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Live blog: Zwift Companion updates, Team Sky… dildo thing, MAMILs on the rise in Oz, Vulpine returns + more
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Mon, Dec 10, 2018 20:05
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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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mdavidford 2 minutes ago
They may have looked, but did they see?
jackcycles 33 minutes ago
Ds2025: where they are going wrong is that they are crushing the motorbike rather than the person sat on top of it. If they did the latter this issue would be solved in less than 24 hours.
Rod Marton 34 minutes ago
I came this way today with the car boot sale in operation. There was a marshal at the entrance, who stopped a car turning right across the cycleway as I was approaching. So that certainly works. I think it necessary for the marshal to be there, I couldn't say if the driver would have turned if he hadn't been there but you always have to suspect the worst. Unfortunately there is no marshal at the exit, and there was certainly a car stopped across the cycleway as I was approaching it. But he pulled onto the road before I reached it, and the following car stayed off the cycleway as I went through. Ideally there should have been a marshal there too. On the whole, though, it's a really high standard piece of infrastructure. Just a pity it doesn't extend a bit further.
eburtthebike 50 minutes ago
“absolute carnage” So right! Just look at the bodies piled up, blood running in the gutters and injured people limping away. It's a bit of a problem with a road, delaying some people for minutes at a time: it isn't carnage, let alone 'absolute carnage'. Anyone who exaggerates so ridiculously really shouldn't be allowed to comment in public, unless they want to demonstrate their idiocy to all and sundry.
Jakrayan 2 hours ago
I'm criticising them for not riding in secondary position, not primary. At least 60cms (2 feet) from the edge of the road as the HC explicitly recommends. Leaving aside the small minority of riders who find mounting and dismounting a bike difficult - which sounds suspiciously similar to the motorists "but, but what about disabled drivers?" when talking about LTNs - what's wrong with able bodied riders walking the few metres over that narrow, Victorian bridge? Sure, if there's clearly no-one on it I wouldn't condemn anyone for riding it slowly, but if it's not clear forcing pedestrians to stop and squeeze to the side is, frankly, a rather entitled opinion. Plus it's easy to hold a road bike a little ahead of you and hold the saddle - normally no need to hold the bars if it's straight - so you're really not taking up much more room at all. There's a railway underpass near me that links to a shared then segregated path. It's narrow, and the path approaches at an angle so you can't see if it's clear, but many riders still choose to pedal through despite the clear 'no cycling' signage. Why?? Personally I don't go that way, except on foot, preferring the surrounding roads.
bensynnock 2 hours ago
I think you're giving drivers too much credit. Many would not think twice about blocking the road if it makes their life easier, such as when turning right onto a busy road.
bensynnock 2 hours ago
They might have to, but they won't. What they will do is pull out over the cycle path while they wait for a gap in motor traffic.
Safety 3 hours ago
"We have enough regulation." I agree with the exception being legally allowed to sell something which is virtually illegal to use. How many purchasers own a suitably large piece of private land?
Tradescant 6 hours ago
@jackcycles I'm not sure my grandchildren got that memo. Cycling should not be just for hardened road warriors.
DS2025 7 hours ago
Chrisonabike There are a number of police forces in England and Wales that are using portable testing equipment already... How effective it is another matter, I haven't looked into the results of failing (I would hope they just seize and crush the motorbike without any faff but I am sure there are appeal processes, promises not to use them on public roads etc).
16 thoughts on “Live blog: Zwift Companion updates, Team Sky… dildo thing, MAMILs on the rise in Oz, Vulpine returns + more”
UCI now in frantic meeting to
UCI now in frantic meeting to go through the rulebook as regards dildos. Maybe the last place guy now has to carry la dildo rouge?
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
Surely ‘Le Dildo Rouge’ – I can’t imagine it would be a feminine noun!
KendalRed wrote:
fench is very odd, more about the sound than the sex of the object.
So it’s le zizi (willy) but la bite (dick)
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
UCI have now permitted their use but have to be no bigger than 7″ and cannot contain a motor.
Simmo72 wrote:
in addition, UCI have insisted on keeping to a 3:1 ratio on tube profile, since “aero”gains are not permitted.
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
No. He has to wear a purple helmet.
All my dildos are gender
All my dildos are gender fluid.
Only doing it to get
Thomas is only doing it to get attention otherwise why post it up on social media? He’s quick to criticise Wiggins for attention seeking and then pulls this out of his arris and thrusts it onto tinternet, now he thinks he’s the big dog he’s such a media whore just like the rest.
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
They did it ot take the piss out of Wiggins. If they didn’t post it, how were they going to make their point?
While I a sure they found it hilarious, I doubt it was a wise move.
Road cycling and sexual
Road cycling and sexual perversion go hand in hand. Minority interest with tight clothes, pain for pleasure mindset and the usage of gadget and drugs to get more out of it.
I’m sure there’ll be stiff
I’m sure there’ll be stiff opposition to this from other teams.
Is Durex Sensations the new official lube for team Sky?
Team Dimension Data rumoured to be following suit, and now “powered by Duracell ”
I’m considering carrying one
I’m considering carrying one with a sucker to stick on the roof of the next driver to cut me up.
In the forties and fifties my
In the forties and fifties my father always referred to traffic lights as ‘robots’ probably a common description on countrywide installation.
fixation80 wrote:
they’re still called robots in S Africa.
Quote:
I’m not Froome’s biggest fan, but come on…!
Maybe it’s not a dildo but
Maybe it’s not a dildo but just a phallic shaped sealent applicator to be thrust into a punctured tire?