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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robgru76 30 minutes ago
@matthewn5 Exactly the sort of comment that drivers will use to propagate the idea that all cyclists are entitled and irresponsible on the roads. Well done 👍
Hollis Jones 33 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris Ah yes, got it. Seems pretty obvious to me now you explained it so clearly! So I suppose, then, if they hadn’t been able to prove that he got out of the car to try and remove Mr Mullins from underneath, he could well have got a much lighter sentence. It begs the question why, given he’s clearly a sociopath, that even if he knew he was trapped under the car, he could have just ignored it.
chrisonabike 1 hour ago
@HarrogateSpa could be. With some Labour / other socialist types I think it's: a) a historic reaction to the toff and/or mill owner and their horse-enhanced status. So "we'll damn well have cars also". ("Fairness", I guess). b) (partly related) many working people rely on their vehicles for work (or to get there). So "we'll fight anything that looks like them taking our independence". Of course I think excellent arguments against motor traffic dependence could be made for most political persuasions - but unfortunately it also seems that those for the status quo can also.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
@kingleo but according to some posters here aren't those terrible places marred by very high cyclist fatality numbers, dreadful driving conditions, rampant drug use and (inevitably) "communism"? ("non-countries" eh Nige?) One major difference, which perhaps doesn't get enough attention, is that in NL they went through a process of deciding what all streets and roads were primarily "for". Then re-designating and indeed redesigning them and re-engineering the network to "make it so". "Monofunctional roads/streets". That means that it's much clearer where cycle infra is *required*, and where less obvious measures will do. That *would* be a major change for the UK. Our process has been that motor traffic appeared on streets which used to be foot / horse / carriage / cycle. We then had to add footways as it became clear the motor traffic was a danger (also as drivers demanded "their" streets). Then as the traffic got bigger / faster / volumes increased those non-vehicle spaces shrank... So now we commonly have a "high street" which is 1) a "place" or destination (so people want to drive and park there, but then will walk about) 2) maybe also a residential location 3) a major through route. And everyone complaining "our streets are too narrow to accommodate cycling".
slc 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris Hold out for a Halfords Apollo* at least. * I did once own one. I bought it in skinter days to replace a Rudge 3-speed that I found in a scrapyard. Guess which one lasted me 4 years and which one lasted me 4 months.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird isn't it "this pub survived two World Wars, but will be destroyed by this ludicrous, dangerous cycle lane, which nobody wants and which will only be used by illegal immigrants riding unlicensed electric motorbikes..." ?
Mr Blackbird 2 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird The report on this case is on page 19 of today's Times. Maybe the more right wing rags didn't bother at all? It was on the BBC News website yesterday, but was not featured on this morning's Breakfast News.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris no no NO! Won't you think of blind pedestrians, who will be in danger of falling in, then being run over by the peloton, then drowning?! Not to mention people with limited mobility who might stumble in and then not be able to get out? Or just those walking around in a relaxed manner, not paying too much attention? No, what is needed is a dedicated area to support accessibility for all. We could call it a ... road! Those with sight impairment would doubtless be ok with that as they would be able to hear the motor vehicles (unlike those deadly silent cyclists). And they could get taxis also. In fact all those who *have to drive* could use it! Cyclists would have nothing to complain about, they could ride there if they don't get in the way of motor vehicles and come to a compete stop whenever they see a pedestrian looking like they might cross...
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@HoarseMann I've probably given this too much thought, but alongside each of the bridges I was going to have little in and out ramps to allow cyclists to exit for the shops rather than be confined to a straight-through run.
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 ? “