Live blog: Cycling shorts on the catwalk… just say no; Bike licence debate contextualised; Find a new word for ‘cyclist’ to help curb driver aggression; Tour of Flanders contender blames Champagne celebration for bronchitis; epic Canyon vid+ more
SUMMARY
Tour of Flanders contender blames Champagne celebration for bronchitis that might keep him out of the race
Sporza reports that AG2R La Mondiale’s Oliver Naesen is suffering from bronchitis and reckons he contracted it after getting drenched with Champagne after Gent-Wevelgem last Sunday.
Naesen finished third in the race and celebrated in customary style with winner Alexander Kristoff and second-placed John Degenkolb.
It doesn’t seem like the Belgian is too bad though. He finished 19th at Dwars door Vlaanderen earlier in the week.
The Tour of Flanders is on Sunday.
Check out this cool clip from Canyon about Mathieu van der Poel's rich cycling heritage
With racing embossed into his family’s DNA and raw, boundless talent on any bike he rides, @mathieuvdpoel’s arrival in the top echelon of cycling is being played out right before our very eyes. #MyCanyon #PureCycling pic.twitter.com/9SFgcnnLL9
— Canyon Bicycles (@canyon_bikes) April 5, 2019
Dutchman van der Poel comes from a family of super successful cyclists, and the video intersperses his journey to the World Tour with clips of his Vuelta-winning grandfather Raymond Poulidor and father Adri van der Poel. Mathieu will be looking to emulate his old man this weekend at the Tour of Flanders – Adri won it in 1986.
Actor Christopher Biggins has phone stolen by a thief on a bike
The actor and TV personality, best known for playing Lukewarm in Porridge, told BBC Wiltshire that he was mugged of his mobile phone outside of a Covent Garden restaurant on Wednesday night: “I was calling an Uber. It was quarter to midnight and I was on my phone.
“I was looking down towards Trafalgar Square and I was seeing where he was, how far away, and suddenly a hooded cyclist came by and stole my phone – just took it out of my hand.
“The terrifying thing is now, in London, there are so many stabbings, so many thefts. Apparently this happens all the time but it was such a violation.
“I shouted very loudly because I have a very loud voice. But it was quarter to midnight and no-one was around really. So he got away.”
Video: Dublin motorist needlessly cuts up cyclist carrying two kids on cargo bike
The turn’s for a shopping centre. Watch it here and ask yourself why.
E-cargo convoy
First London cargo bike convoy! The times they are a changing. @TeamLondonBdg @ecargobikes @Jesse_Norman #Cargonauts #CleanAir pic.twitter.com/rbjn2Ywp3M
— e-cargobikes (@ecargobikes) April 4, 2019
While the previous post is extremely disappointing to see, here’s some more positive cargo bike news.
Guardian reporter contextualises the (highly stupid) bike licence debate
Amid the endless, nonsense debate about licenses for cyclists, this is the everyday reality on the roads: scary, illegal, utterly pointless close passes.
This was my ride to work yesterday. It’s a 20mph zone. Driver could have waited two seconds to have more space. pic.twitter.com/yf1j3LpDQB
— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) April 5, 2019
It's why people get so irritated about TV and websites being full of things like cycle licensing. If you regularly experience events like this, the idea that *cyclists* are some kind of mortal peril in need of reining in and regulation can only prompt a hollow, bitter laugh.
— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) April 5, 2019
First to the top of the Kwaremont on Sunday will win €5,000 for charity
The first rider to the top of the Oude Kwaremont during the men’s Tour of Flanders on Sunday will win €5,000 to donate to a charity of their choice.
The new initiative between Flanders Classics and the Belgian National Lottery is a tribute to Belgian rider Stig Broeckx who spent six months in a coma after a crash involving two race motorbikes at the Tour of Belgium last May.
As well as the €5,000 for the first rider to the top, the Lottery will be providing an additional €5,000 for a charity of Broeckx’s choice.
Welsh Gov't proposes legalising cycling on footpaths
A step towards fairer access for bikes?
So much no...
Cycling shorts served to add an aerodynamic burst of downtown cool to crisp tailored blazers and super-starched shirts https://t.co/eJr6ztGcmX
— British Vogue (@BritishVogue) April 4, 2019
Chamois-less ‘cycling shorts’ for people trying to be hip just won’t go away, and it seems some of the biggest names in fashion are trying to convince women with too much money that they’re bang on trend again. While the subject of the article on British Vogue’s website is hideous we will reserve our appreciation for its writer Ellie Pithers, who has managed to shoehorn in an impressive number of cycling references.
Fiday's Indicative Vote - A New Name for Cyclists
Got a better suggestion? Leave them in the comments below or head over here where you’ll also find the poll but with more words about it
Careless driver who caused cyclist's death loses appeal after arguing she was only 19 and didn't know the road
The judge said that an early guilty plea “might well have made the difference”.
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@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.
Gustav Gullholm.. that's not a good look mate
@Chris RideFar I think what you meant to say was "REMOVE this and put it on PODCAST CC".
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.
@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?"
@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.
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.
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.
The photos in this review look they are for a different bag?
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?
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FIDAYS indicative vote…….
FIDAYS indicative vote………….?
Road.cc, what is this doing
Road.cc, what is this doing on here?
Actor Christopher Biggins has phone stolen by a thief on a bike
Really slow news day today is it?
grumpyoldcyclist wrote:
Appropriate username
It’s not a good pic of
It’s not a good pic of Biggins.