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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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Mmitb 13 minutes ago
I work in the city and go home from Paddington, east to west. I used to go through Oxford street years ago but it was a nightmare of buses and oblivious pedestrians. Then I found the cycle superhighway and never went that way again. It’s really easy not to use Oxford street. Why are the council being such twats?
chrisonabike 21 minutes ago
@andystow and was it sold with pedal reflectors?
chrisonabike 24 minutes ago
@Mr Blackbird ah, but you've no idea how badly decapitated they would have been if they hadn't been wearing a helmet!
chrisonabike 28 minutes ago
@mark1212123 "you’ll have to dispense with thinking your small thing is a massive thing while cycling to work in the winter?’" I find things tend naturally to shrink in the cold... Having "the big debate" with any given person is almost always pointless. We've all got our to-do list for that day/week/year that we're struggling to get through, using the familiar transport tools we spent time and money to acquire. And if we could really introspect we might find out that a shocking amount of life is delegated to autopilots or essentially reacting to external prompts. But - *given* that someone is at a point to actually discuss (rare!) - I think the Chris-Boardman-style works eg. "are you happy with (the congestion / your kids not being able to get themselves to school / all the cars parked all over your road and the pavement / hearing that the local authority can't afford to fix stuff)?" And "if you are, fine - your area, you own the consequences, good or bad (but ... it likely won't get better). If you're not, tell us about one of those pain points and let's work together to explore some solutions". (And no, those aren't going to be a personal bypass which takes you in your car past all the other traffic and yet doesn't cause your nice street to become a motorway. Because everyone else wants that *their* way not yours and anyway we can't afford it).
Mr Blackbird 38 minutes ago
One definite conclusion to be drawn from the lab tests is that no cycle helmet can protect against decapitation.
DS2025 1 hour ago
Unless I missed it, it doesn't seem clear if he locked his bike or not. If he just left it propped against the window it probably wasn't the smartest of moves. Still a crappy thing to happen and hope he is reunited with it.
mark1212123 1 hour ago
@chrisonabike Great points from both of you. I'll imagine a conversation with one of the many drivers at my delivery depot. "Err, Brian mate....can you spend 2 minutes considering the possibility that you might drive less and err...get your lazy arse into some permanent exercise, like feeling better and stuff...some planetary atmosphere might need your help? Oh, you'll have to dispense with thinking your small thing is a massive thing while cycling to work in the winter?' 'WTF you on about?' Most people know some of the debate. They deploy selective listening and irrationality, if the primary concern is convenience or money, or ideology, or whatever's floating their boat presently, whilst ironically harking for the past. I am currently in mock mode. It gets past the junk. Sometimes in the canteen I shout, "Cyclists are the best...." they love hearing the sentence it informs them they are in love with dissonace.
Motivated 2 hours ago
@Xenophon2 I"m pretty convinced that my solution is an MTB light and take my chances with the police (I'm in Austria where StVZO applies). Too many light reviews give good scores to lights that just do no put enough light where I need it. And give too much credence to safety features like dimming, dipping and beam cut off.
ChrisA 2 hours ago
@andystow I'll second that, but only when used in a public place.
ChrisA 2 hours ago
E-bike is an undefined term that is used by all & sundry as they see fit. That is not going to change anytime soon. It is often the use that is illegal, not the object. Words and context matter. Poor journalism and confusing legislation combine to muddy the waters.
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.