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Live blog: 6,000 sign Brum velodrome petition, F1’s Rosberg interview Froome, Brum A34 cycle route opens, Bibby’s bike nicked + more
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Tue, Apr 09, 2019 16:16
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9 April 2019, 16:16
London Ambulance Service say they can save "vital seconds" arriving to an emergency by bike
One benefit of attending to patients on a #bicycle is that we don’t unload kit from a vehicle, instead we go straight to patients, saving vital seconds in an emergency.
Here’s Jayden, showing how it’s done, making his way through the corridors of the #PalaceofWestminster pic.twitter.com/1lQMshQmUZ
— LAS Cycle Team (@LAS_CycleTeam) April 8, 2019
By cycling to an emergency the first responders don’t have to spend time unpacking an ambulance vehicle.
9 April 2019, 16:16
STOLEN BIKE ALERT - Ian Bibby of Madison Genesis pro team has Genesis Zero SL taken in Preston area
The bike is very distinctive with team colours and a super slammed stem, so with any luck Bibby’s bike will be too hot to handle for the bottom feeders who stolen it. With a position like that hopefully the thief will end up with some pretty bad back and neck problems if he/she attempts to ride it…
9 April 2019, 16:16
Ian Bibby shares CCTV of bike thief (and it's not the first time he's been a victim of such a crime)
In a cruel case of bad luck striking twice, Bibby had a Genesis Volare stolen from him during his previous stint at Madison Genesis back in 2013 – he did get it back that time though, just before the £7,000 bike was about to be sold on for £2,500.
He’ll be hoping for a similar result this time around, after sharing CCTV footage of the offender outside his house before stealing the bike from his garage.
Not the best photo but if anybody recognises him please get in touch pic.twitter.com/yaqgfI0No0
— Ian Bibby (@IanBibby86) April 8, 2019
9 April 2019, 16:16
F1 champ Nico Rosberg talks to Chris Froome in latest podcast
Froome sat down with Rosberg to talk through his career and notable victories in detail. Some interesting comments about his support of Bradely Wiggins between 15:30 and 19:00, and the whole 50 minute podcast is definitely worth spending your lunch break on.
9 April 2019, 16:16
New cycle route opens on A34 in Birmingham
#Birmingham #Cycle Revolution A34 cycle route OPEN!
It’s bold, it’s blue, it’s the new traffic-free cycle route along the A34 between Birmingham city centre and Heathfield Road in #Lozells. And it’s now largely OPEN, so why not give it a go? #BCR #Cycling pic.twitter.com/Qfph840YD6
— Waseem Zaffar (@WaseemZaffar) April 9, 2019
A notoriously sketchy stretch of A-road in Birmingham now has a designated cycle route segregated from traffic, described as ‘largely open’ by Waseem Zaffar, Councillor for the Lozells area of the city.
9 April 2019, 16:16
Driver knocks Argentina's national football coach off bike on Mallorca
Lionel Scaloni, the coach of Argentina’s national football team, has reassured his followers on Twitter that he is okay after he was knocked off his bike by a driver while cycling on Mallorca, where he has a home.
Initial reports were that the former Deportivo La Coruna (and briefly West Ham United) player was in a “serious condition” in hospital, but the 40-year-old tweeted to 5hank people for their good wishes and to say that he is on his way home from hospital after having a couple of stitches put in a facial wound.
Muchísimas gracias por los mensajes recibidos,un par de puntos y a casa! Gracias a todos pic.twitter.com/LMJ3jfa6Zp
— Lionel Scaloni (@lioscaloni) April 9, 2019
9 April 2019, 16:16
Hunt tease trailer of documentary around the new 48 Limitless Aero Disc wheels, setting a new Trouée d'Arenberg Strava KOM during testing
Although as some have already pointed out on social media… was it really the wheels that deserve all the plaudits? The rider Alex Paton might have something else to say about it! Full story here in any case.
9 April 2019, 16:16
Here's what happens if you don't ride your bike for a really long time...
Lucky I haven’t been cycling recently – a robin is nesting in my bike helmet. It’s a Crystal Maze for a robin to get inside our garage but she’s rearing four chicks. pic.twitter.com/PN467uJJr9
— Patrick Barkham (@patrick_barkham) April 8, 2019
Let alone gathering dust; it turns out writer Patrick Barkham’s helmet has been gathering a family of robins during his cycling hiatus. Mum and chicks doing well apparently, a special(ized) moment indeed. Also, it’s quite fitting that he tweeted about it. I’ll get me coat…
9 April 2019, 16:16
6,000+ sign petition for Birmingham velodrome
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition for a velodrome to be built in Birmingham ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
The city was awarded the event in 2017 after the original host city, Durban, pulled out of staging the multis-sports event for financial reasons.
Birmingham’s successful bid was based on using existing venues such as the Alexander Stadium for athletics and the National Exhibition Centre for boxing, judo, table tennis and freestyle wrestling.
But the track cycling events are due to take place 130 miles away, at the Lee Valley Velodrome in London – whicch, by pure coincidence, has a capacity of around 6,000 people.
The petition will be handed to Ian Ward, leader of Birmingham City Council, on 15 April.
David Viner, who organised the petition, said: “The Commonwealth Games are going to be a superb opportunity for Birmingham and the West Midlands but it is such a shame that the track cycling is to be held in London.
“The new aquatics centre in Sandwell with 5,000 seats for the Games and retaining just 1,000 seats afterwards is a perfect example of how a competition velodrome arena, costing £35m, with a similar seating plan could have been built for 2022.
“Councillor Ward has an open mind and has engaged with us. Now we hope the feasibility plan will prove there is a strong case for a modest training and development velodrome arena, with room in the track centre for multi-community based sports including disabled and sight impaired sports.
“We have benefited from firm support from many local people and we thank every person who has supported the petition.
“We have velodrome experts on hand and there is still time to get the velodrome built in time for the Games,” he added.
“I think it is important that our campaign is viewed as working with Birmingham City Council to get a velodrome and get a great legacy. The campaign is not just a protest.”
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wtjs 3 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 4 hours ago
Gustav Gullholm.. that's not a good look mate
mdavidford 6 hours ago
@Chris RideFar I think what you meant to say was "REMOVE this and put it on PODCAST CC".
jaymack 8 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 9 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 12 hours ago
The photos in this review look they are for a different bag?
mattw 13 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?
3 thoughts on “Live blog: 6,000 sign Brum velodrome petition, F1’s Rosberg interview Froome, Brum A34 cycle route opens, Bibby’s bike nicked + more”
Again? Didn’t Bibby have his
Again? Didn’t Bibby have his bike nicked from Scorton Barn a few years back? Put a lock on it Bibs…
In all seriousness, this sucks. I’ve got three mates who have had bikes nicked in Preston/Penwortham, and a couple more from Chorley/Euxton. It’s an absolute nightmare for chavs
That cycle route on the A24
That cycle route on the A24 in Brum looks to be a beauty. That bit at least.
Where’s the link to the
Where’s the link to the petition?