Here’s a little cameo from the road.cc road trip to Eurobike. but what’s going on? Caption suggestions below! the best one will win some Euro schwag, we’ll have a dig through our big bags of leaflets and wurst wrappers – there’s bound to be something nice in there…
Eurobike caption compo! Win Schwag!
What’s going on here? You decide…
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 15:47
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Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and likes to ride increasingly long audaxes decreasingly fast as time goes by.
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mdavidford 2 minutes ago
Except that, er, they did consider exceptions, in that they specifically provided in the legislation for local authorities to apply exceptions. You could argue over how long they had to implement them, but to say they weren't considered is just not true. And the fact that a few roads have now changed back isn't 'backtracking' - it's authorities using the legislation as designed.
Clem Fandango 17 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris I'm confused. Who the hell was he shouting at?? You were "invisible" after all. After years of riding I've concluded that all of my bikes have a cloaking device fitted to them. It's the only explanation for the litany of close passes, left hooks, near misses and collisions that I've been on the end of. Even when wearing bright clothing & running lights in broad daylight, I once found myself airborne over the bonnet of a Kia Sportage whose driver piled onto the roundabout I was already negotiating. The drivers response, having stood by whilst passers by helped my broken form out of the road, was the ubiquitous "I didn't see you". Never fear though, there is a safety mechanism that kicks in occasionally (but only if another rider jumps a red light). At that point I can be seen from space by Daily Mail readers - I know this because I've more than once been subjected to a tirade of abuse about red light jumping cyclists from drivers.......whilst I have been waiting at a red light.
Rapha Nadal 34 minutes ago
I feel that this is the way platforms are heading now but this would only appeal to me if i could take a session outside rather than being chained to the turbo for all of them.
the little onion 43 minutes ago
@Boopop I think every cyclist has stories of being lit up like a Christmas tree, and all the works, yet still having a SMIDSY moment
Another_MAMIL 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris I would’ve replied to the driver, “Who said that? Is there anybody there?” 🙂
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
So they're kind of bossy and won't let others get a word in?
slc 2 hours ago
@DrG82 I think it was well implemented overall, though that is because I agree with the basic point: the speed limit where vehicles interact with pedestrians etc should be 20mph* by default: 30mph can be considered as an exception (e.g a major road with significant mitigating infrastructure, controlled crossings and so on). Some Welsh local authorities have been keener to create exceptions than others for sure. Here in Bristol, we have had widespread 20mph limits for around 15 years. The only downside I saw is that I got used to driving at 20 and would find myself doing so where the limit was 30 in other locations, to the annoyance of drivers behind (though perhaps the relief of pedestrians in front) *There was once a substantial UK report that found the default speed limit should be around 10mph to ensure that pedestrians are not killed by drivers. That seems a long way off.
DrG82 2 hours ago
@slc I wouldn't say that the Welsh government got everything right. They applied the speed limit changes uniformly, without considering exceptions, and have since back tracked in many places. This has been a massive waste of money.
Rendel Harris 4 hours ago
Yelled at by a driver just last month, "It's farkin' dark you farkin' twat why are you riding around wiv a black coat on? You're farkin' invisible!" To be fair, I was wearing a black jacket - a Proviz commuter jacket which is covered in their unparalleled reflective details which, as I know because Mrs H wears the same model, can be seen from hundreds of metres away. He also overlooked the fact that I was wearing a fluorescent yellow helmet, fluorescent yellow gloves, had a rear red light on the helmet, two rear red lights (one strobing one solid) and three white lights on the front (one strobing two solid). Apparently all he could see, or supposedly couldn't see, was the black jacket. They used to be an old joke about "invisible" stealth planes being rubbish because the Russians would be saying, "There aren't any planes about but there's a little guy in a sitting position at 50,000 feet..." - must have been confusing for my chap to see all those lights, reflectives and bright gear apparently going down the street of their own volition.
Rendel Harris 5 hours ago
Another reason to avoid Terry's, which is a pretty crappy overpriced place anyway and dreadfully hipster (there's a sign on the wall that says something like "when you eat at Terry's you're not just a customer, you're a member of a very exclusive club" - thanks but I just wanted coffee and beans on toast). I'd advise anyone in that locale to try the splendidly named Giggling Sausage cafe directly opposite, better food and coffee, cheaper, better service and fewer hipsters, you can enjoy watching them queueing like sheep to get into Terry's as you dine.
31 thoughts on “Eurobike caption compo! Win Schwag!”
Does my Hymer look big in
Does my Hymer look big in this?
fits me fine but wheres the
fits me fine but wheres the wife going to sleep?
Yes, made it! With another
Yes, made it! With another tug I’ll have the entire family out of here! And nobody will ever know a thing…
I reckon with another shove
I reckon with another shove I’ll have the entire family in there… Easy money.
Nope. Sorry. You ain’t gonna
Nope. Sorry. You ain’t gonna fit Lances ego in here.
Inevitably when they met, the
Inevitably when they met, the talk eventually came back to their shared prison term.
Can you fix it?
Can you fix it?
Our intel reveals
Our intel reveals Brailsford’s desperation to fill his rosta extends to kidnapping riders straight from the Vuelta. 👿
“Tony, mate seriously…you
“Tony, mate seriously…you said it had a [i]chemical[/i] toilet!”
“Right, now we’re safely over
“Right, now we’re safely over the border, let’s get out those pork pies Jan Ullrich asked us to bring over for him…”
There’s a tiny door in my
There’s a tiny door in my caravan, Tony. It’s a portal and it takes you inside Lance Armstrong. You see the world through Lance Armstrong’s eyes… and then after about 15 minutes, you’re spit out… into a ditch on the side of The New Jersey Turnpike
I don’t care what they said
I don’t care what they said in the shop there’s no way that helmet fits
This may be a camper van but
This may be a camper van but your not getting me in there with you
It sleeps two? Two what?
It sleeps two? Two what?
Attempting to talk the +Watt
Attempting to talk the +Watt logo designer out of his hiding place
Oh Bugger!
Oh Bugger!
…..are you sure you saw a
…..are you sure you saw a Lion and a Witch?
Now we’re back home we can
Now we’re back home we can get the Van Nicholas Astraeus out for a test ride!
“I thought it said Hymen”
“I thought it said Hymen”
Wallet or keys, wallet or
Wallet or keys, wallet or keys….. If i leg it i’ll be able to catch last orders!
hmm, they said the 12 speed
hmm, they said the 12 speed prototypes were in here, all I can find is the embargo’d Team Sky entry list!
“I thought it said
“I thought it said Hymen”
Yeah, I did a doubletake as well.
Cant find the lugage but one
Cant find the lugage but one of the migrants in there says it might be in Ostend 👿
Thanks to your generous
Thanks to your generous donation, Mr. Armstrong, we now have one tester to knock on your trailer door, and one to cover the back exit.
This ain’t what I had in mind
This ain’t what I had in mind when you said I could do the Tour Down Under!
I think this must be the
I think this must be the master bedroom?
“So if we use him as an
“So if we use him as an exhaust pipe and link it up via his mouth, where do the emissions come out?”
That’s the yike stashed, the
That’s the yike stashed, the van nicholas is at the
back all the pedals are in one corner so plenty of
room for a selection of fixies ….. customs will
never know …..
Tony, I told you it’s a
Tony, I told you it’s a caravan, it doesn’t have an engine!
BananaDrama wrote:Tony, I
I knew there was a reason I couldn’t get it started
” are my trainers that ugly ?
” are my trainers that ugly ? “