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Live blog: Ian Walker wins the North Cape 4000, Metro tweet footage of truck driver nearly turning into cyclist (and blames cyclist) + more
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Wed, Aug 08, 2018 14:33
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wtjs 14 hours ago
@FionaJJ These officers deployed next-level stupidity, and it must be difficult for the police to find people this dim. It doesn't even need rolling-roads or whatever, just a reputable bike computer on a quickly changed mount for the difficult cases where a proper EAPC has been modded, although you would need to look hard in Lancashire to find a police officer who knows how to make a pedal cycle go. Most illegal electric motorbikes are immediately obvious, not least because the crim is wearing a face mask. I saw an obvious one tonight coming out of Garstang Sainsbury's, not pedalling but without a face mask because everybody knows that the police only come into the town to hide away in the police station 200 yards away.
bikeman01 15 hours ago
Gustav Gullholm.. that's not a good look mate
mdavidford 17 hours ago
@Chris RideFar I think what you meant to say was "REMOVE this and put it on PODCAST CC".
jaymack 19 hours ago
As Mary Whitehouse never said - one doesn't have to read the article if one doesn't want to read about an off-road bicycle.
Rendel Harris 19 hours ago
@FionaJJ In London they're allowed to stop on single and double yellows to deliver packages or empty pillar boxes; in practice they take this as carte blanche to park wherever and whenever they want, such as this chap on the Brixton Road who pulled into the bus/cycle/motorcycle lane without indicating, as I approached at 20mph, to park on a red route, response to a remonstrance, "I suppose you never get post delivered do ya?"
FionaJJ 20 hours ago
@Rendel Harris We have a pavement parking ban, but around here at least, royal mail vans are already exempt, subject to certain caveats, such as allowing at least 1.5m, and only being stopped to do their work.
FionaJJ 20 hours ago
It was already embarrassing for the police that they made such a mess of their attempt to determine whether a bike was legal or not, but I had assumed it was a group of well intentioned, but under-trained officers acting on their own initiative, having spotted something they thought looked not quite right. I'm now discovering this was a planned activity, something sufficiently organised to have been given a name - Operation FRISLEN, designed specifically to identify and remove illegal e-bikes and scooters. It's apparent that the officers were sent out without adequate training, never mind the kind of equipment that should be used for this sort of work. I'm not saying they always need specialist equipment to spot all illegal bikes, but at least if they'd been given a demonstration with that equipment, they'd have realised why their approach was not going to end well.
Geoff Ingram 22 hours ago
Have put drop bars on a 2001 B1 mtb, a 2007 stumpy hardtail and a 2010 stumpy full suss. In all cases fairly basic conversións leaving gearing and wheels broadly the same and concentrating on correct positioning of bars and fit. Oddly, with all 3 I was happy with the result when recently done, but after a few months found that the extra speed on easy trails was more than offset by the lack of ability (probably mine) on tougher routes and finally preferred flat bar with slammed and inverted stem as best overall compromise. Good fun playing around, though.
mark1a 22 hours ago
The photos in this review look they are for a different bag?
mattw 23 hours ago
This is a strange reactionary knee jerk overall. But what is this "are essentially motorbikes in disguise" waffle? "One letter claimed that high-powered electric ‘e-bikes’ were “essentially motorbikes” in disguise, with many being used without lights, helmets, or any hi-vis clothing." Surely, they simply ARE motorbikes?
14 thoughts on “Live blog: Ian Walker wins the North Cape 4000, Metro tweet footage of truck driver nearly turning into cyclist (and blames cyclist) + more”
I’m not a twitterer – did
I’m not a twitterer – did Metro come back after all that to try and explain why they thought that it was the cyclist’s fault? Or are they too busy swotting up on the HC?
Sad that even the Metro has
Sad that even the Metro has joined in the cycle bashing. Who owns them now, would it be the Murdochs perchance? Or the Express group, or some other bunch of cycle haters?
Great news about Dr Walker.
Video doesn’t show enough of
Video doesn’t show enough of the low loader and cyclist. Did the cyclist creep up the left before the lorry moved and hence was hidden?
Captions on the metro video were nonsense anyhow.
hirsute wrote:
The cyclist was ahead of the lorry well before the turn and was in the left lane. The lorry was in the right lane. If he wanted to change lanes he should wait until the road was clear. Whatever happened the cyclist clearly did not creep up the side of the lorry. At worst she passed him in a diffrent lane and the lorry was in the wrong lane for a left turn.
John Smith wrote:
The cyclist was ahead of the lorry well before the turn and was in the left lane. The lorry was in the right lane. If he wanted to change lanes he should wait until the road was clear. Whatever happened the cyclist clearly did not creep up the side of the lorry. At worst she passed him in a diffrent lane and the lorry was in the wrong lane for a left turn.
— hirsuteAh, thanks I didn’t spot it was 2 lanes.
hirsute wrote:
At 11seconds you can see the
killing machine in the hands of a I don’t give a fuck because I’m not bothered to look to my left wankerever so careful driver and his unicorns overtake the cyclist a few metres before the junction.This is contrary to the HC not to mention it threatens the life of a human being because this knobjockey can’t be fucking arsed to look, so it should be deemed as dangerous driving. Cunts like this kill and maim with impunity and not give two fucks and people like Metro, daily heil and THINK will continue to blame the victims/vulnerable.
Government sponsorsed victim blaming at its finest here which is contrasry to the HC about overtaking at/near a junction and cutting in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7lBvN80JaQ
Metro?
Metro?
A rag with content the value of its cover price. Owned by the same mob as the Daily Mail.
C’mon Dr Ian!
Does anyone actually ever
Does anyone actually ever challenge these media outlets?
Is there anything illegal with a media company editing a video to make it look like something else, trying to promote hatred?
His indicator is on, so he
His indicator is on, so he can just charge through? Wanker!
That vid should be shown in
That vid should be shown in courts where cyclists have been killed by trucks turning left.
The driver assumed that inidicating gave him right of way.
I also think he was telling helmet cam not to worry as he wasn’t in danger as driverman was turning left and not right (hadn’t he seen the clear indication). I think driver man was 100% oblivious of the other cyclist.
Blid spot my arse!
Turning left from the right
Turning left from the right hand straight on lane. Bellend.
vonhelmet wrote:
This is something that drivers of long wheel based vehicles are taught to do, due to their abysmal turning circle , and other road users are expected to take this into account- See HC rule 221.
But cockwomble observation skills nevertheless.
Well done to that man taking
Well done to that man taking the video! How many of us would have spotted what was going to happen?
Did the lorry driver have to
Did the lorry driver have to make it a three point turn because he had to brake (to avoid killing the cyclist), or did he get that wrong too? In any event, he really needs to learn to check his mirrors more, I think. Clearly he’s one of that (very common) class of drivers who think that indicators grant priority rather than showing intention.