Looking in the corners of the clothing drawer, prospecting for warmer leg lycra I unearth my old Livestrong bib-shorts.
I’m sure I put them away clean.
Dirty Laundry
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 15:37
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Jo Burt has spent the majority of his life riding bikes, drawing bikes and writing about bikes. When he’s not scribbling pictures for the whole gamut of cycling media he writes words about them for road.cc and when he’s not doing either of those he’s pedaling. Then in whatever spare minutes there are in between he’s agonizing over getting his socks, cycling cap and bar-tape to coordinate just so. And is quietly disappointed that yours don’t He rides and races road bikes a bit, cyclo-cross bikes a lot and mountainbikes a fair bit too. Would rather be up a mountain.
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eburtthebike 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris ".....but the claim that wearing one is somehow to be accepting dangerous driving and poor infrastructure is silly." Not that silly. Demanding that cyclists wear a helmet is seen by many people as 'the answer' to cycling safety, so there's no need to put in infrastructure. The difference between infrastructure and helmets is that infrastructure works. Helmets are a distraction from what really works, and the more time we spend talking about them, the less time we spend on things that do work. Helmets should be consigned to the dustbin of history as a failed experiment, and we should cease even mentioning them.
wtjs 2 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird Hats off to George Hall My hat's not coming off- despite this touch of cycleway-washing, Hall still bears the Mark of Cain, until he repudiates his party altogether
JamieT 3 hours ago
Perhaps an article showing a) what is available in the uk as cargo bikes and) comments from real life scenarios from those already using bikes or cargo bikes as one gentleman has done in the comments. Perhaps road.cc could follow up with this. Even the MP said not every business should use cargo bikes but suggested a more nuanced approach suitable for certain trades or companies....
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
@mdavidford Clearly the end of the sentence got deleted by mistake and it's meant to finish "...devices in their pockets."
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
@Terry Hutt I don't support mandatory helmets either, but I always think that's a daft analogy (I realise you're not quoting it approvingly): if people shooting in the streets was a regular problem, I'd campaign against it vociferously and expect the authorities to do something about it, but I'd still wear body armour unless and until the problem was sorted out. It's perfectly reasonable for people to question the efficacy of cycle helmets, but the claim that wearing one is somehow to be accepting dangerous driving and poor infrastructure is silly.
Terry Hutt 6 hours ago
“People who are wearing body armour get used to being shot at, when it’s the getting shot at that’s the problem.” People who are wearing body armour get used to being shot at because they survive. People not wearing it die the first time they are shot. So they don't really have much chance to get used to being shot at, do they? But seriously if you don't want to wear a helmet and you're an adult, no-one should have the right to make you wear one.
ktache 13 hours ago
@lawrence18uk Occasionally I see tradies travelling with some tools on the train, compact tool bags, rucksacks and wheelie luggage, often carrying long spirit levels separately, but on a couple of occasions collapsible ladders.
GravelIsNothingNew 15 hours ago
Finally some proper Gravel for the UCI World Championships! …no dates in the article. Racing starts today 10/11 Oct. Watch it free on SBS. … Go well Matt…
lawrence18uk 15 hours ago
@Aluminium can - as an alternative to vans, yes cargo bikes (plenty in Cambridge), and I've been wondering whether supplies could be delivered from retailers - using delivery robots. and it's possible I suppose that ladders could fall in the same category - you could, instead of just hiring a bicycle, hire a ladder and it would arrive of its own accord.
9 thoughts on “Dirty Laundry”
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You could put yourself
You could put yourself through a lie detector test to find out for sure. “Allegedly”
Must be some strong gear,
Must be some strong gear, they’re still glowing!
They look well made you can
They look well made you can hardly see the needle marks on the contrast stitching!
http://newsthump.com/2012/10/
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Such a waste, just because
Such a waste, just because some of the black/yellow kit looks cool, but there’s no way I’d buy it now…
I’ve got the Special Ed 6th
I’ve got the Special Ed 6th Tour USPS kit they wore for the final stage. Its cool kit, but I can’t see myself ever wearing it again.
http://store.theonion.com/p-5
http://store.theonion.com/p-5045-cheat-to-win-bracelet.aspx
I think it’s time we had an
I think it’s time we had an Armstrong Team Kit Surrender Amnesty : –
The current kit style enforcement Officer Patrick McQuid said”
This dirty Armstrong kit problem-malarky had grown to epic proportions and normal steps to control it had failed . . . . “we know it’s controversial but something drastic needs to be done now to rid the streets of this yellow and black menace”
Officer McQuid, who is up for re-election next year, went on to set out the terms of the amnesty : –
“Anyone handing in Armstrong kit to our local re-cycling centres by the deadline will be guaranteed anonymity and freedom from sanctimonious jibes ”
When pressed on what would happen to those who continued to wear and harbour the dodgy kit McQuid said . –
“Anyone caught with dodgy kit after the deadline will be required to wear it unwashed for three consecutive club runs”
When challenged on whether the immunity from enforcement or sanctions were too lenient or draconian McQuid commented ” Not at all, we at the station have been struggling with this pernicios kit problem for years and, despite our best efforts including our ground breaking DIY Kit Dyeing Kits it’s still every where you look especially at those cyclo-sportivo thingy’s all the rage on the continent”
Ex armstrong kit wearers saddened at the state things have come to have commented that Officer McQuid was desperate to hold on to his job at the station and this was his last chance to prove he could get to grips with the kit issue.
McQuids retired predecessor at the station, Heineken VinBroodin, is rumoured to be the source of recent leaks about the dodgy kit amnesty that forced McQuid to go public about it earlier than he’d intended – when we contacted him he said ” Pat’s stock is riding low at the moment – if successful (the amnesty) may just enable McQuid to hang on for another term”
At the end of the press conference Officer McQuid added that if the amnesty was a success at riding the streets of this stuff and if the result of the “Italian Padova investigation thingy” confirmed the existence of yet more varieties of dodgy kit the amnesty may be extended to deal with those other “allegedly lurid and hideous team colour-ways at Astana, Lampre, Liquigas, Rabobank, RadioShack and Vacansoleil”
As he left the briefing McQuid was challenged by the mother of now downhearted ex armstrong kit wearer about the rumours circulating (vehemently denied by McQuid) that style Officers at the station had been gifted non-branded socks by the dodgy kit manufacturer (Acquascrotum). McQuid said he couldn’t comment as “everything has been passed now to the Laundry for washing”.