“This is a bike path, YOU go back!” Cyclist has no time for driver in cycle lane; Evans Cycles slammed over order delays; Sarah Storey “shocked” at police response to dangerous driving report; Hinault steps in to help ailing Mavic + more on the live blog
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Backlash continues on Evans Cycles social media pages, with customers complaining about order delays
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— Evans Cycles (@EvansCycles) June 1, 2020
Since posting a statement on the 1st June, Evans Cycles now have over 1,000 comments on their Facebook page and hundreds on their Twitter account, mostly from customers complaining about delays to orders and being unable to contact Evans staff.
Evans say they can’t respond to order queries on Twitter and have advised customers to contact them via email or Facebook messenger; but a number of customers claimed they have been waiting weeks for a response. Like many other bike retailers, Evans have seen sales increase hugely during the lockdown cycling boom citing “unprecedented demand”, and say they are “doing everything we can” to get orders fulfilled in good time.
It’s not the first time Evans have been in hot water since the lockdown began, with the Sports Direct-owned retailer accused of taking advantage of an increased demand for turbo trainers back in March by inflating prices. They’re also not the only cycling retail business who are frustrating customers due to order delays, with Winstanleys Bikes receiving a flurry of negative reviews on TrustPilot due to missing orders, and delays; some also claimed their bikes were poorly set up and/or damaged when they did receive them.
London Congestion Charge rises to £15, with extended charging hours
Congestion Charge in London rises to £15 and has longer hours. This could cut car journeys by a third, reduce exhaust emissions by 11 per cent, and make walking and cycling safer.https://t.co/LLWPJyHdbr
— APPGCW (@allpartycycling) June 16, 2020
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking say the rise could cut car journeys by a third and “make walking and cycling safer” in the capital.
Wiggle update: retailer promises all customers affected will be refunded in full, and details were accessed externally
road.cc have now received a statement from Wiggle regarding a number of their customers who were targeted by scammers – full story here.
South Yorkshire Police camera footage controversy: force confirm they are now looking to identify the driver
Following replies on Twitter from Inspector Kevin Smith (see further down the page), South Yorkshire Police also sent road.cc this statement:
“Enquiries are underway into reports of dangerous driving on Manchester Road in Crosspool, following reports of a cyclist being overtaken by a car on a double white line on Sunday 14 June.
“Officers are in contact with the rider and enquiries are on-going to identify the driver of the car. “
"This is a bike path, YOU go back!" Brisbane cyclist has no time for driver blocking the bike lane
In the clip, the cyclist filming is faced with the driver of a Hyundai van who has somehow managed to find himself driving down a segregated bike lane. While we can’t quite hear what the driver is saying, the cyclist claims he was arguing that he couldn’t go back and had to go forward to get off.
Standing his ground, the cyclist says: “No, you go back! I’m not going anywhere, you go back!”, before the driver sheepishly reverses to a crossing point: “When he was turning into the road, the people in the back of the van were calling me an assortment of crude names”, he added.
To add icing on the cake, as a traffic light turns green on the main carriageway the van looks to be inching out, so the cyclist then has to warn the driver to watch for the cars before re-joining.
16 June 2020, 08:45
16 June 2020, 08:45
16 June 2020, 08:45
New computers (sort of) from the GPS giants
Garmin adds ‘Plus’ models to the Edge 130 and Edge 1030 GPS cycling computers
Incremental updates announced for Garmin's Edge 130 and 1030 GPS cycling computers
16 June 2020, 08:45
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I'll counter that by saying the Bryton 750se I have drives me nuts at times. Inconsistantly picks up on routes created on Komoot and the app re-syncs every few seconds when trying to set up the device and sends me back to the home screen. The most infuriating one is that I turned live track on. Once. It now won't turn off and repeatedly flags up the live track is starting, and then disconnecting every few seconds whilst riding. I haven't timed it but it wouldn't suprise me if 10-20% of the time the the screen is covered with an error message. That's been about 6 weeks now. Other than that it's great :/
RE: Police launch road safety operation... by clamping down on cyclists using footbridge Meanwhile in Glasgow, Police Scotland are riding their motorbikes over the pedestrian and cyclists only bridge. https://x.com/FietserGlasgow/status/2065106152917012523?s=20
@Paul J Van Schip certainly seems a bit of a dick, but he's a European and multiple World Champion on the track, pretty sure you don't get there without having some talent in your legs.
Poor Vincent cannot get over the simple fact that given the choice people prefer dedicated cycling spaces, rather than pretending to be cars like vehicular cyclists.
What is the point of the fancy air sensor if it can't account for changing weather conditions?? If all you care about is a delayed approximation of aerodynamic watts in steady conditions, you don't need any special sensors for that. Just your speed on a decently flat course is enough to approximate rolling resistance and drivetrain losses. And the rest must be aero. If you assume a less aero body position at the same watts, your speed will drop while rolling resistance also drops, which means approximated aero watts goes up. And that's enough to demonstrate what you've shown in your testing protocol ("I sat upright and the number went up a little while later").
Your correction is accurate - it's almost always been "the (lack of) thought that (doesn't) count". "Massive" - less than a billion a year spent on active travel (trying to catch up / building a network across the entire country) Not massive - 6 billion every year (2026-2030) spent on road *maintenance* of existing "already built, goes everywhere, very convenient" road network for inactive travel Ultimately the reason "cycle infra" is *needed* is those unbelievably colossal amounts spent every year (and for more than a century now) on making mass motoring not just viable but apparently the "best choice" for most journeys. As the Dutch and others have shown, the majority of people *are* prepared to cycle and even mix with very light, slow local motor traffic *if* cycling is also made safe and convenient for the whole of their journey (including secure parking at both ends). (The history of the financial drivers of the current situation are a complex topic but note that while people complain about "crumbling roads" and underfunded motor infra - with some reason - by us continuing the fuel duty escalator freeze (for example) we're actually helping motorists pay *even less* for that activity / subsidising more of the cost of driving than ever.)
yes, but people will still object - which was my point.
So ' Priority of Road Users' and 1.5 metre clearance at 30mph has been been reduced to 'sharing'? NCN route 2 here in South Hams is an absolute scream with white vans, tractors and total idiots who refuse,or are totally incapable,to reverse on high Devon banked lanes ...means you have to get off and pedal back to a passing place....could be at that all day...so I don't bother...
@MaxiMinimalist Agreed. The big problem I see now is today's parents grew up being driven to their schools, and therefore, see private motor vehicles as the only viable form of transport. The vast majority of UK infant and primary schools have a catchment area that is within easy walking distance from home to school. Yet, the traffic caused by pupils being driven to/from school is astonishing. Banishing the "School Run" should be a priority for all schools.
When I was a kid (that was during the previous millenium when phones were connected to a plug in the wall), I rode my bicycle to school, music academy, sport grounds, parties even during the winter. The government didn't have to spend, correct that, didn't have to think of spending massive amounts of money to build cycling specific infrastructures. Over the past 3 or 4 decades, cars have grown bigger, taller, safer (for their drivers) and faster. Meanwhile, motorists have become abusive, aggressive, hypersensitive to people moving on two wheels, aka cyclists. Spending billions upon billions on new infrastructure won't address the crux of the matter. Sadly.
24 thoughts on ““This is a bike path, YOU go back!” Cyclist has no time for driver in cycle lane; Evans Cycles slammed over order delays; Sarah Storey “shocked” at police response to dangerous driving report; Hinault steps in to help ailing Mavic + more on the live blog”
How tragic that such a
How tragic that such a pathetically intrasigent force such as SYP actually has to be publically shamed into action by another police force
Will they really look? I
Will they really look? I wonder if he’ll have the decency to follow it up on social media.
I appreciate what Andy Cox is doing but it’s seems it’s like one man vs the rest.
Apparently Ant Middleton has
Apparently Ant Middleton has now deleted his tweet above, and apologised if anyone misconstrued his tweet and took offence…
He’s a liar.
He’s a liar.
Kinda wondering how a tweet
Kinda wondering how a tweet that directly equates BLM to the EDL can be mis-construed. He’s basically saying that people who just want to be treated equally are the same as wannabe Nazi’s.
Yes, but bear in mind he is
Yes, but bear in mind he is the sort of retard that went to Afghanistan to shoot people for their own benefit in the first place.
Servicemen and women go where
Servicemen and women go where they’re sent. I don’t think anyone who served there would have really wanted to go, but that’s the job.
Agreed
Agreed
Of course he’s deleted it.
Of course he’s deleted it. Everyone should know by now that critising BLM shall not be tolerated. There is a free speech vacuum around that organisation. Any negativity wrt BLM will result in a forced grovelling apology/cancellation/firing from your job etc.
Its laughable and terryfing in equal measure, though not surprising from that end of the political spectrum.
You’re dead right.
You’re dead right.
The Left has highjacked free speech and the commercial media and the BLM protests are proof of that.
BLM – is that the same as the
BLM – is that the same as the ‘Lloyd George bandwagon’ that you mentioned in one of your previous post? LOL.
You still haven’t told me what the ‘Lloyd George bandwagon’ is – can I join? Do i need to be a Liberal and support Irish Home rule? Should I grow a mustache to join?
NZ Vegan Rider wrote:
So: you are using the BLM protests and reporting of the same all over the media, and the anti-BLM protests and reporting of that all over the media, as evidence that there is no freedom of speech?
Alrighty then…
I’m glad you didn’t mention
I’m glad you didn’t mention how much of the media is controlled by Murdoch’s News Corp which is listing so far to the right it’s almost capsized, that might have made his head explode…
What you need to remember is
What you need to remember is that with free speech comes with a responsibility to moderate what you say, such as the difference between “Black Lives Matter” and “get out of MY country”, think about that sheep worrier <irony>
You have just criticized BLM.
You have just criticized BLM. So what exactly is your real point?
Lukas wrote:
Lol. That’s always the problem with rightwing racists – are there any other? – a lack of self-awareness and perspective.
Freedom of speech is a right that carries with it responsibilities. If they can’t abide by the second then expect the adults in the room to at times curtail their use of the first.
billymansell wrote:
…and written without a hint of irony.
Remind me which party is currently being investigated by the EHRC?
srchar wrote:
The Labour Party. The EHRC decided not to proceed with their own one against the Conservative Party only after the latter agreed to an indepedent investigation into complaints. Both should be looked at, no-one should really think any of the parties are spot-less angels and the rest demons but that appears to be the case all too frequently, always has… perhaps the John Cleese clip posted the other day could be introduced as a Public Information Film….
I’m posting it again: https:/
I’m posting it again: https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1271535485467283457
hawkinspeter wrote:
Wow. History never repeats, but it does rhyme…
fukawitribe wrote:
Exactly. The left won’t get back into government until they realise that they have to actually bring along some of the more centrist Tory voters over to their side. Simply calling anyone to the right of oneself “racist” won’t do this. And labelling whole swathes of not-racist people like this gives feelings of legitimacy to the genuine racists who do need to have their attitudes changed.
Is Dave looking for child
Is Dave looking for child care, or is he after an eye test??.
Regarding the Mavic story, If
Regarding the Mavic story, If Bernard Hinault can assist in getting them up and running again, may I suggest an idea for continued success. Return to building quality wheel sets again instead of the shit they have produced in recent years.
The cycle lanes that are
The cycle lanes that are ‘popping up’ around central London are really good – or at least the ones I have used. Some of them are looking quite permanent and are being introduced under an ETO (emergency traffic order) which means the consultation will be post implementation – in 12 to 18 months time. By which time the filtering and infrastructure will be part of the environment and accepted. Unfortunately not all boroughs in London are using the available funding or the ETOs and are doing ‘nada’.