, no one else.
- chrisonabike 6 hours 19 min ago
Ah but taking pictures of things to defy the man (avoid a fine) is righteous. Taking pictures of people to grass on them to the cops (perhaps...
- ktache 8 hours 18 min ago
Never had a Shimano QR fail on me. They just work. And the top end ones look good too....
- jaysa 9 hours 30 min ago
As a woman, this works great for me! My chain broke once, and a kind guy stopped with a chain breaker and sorted it all out for me. We stopped at a...
- andystow 10 hours 21 min ago
Same. I also have gone through a bunch of their tyres, and only the extralight disappointed (torn sidewall) but the standards are fantastic....
- chrisonabike 12 hours 18 min ago
Indeed - but it's no more inconsistent than our current road design - very often UK high streets are "for shopping" and also a busy through route....
- mike the bike 13 hours 49 min ago
If you ask the world's leading economic commentators how many people have been rescued from abject poverty by capitalism the average answer would...
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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.
"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?
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)
something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlP_H93znm0
So many motorists just cannot wrap their heads around this. Yes mate, I really am so much quicker than you...
I bet you the value of your bike that i could beat you in a bmw in a situation of my choosing
I bet you the value of that BMW that I could beat said BMW on a pogo stick in a situation of my choosing.
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.