Live blog: London bike cop’s supermarket sweep, Canadian PM’s wife’s bike school run in the snow & more
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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mitsky 13 minutes ago
@Mr Anderson Agreed. Perfect example is this parent doing an, approximately, 700 METRE school run. I worked t out by finding where the vehicle was parked on the residential road when I first encountered it. Whilst I can't be 100% sure, I am certain the children had no physical disability that would prevent them walking. https://youtu.be/R-dp-G6W8Jk
quiff 16 minutes ago
"Old Man Mountain kit is built tough, and comes with a lifetime warranty – which really matters, when it may well be subject to being battered over many tens of thousands of miles of awful terrain, carrying the equivalent weight of a small-ish child." Obviously it depends how the manufacturer applies its warranty, and OMM might be great - but worth noting that "lifetime warranty" is often less generous than it initially sounds - it's the reasonable lifetime of the product, and only warrants against manufacturing defects. So being battered over tens of thousands of miles is not necessarily going to be covered.
mdavidford 36 minutes ago
0.8m of cycleway does seem an extremely selective focus. Do we know which side of the junction those 80cm fall on?
bikercub 1 hour ago
I'd like to see some reviews of the IGPSport cycle computers & smart lights which are available on Amazon in the UK. They appear to be well equipped with GPS models in the £150 - £200 price bracket offering great features and very good value for money. If they are good enough to be supporting the Groupama-FDJ United World TourCycling team, we should be looking at them as a contender. It would be interesting how these compare to the Garmin and Wahoo models that are considered the industry standard.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
Happens on a regular basis - seems to be one of the many exciting new 'features' of the new platform.
kinderje 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris Thanks for that - every day's a school day. I had actually put 'Pedant mode off' under my comment but it didn't post and then as we all know, and are frustrated with, we can't edit posts any more. I will not correct anyone again - however, -ize still looks too American English for me. Cheers
HarrogateSpa 1 hour ago
We also have a greater volume of traffic, including on residential roads which were once quiet. Spending billions on infrastructure such as protected cycle tracks and modal filters is the only thing that will lead to mass cycling. Look at London. Why is there mass cycling there? Infrastructure. The Netherlands? The same reason. And often the only way to achieve meaningful change is reallocating some space and priority from motor vehicles, which is why the government's 'don't scare the horses' attitude is concerning.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
You think there might be a clue to that in the name "City Light Set"? Marking it down because it's no good for fast riding on unlit roads seems somewhat akin to buying a micro-hatchback and then complaining that it's rubbish at pulling a plough.
quiff 2 hours ago
This is like something from a kids' activity book. "The editor has a bit of a hangover this morning. Can you help him match the headline to the correct story?"
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@kinderje Are you aware that -ise endings are actually the newer form, having supplanted -ize (as used by Shakespeare, the King James Bible and Jane Austen, amongst many others) in the mid 19th century? Etymologically there is a far better argument for -ize endings for words with Greek and Latin roots than the -ise ending which arose from Victorian publishers imitating French verb endings. Both endings are now regarded as acceptable in British English, although the Oxford style guide recommends -ize. It is most certainly not incorrect.
11 thoughts on “Live blog: London bike cop’s supermarket sweep, Canadian PM’s wife’s bike school run in the snow & more”
Staggering story from Seattle
Staggering story from Seattle, a complete waste of money and effort, and I wouldn’t mind betting there are plenty of places the cycle parking is actually needed.
Next time I want some cycle parking installed, I’ll lie down on the pavement for a few days.
burtthebike wrote:
wouldn’t be surprised either if they took the money out of the cycling budget…
but those four cycle riders
but those four cycle riders are taking up exactly the same space as a car or tractor…
That “one peen” water bottle
That “one peen” water bottle system? Sure, I’ll replace my bit of bent wire which is universally compatible with pretty much every bidon, for a big lump of plastic compatible with nothing else apart from a bottle from the same vendor.
And the argument about small frames? Do Side loading bottle cages not exist in Oz?
Drinfinity wrote:
But it “looks good, and its fast” – I’m in ….
(stitches)
Bike parking 3 blocks away
Bike parking 3 blocks away and then has the gaul to say they can’t put bike parking there because they need planning or some BS excuse. So not only using the excuse of this being parking for bikes despite it never ever going to be used but coming up with BS excuse as to why it isn’t actually near where it’s needed to cover up the fact it’s intended use was to prevent homeless people from sleeping there.
Mut be related to Valbrona #CUNT
How do those bike racks stop
How do those bike racks stop the homeless, there’s loads of space on the pavement.
Also I see an opportunity for a hammock!
On narrow two-lane roads, I
On narrow two-lane roads, I can understand how it may be a delay for vehicles to pass 2-abreast cyclists while maintaining the minimum legal passing distance with oncoming traffic. However, on bigger roads where there is at least two lanes in the same direction of travel, I think it should be law where motorists must completely move over into the next lane.
I live in rural countryside, and some tractors (harvesters) can be as wide as an entire 2-lane road. Not one motorist has a problem pulling off the road and stopping to let the harvester by. But as soon as they see a cyclist, they act like the world is ending having 10 seconds of inconvenience. Everyone has to have something or someone they hate.
PC Knellar’s Sainsbury’s
PC Knellar’s Sainsbury’s Strava segment is unfair, I may have to challenge it hanging off a trolley
I think this is the Tooting
I think this is the Tooting video:
http://www.facebook.com/1797224600303573/videos/2300255640000464
I hope the Daily Mail don’t get hold of it…
That policeman riding through
That policeman riding through the supermarket at full whack seems really reckless. What if a small child had run out in front of him, even if he had time to react or wouldn’t make much difference on the polished surface.