Live blog: Nibali puts winning Milan-San Remo ride on Strava, ‘driverless’ Tesla car rammed by ‘riderless’ dockless hire bike + 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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ktache 4 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird It's quite a skill.
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@Terry Hutt good point, although while doing testing without a helmet I broke my shoulder and have suffered various other contusions. So I suggest the control should not be "no helmet" as in my experience that adds the confounding variable of your other limbs and appendages as (for some) instinct will mean you sacrifice them to protect your head...
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@mdavidford or the highly skilled cycle football / radball players...
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@No Reply dunno about childish, but I haven't heard that one since the 90s. Can't say I miss it.
mdavidford 5 hours ago
Bit harsh on the BMXers.
mdavidford 5 hours ago
@No Reply Er, nope - there are no age restrictions on the site. As previously noted, though, if it were restricted to adults, your choice of language would seem to mark you out as someone who shouldn't be on it.
No Reply 5 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird This is an adult forum. If adults are getting so worked up over the term bum chum, then they need to get a grip. People have a right to be offended, people have a right to offend. But if someone finds offence in something, it doesn’t mean its offensive. It means they are offended. Two different things. I am as free to offend as you are to feel offended. Freedom of speech. Do you want to silence freedom of speech? Or just silence things you don’t like?
Mr Blackbird 6 hours ago
@No Reply You obviously have a lot of knowledge of cyclo cross and make a valid point, but why detract from your comment by using a phrase that is probably offensive to the majority of readers?
Terry Hutt 6 hours 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.
Mr Blackbird 6 hours 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.
10 thoughts on “Live blog: Nibali puts winning Milan-San Remo ride on Strava, ‘driverless’ Tesla car rammed by ‘riderless’ dockless hire bike + more”
That Abingdon cyclist could
That Abingdon cyclist could probably have run someone down while drink driving, and been fined less…
brooksby wrote:
Ah, but we all know cyclists are so dangerous. I mean Lord Lawson said cycle lanes have caused more harm to London than the Blitz in WWII.
Why couldn’t the person in Abingdon not drive a car instead? Preferably a realy big one.
🙂
He should have just driven
He should have just driven his 4×4 on to the pavement and killed a child. It would have been cheaper.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/delivery-driver-who-mounted-pavement-12782437.amp
But it isn’t illegal to cycle
But it isn’t illegal to cycle on the pavement, unless he was furious… He is now.
I don’t think we should
I don’t think we should comment until we know the condition of the victim…
alansmurphy wrote:
A$6,000.
Given my extensive knowledge of chauffeur-driven Teslas, my guess is it had a mildly offended front bumper. I reckon that would cost about A$6,000 to coddle back to happiness.
There’s obviously more to the
There’s obviously more to the bike on pavement story then we are being told. Someone isn’t going to end up in court just for that……..
Bungle73 wrote:
You are jumping to conclusions. People have been fined large amounts just for simply cycling on a pavement, it does happen.
> “The total cost of the
> “The total cost of the damage to the vehicle was $6000.”
Bullshit. The total cost of the damage was more like $600, not $6000, unless you’re an utter muppet who enjoys being ripped off.
Driverless bike 1 : 0
Driverless bike 1 : 0 Driverless car