Latest pics released of 2012 Olympic Velodrome

Whenever I see a near miss like this I can't stop myself thinking of all the excuses, sorry, reasons the police might give for not taking action if it happened in this country. List so far : We are not allowed to judge distances so we don't know how close the lorry was. At this point the lorry driver is going to have to inconvenience somebody. Lorry didn't cross the white line so it was the cyclists fault for not being in the cycle lane. Lorry was established. A close pass is not an offence. Am I getting cynical in my old age? Well done to the cyclist for staying alive.

This short sample of bargains tells the cycling community that retail prices are way too expensive. As fot Giant, they seem unable to get rid of their ageing inventory.

"...the delivery lorry in his lane, attempting to overtake another lorry..." "...the lorry does not decelerate or seek to move back to its own lane..." but "... as the driver narrowly avoids him." Come on @Callum Devereux Do better.

Bath cyclist view. Whilst being a very lovely city to live in, it is at times (and places) a car infested hell-scape which is easy just to accept when you live here. I pretty much walk and cycle within the city, and only get the car out if I have to (miserable at times). With narrow roads, lots of on-street parking, no outer ring road (geography; through traffic), a river splitting the city N/S, plenty of good private/state schools and some pretty steep hills, it's a toxic mix of inconsiderate entitled drivers and rat-runs; for years the traffic problem has been in the council's 'too difficult' box. They may not get it 100% right, but the current Lib Dem council are pushing ahead with new pedestrian crossings, shutting rat-runs, implementing 20mph speed limits, scooter/bike hire scheme and installing cycle lanes; it drives the car-lobby wild and their human right to drive wherever, whenever and however is violated (I include people who live around me in this group; "how will we get around?"). The local Greens seem to just side with the noisy NIMBYs, regardless of whether it's 'green', as it probably helps their election prospects. As a cyclist, you need your wits about you and where to go to avoid toxic traffic; I've felt safer cycling in London. I think this new park route links the cycle route(s) from the centre of town up towards Weston and the hospital reasonably well; bit of uphill in the park (noting that a N route is recommended). The 'antis' point out that there are already 2 parallel cycle routes, the river path and the section of the U Bristol Rd that has dedicated cycle lanes (they're still screaming about that one). The river path feeds cyclists towards the 2-tunnels route S and the Bristol Bath cycle path; tbh, it has a lot of pedestrian traffic and is pretty narrow and bumpy (tree roots) between Windsor Bridge and Locksbrook (apparently will be upgraded). The U Bristol Rd lanes incl floating bus stops etc (wouldn't be cheap to remove), but at the W end they just stop and turf you out onto a pretty busy road. Cyclists travelling from Newbridge may just stick to the U Bristol Rd, and enjoy the respite offered by the cycle lane stretch, or could head down to the river path. I dislike the car zealots so much (one resident group has taken their self-funded LTN complaint to the High Court) that anything that sticks one up their proverbial is fine by me. If I can make an effort to get about the city by means other than a car (I even invested in a ebike to use a bike more; kills off the hill problem), then perhaps they could to.

Sorry? What country do you live in?

Range Rover ban for school runs?

I had a similar experience in Morocco. I was descending a pass on a fairly narrow road, coming out of the Atlas Mountains towards Marrakesh when far below me a slow moving bus pulled onto my side of the road to overtake another vehicle. It was immediately clear that a collision would happen if we both carried on. Fortunately I had a bit more time and space to get out of the way. We must be thankful that we live in a country where drivers have respect for cyclists.

It starts well, but says later: "A legal e-bike must have pedals and the motor is only there to provide assistance while the rider is pedalling. That motor assistance must cut out at 15.5mph (24km/h)" An EAPC that can legally be ridden on the road as a conventional pedal cycle must . . . . , perhaps.

Not gonna lie, I might have been diving into that ditch. Perhaps the camera makes it look worse than it was but I would have been ready!

@Andrewbanshee Just on a point of order, what's shown in the pictures is very much not a pump track but a set of jumps, some, prior to reduction, of a quite impressive size; a pump track is a circuit of gentle rollers that can be ridden by using a pumping motion of the rider's body rather than pedalling. One would imagine that the legal concerns of FE don't relate to the difficulty/danger of courses or jumps but their liability. If they provide a difficult course and a rider crashes on it because of excess speed or lack of ability, that's the rider's problem, but if someone pulls off a jump but is injured because the landing ramp collapses, they can be sued for not providing and maintaining a safe facility. I too am a child of the '70s but my recollections are somewhat different, I seem to remember that it was a rare class that didn't have at least one kid with a limb in plaster! Didn't seem to do us much harm, I agree, but we did get quite a lot of injuries.