Live blog: Local motorbike club to carry mechanics up the Zoncolan tomorrow, Brompton/boat/Brompton commuting, a ridiculous undertake, Police recover pro’s bike and donate it to charity (+ more)

Woah. Deja vu.

It's far less about finding challenging trails, it's about finding trails full stop. Only around 22% of paths in UK are bridleways and thus legal to ride. Here in Sheffield/Peak District, only 11% of paths are bike legal. So you either ride footpaths or ride on road. Seeing that the biggest benefit of off road riding is no dangerous drivers, roads are often not a real option. Plus, most of the distinctions as to what is a footpath and what is a bridleway is purely arbitrary. Particularly as most paths to most places would have been used by by folk on horseback.

No my friend you are, as usual, picking & choosing arguments to suit your current jab & forgetting to retain the receipts. How are we supposed to take you seriously Nigel when your alter egos and posts are riddled with such glaring inconsistencies? Meaningful Journeys? Saw them at the Astoria back in '97. They were supporting Contrarian Troll & blew them off the stage.

JUST Awful. Rest in Peace

JUST Awful. Rest in Peace.

Clearly "but priorities", but the poor granularity of some of the stats is another thing which works against improving transport safety.

Was this a Fifa-style offer eg. "We're planning to come and make money * anyway, but if you make it official you get a cut"? * Probably from venture capital but at any rate mostly not from people directly paying for a ride. Point being: the priorities don't align well with "contributing to the good of the place".

It was a lane, and indeed a "mandatory" one, and does have intermittent blocks and wands, although I'm pretty sure those don't make a cycle track unless continuous? (I admit that I'm hazy on the exact Uk definitions but I suspect the definitions are hazy also)? As you note lanes are out, but cycle tracks may be in, if you're in class 2 or 3. So the chap was out of order, but I am more inclined to blame the lack of provision first and then the rules. This was in a part of town where there's a massive space between buildings, not even filled by what was 2 lanes in each direction, with median...

@belugabob Much of it down to effectively bribery I'm afraid, with no overall authority for controlling them London's councils struck individual deals - £1.3M with Forest bikes in Richmond, a staggering £93M over five years with Lime and Voi in Haringey, for example. Can't kill the golden egg goose!

This is beyond sad. Condolences to all who knew him.