Show your colours this #mycyclingweekend

Don't know about you but when I've been hit by a motor vehicle I've fallen off my bike, and wearing a helmet intended to protect me if I fall off has mitigated my injuries.

They do exist, but they're expensive and they look something like this:- https://www.freepik.com/free-ai-image/war-zone-with-tank_67396907.htm

What a marvelously apposite name for someone taking on helmet-related cases.

700, 1000 and 1400 lumen flash modes. How to annoy the feck out of the International Space Station. The steady beams have only been increased to 650, 950 and 1350 lumens, respectively. Maybe increased run time would have been better.

"This is invaluable in so many unthinkable ways." I can think of several ways in which insurance might be useful. How do you know "so many of the ways" are 'invaluable'? -- if you can't think them, you can't count them.

Been using a Decathlon screw mount alloy one for many years. Cheap, secure and bomb proof. Just make sure you use a silicone jacket on your phone 'cos it may crack the glass - especially the rear. https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/cycling-smartphone-mount-metal/325682/c1c227m8587962

Why has this site swallowed my line breaks? Where has the 'Preview' box gone, and the Edit button? Has it been enshittified?

Parts of this article are baffling. >a bike that runs a 32” wheel up front paired with a 29” hoop at the rear Why doesn't it have two wheels? What use is a hoop on a bicycle? >it makes the ride of the 120mm Big Bird ridiculously smooth You know that's only 12cm, don't you? (4.7in.) Rather tiny for a bike... Perhaps that is the measurement of a component you failed to mention.

I'm not sure that really counts as the pro peloton, does it? https://banbridgecc.co.uk/2025/05/20/banbridge-cc-25-ras-tailteann-team-sponsor-specsavers/

Having seen the strava AI comments I would dispute that it is clever, I suppose other AIs could be better.