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Live blog: Aubisque will (probably) be ready for Tour after road collapse; man who couldn’t get bike on train from cycles 170 mile journey instead; Team Sky claim Moscon has “no case to answer” for crash + more
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imajez 1 hour ago
@ChrisA the surface make up of a path bears zero relationship to it being a footpath/suitable. I once got lectured on why I shouldn't be riding a footpath by a driver of a Range Rover on a lovely tarmacked road. Another time I was lectured by someone blocking my way on a singletrack path that was built by cyclists, who said I should only be on large wide paths. The parallel wide path was a footpath. But these are very rare exceptions. I ride sensibly and most folk are usually entertained by my polite presence. Also most footpaths would have been paths used by horses in ye olde days, they often conveniently got mislabeled/demoted by rich landowners who failed to get path denied altogether when rights of way were being drawn up.
imajez 1 hour ago
@SecretSam Hence the rise of gravel bikes, which are just less capable drop barred bikes.
miksmith 3 hours ago
You state for the audio for the baofeng that they use an in ear design however they don't ship with any headphones with a mic. What did you use for this?
Rendel Harris 5 hours ago
@eburtthebike One of my best mates, a former rugby teammate of mine, is a Kiwi and a teacher (over here). I can imagine him making precisely that joke and he's a mad keen cyclist! Honestly, if this is the whole story it's a hell of an overreaction to a remark that deserved a mild reprimand about appropriate conduct if that (different if it was coming from a police officer or a driving instructor or similar, maybe). Having worked in a number of schools it's my experience that when senior management take agin someone they'll grab any excuse to get rid of them, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the situation here.
Andrewbanshee 5 hours ago
Hi I wasn't implying the ramps were equivalent to a pump track. I was saying many forestry trails are pretty hairy rather than a well designed pump track. The ramps are definitely not suitable and need replacing, but they are replacing with a new design. I suspect much more tame.
eburtthebike 8 hours ago
Oh dear! With my sense of humour, I should have been sacked a dozen times: every year. The Kiwis I've met all seemed to have a reasonable sense of humour, and one was excellent, but perhaps they weren't working for a school.
ktache 9 hours ago
"neither student laughed..." Well, it elicited a wry smile from me...
Rendel Harris 14 hours ago
@60somethingcyclist Unfortunately there are a couple of problems with that: firstly in order to try to manage some of the chaos in the Italian political system, for several decades when a mayor wins an election in large towns they are automatically given a guaranteed majority of 60% of the council seats, and also if a decree of the mayor's is overruled by the council that automatically triggers a no-confidence vote which then dissolves the council and forces a new election. So in order to vote down this decree not only would opponents need to persuade a considerable number of the mayor's own party to vote against him but also effectively to vote themselves out of office with no guarantee of return.
matthewn5 1 day ago
My first road bike was a Raleigh, too. A 1976 Raleigh Record. I dragged it out of the shed a few years ago and got it working again. 14kg it weighed! A 52/42 crank and a 14-28 five speed 'cluster' at the back made hills pretty hard work...
11 thoughts on “Live blog: Aubisque will (probably) be ready for Tour after road collapse; man who couldn’t get bike on train from cycles 170 mile journey instead; Team Sky claim Moscon has “no case to answer” for crash + more”
Laaandan! Laaandan!
Laaandan! Laaandan! Laaaaaaandan! It’s the centre of the universe with its traffic, sh*t roads, psychos, pollution, psychos, absence of hills, overpriced everything, achingly trendy people, psychos and a bit of light stabbing now and again – but isn’t is just a brilliant place to live. God bless ya Laaaaandan!
Ken Alog wrote:
Piss off if you don’t like it.
StoopidUserName wrote:
How very cordial.
StoopidUserName wrote:
#brexit
I’m quite surprised that
I’m quite surprised that Sadiq Khan hasn’t done more what with Jeremy Corbyn as his honest to goodness, bike riding, down to earth leader and all… I thought building more cycle lanes would have been a pretty easy win for the Labour party (corbyn as benefactor of any praise by proxy), as it happens Sadiq Khan has proven once again that politics is just a game of juggling lies and that politicians promises are worth about as much as an Greece has saved up in the bank.
Sink the lot of the smiley slimy arseholes! Burn parliment and lets start again.
So a quarter of our
So a quarter of our population avoid exercise at all costs? That low?
At least we know now who to tax extra to fund the NHS windfall!
KendalRed wrote:
Probably just better to tax the rich than respondants to a poorly phrased and emotively worded survey.
KendalRed wrote:
But then it goes on about people wanting exercise facilities near to them (and, presumably, cheap). I wonder if those would be the people who’ll drive to a gym, spend an hour in a spin class, then drive home again rather than just going for a bike ride in the Outside….?
Sky rider not to blame for
Sky rider not to blame for Reichenbach’s fall, no s*** Sherlock.
Leviathan wrote:
I’m a bit slow, only just got that. Thanks.
Leviathan wrote:
No need to call the Doctor.
Who?
After Reichenbach Falls?
Maybe call the Professor? No point I guess.