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Jake Stewart wins Dauphine stage
Jake Stewart wins Dauphine stage (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

“I’m not allowed to say much!”: Jake Stewart wins Dauphiné stage on wild unreleased Factor aero bike; Ranting driver tries to barge onto road closed for cycling event… before police discover his driving test is coming up + more on the live blog

Dan Alexander is back from dossing around France looking at bikes at the Dauphiné, refreshed and ready to get back to his most important work — rounding up all the news, reaction and silliness out there today for your live blog pleasure, of course
  • by Dan Alexander
Thu, Jun 12, 2025 08:16
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  • "I think a village somewhere is waiting for this guy": Ranting driver tries to barge onto road closed for cycling event... before police discover his driving test is coming up
  • A Facebook Marketplace bike that'll give you sleepless nights
  • What happened to Tadej Pogačar yesterday?
  • Molly Weaver's British coastline world record attempt gets underway this weekend
  • Talking of monster rides... our resident long-distance expert Matt Page conquers the Bryan Chapman audax
  • Heavy Metal Truants cycle to Download Festival
  • "I shouted, 'Come on!' And he also said hello to me as he passed": Jonas Vingegaard's Danish fan club
  • "It's so important for drivers to slow down": Mum of junior time trial champion killed in "split second" collision urges motorists to "be very aware" of cyclists on roads
  • Tom Danielson's "bold" Pogačar theory
  • "Settle a debate: is cutting the grass Strava worthy?"
  • Popular bike lock brand relaunches under new ownership – year after winding down due to "brutal reality" of Brexit, Covid, and cost-of-living crisis
  • Everything we know about THAT Factor so far
  • "I'm not allowed to say much!": Jake Stewart wins Dauphiné stage on wild unreleased Factor aero bike
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12 June 2025, 08:16

"I think a village somewhere is waiting for this guy": Ranting driver tries to barge onto road closed for cycling event... before police discover his driving test is coming up

Car seized after Ironman incident
Car seized after Ironman incident (Image Credit: Facebook/Idiot UK Drivers Exposed)
Car seized after Ironman incident
Car seized after Ironman incident (Image Credit: Facebook/Idiot UK Drivers Exposed)

The weekend’s Ironman in Bolton saw Greater Manchester Police seize a car after an impatient driver had been ranting at event stewards to try and force his way onto a road closed for the event. 

As the aptly named ‘Idiot UK Drivers Exposed’ explained on Facebook: “Driver thought he’s IRONMAN, demanding steward open a publicised road closure for his right of way to drive into cycling athletes Ironman. Refused to park up ranting on to GMP traffic.”

The punchline? The officers attending then learnt that the driver had his driving test coming up soon. Or, more accurately, he did. Now his car’s been seized.

Someone else on Facebook got involved to say they regularly marshal events such as this one and “we get this at every event”.

“They will often run over cones, signs, people and bollards when you tell them ‘no’,” Albert Jones explained. 

“I think a village somewhere is waiting for this guy,” another commenter amusingly summed it all up. There is of course a serious side to this, an example from the 2021 edition of the very same Ironman event in Bolton highlighting the important work marshals and stewards do enforcing road closures at closed-road cycling events, and the danger that can be posed when something goes wrong or someone dangerously ignores closures.

In 2022, Puspha Gohil avoided a driving ban but received 10 points on her licence and a £200 fine having pleaded guilty to failing to stop and failing to report an incident after hitting a rider on a road closed for the Bolton Ironman, writing off the rider’s Canyon.

Thankfully, this year the marshal and GMP combined to prevent this driver making their way onto the course. It was a busy day for the police force, officers “quick out of the blocks” to arrest a suspect wanted for shoplifting offences who was spotted in the crowd watching the event. Officers also arrested a man who… *checks notes*… “tried to unplug the sound system”. We really want to know which artist tipped them over the edge, but GMP says the man “was arrested for public nuisance”. 

‘You honour, please, it was the third Ed Sheeran song of the morning…’

12 June 2025, 08:16

A Facebook Marketplace bike that'll give you sleepless nights

The good people of Reddit spotted this shocker on Facebook Marketplace… 

Bike for sale with forks wrong way round
Bike for sale with forks wrong way round (Image Credit: Facebook Marketplace)
Bike for sale with forks wrong way round
Bike for sale with forks wrong way round (Image Credit: Facebook Marketplace)

“Hmm, I wonder why this bike hasn’t sold in three weeks despite being so cheap…”

As somebody pointed out, you could probably snap it up for £20, turn the forks the right way around, give it a clean, scrub and polish, then resell it for a bit more. Then again, if the forks are the wrong way around, lord knows what we’d find if we actually inspected that drivetrain, bearings or other parts any closer.

There weren’t any interested buyers in the comments either: “Cheap department store bike that was never assembled properly and looks to have spent the last decade outside with zero maintenance. Seller couldn’t even be bothered to clean it for the listing.”

Perhaps the most interesting spot was that the bike’s had a replacement tyre fitted at some point… Another Reddit user commented: “Wild to see! Someone got a replacement tyre on that bike (maintenance performed, evidence of miles ridden and knowledge of tools) but never got the fork turned correctly?!? It’s just two bolts! What a world we live it.”

Someone else said: “I’m always in awe at the number of people who will purchase a bike assembled like this, and ride it without a care in the world. Sometimes I wish I could be like that.”

Then again…

Halfords display bike set-up ridiculed by cyclists (Tommy, X)
Halfords display bike set-up ridiculed by cyclists (Tommy, X) (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Halfords display bike set-up ridiculed by cyclists (Tommy, X)
Halfords display bike set-up ridiculed by cyclists (Tommy, X) (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

> “You would never display a bike like this if you knew anything about bikes”: Halfords’ questionable display bike set-up – complete with backwards front fork

12 June 2025, 08:16

What happened to Tadej Pogačar yesterday?

I’ve been racking my brain trying to work out when was the last time Tadej Pogačar had a bad day. It might even stretch all the way back to 2023, such has been his golden run since. Well, yesterday’s time trial was a bad day, that can’t be denied. Cycling’s biggest star finished fourth and lost 48 seconds to Remco Evenepoel, 28 seconds to Jonas Vingegaard, and even 11 seconds to Matteo Jorgenson.

So what went wrong? According to Pogačar, he “probably got the pacing slightly wrong”.

“I started out on the first section a bit too conservative and should have pushed a bit more there,” he explained. 

However, the Strava comparison between him and Remco shows Pogačar losing time throughout, with the Belgian’s advantage spiking on the climb and continuing to rise all the way to the finish.

Tadej Pogacar vs Remco TT comparison Dauphine 2025
Tadej Pogacar vs Remco TT comparison Dauphine 2025 (Image Credit: Strava)
Tadej Pogacar vs Remco TT comparison Dauphine 2025
Tadej Pogacar vs Remco TT comparison Dauphine 2025 (Image Credit: Strava)

What about the heat? We’ve seen Pogačar struggle on the hotter days at the Tour before and he was swigging from his bottle during yesterday’s TT, somewhat surprising given the short length of the effort. But, according to DS Andrej Hauptman, the heat “wasn’t a factor”.

Was there a tech issue? This was Pogačar’s first time trial since mid-February at the UAE Tour and afterwards he seemed plenty curious by Vingegaard’s Cervélo. We’ll hand over to the Eurosport France team for this one…

Quand Pogacar “contrôle” le vélo des Visma après le chrono du #Dauphiné 👀 #LesRP pic.twitter.com/10fORZKmUK

— Eurosport France (@Eurosport_FR) June 11, 2025

So, the short answer is that nobody seems to know what went wrong yesterday or those who do aren’t willing to tell us, which we can’t blame them for either. It’s a long six weeks until the third week of the Tour, so if you’re going to come in a bit undercooked at the Dauphiné then it’s unlikely to harm your chances at the big one next month.

Admittedly he didn’t seem particularly undercooked rampaging to victory on stage one, beating Mathieu van der Poel in a reduced sprint, but then again maybe that’s just how good Pogačar at 90 per cent is.

Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenpoel, and Mathieu van der Poel, 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné
Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenpoel, and Mathieu van der Poel, 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné (Image Credit: ASO)
Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenpoel, and Mathieu van der Poel, 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné
Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenpoel, and Mathieu van der Poel, 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné (Image Credit: ASO)

Anyway, no panic from the man himself: “It’s okay – that’s why we are here, to tune-up before the Tour and improve. There are still three big stages to come here and I’m looking forward to it. The team is working well and with the rivals we have here, it’s the best place to test ourselves.”

Likewise, the word from DS Hauptman is simply that the plan is to peak for the end of July and everything’s on track for that.

We’re unlikely to get any more answers today, unless things change dramatically, stage five expected to be one for the sprinters or a breakaway stage, giving the GC men a ‘rest’ before the weekend.

There’s a quartet of climbs between 80km and 20km to go, although they aren’t the steepest so there’s a decent chance at least some of the sprinters can give them a decent crack. Will a group of escapees already be too far up the road for it to matter? All will be revealed this afternoon.

12 June 2025, 08:16

Molly Weaver's British coastline world record attempt gets underway this weekend

It’s official, Molly Weaver is setting off on her record attempt on Sunday. The tracking page is live, so dot watchers can join in the fun once she’s up and riding. 

 
 
 
 
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To beat the current record of 22 days, Molly will have to ride over 7,700km while climbing the equivalent of over eight Everests and she’s doing it all to raise money for the RNLI. There’s a link to her fundraising page here and you can check out her live progress here (although you might want to wait for her to set off first…). Good luck, Molly!

12 June 2025, 08:16

Talking of monster rides... our resident long-distance expert Matt Page conquers the Bryan Chapman audax

12 June 2025, 08:16

Heavy Metal Truants cycle to Download Festival

 
 
 
 
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A group of metal fans are cycling 150 miles from Walthamstow to Download Festival. The Walthamstow Forest Echo was on hand to see the 30-strong group set off yesterday for Donington Park in the East Midlands for one of the biggest weekends on the UK festival calendar, and what better way to get there than on two wheels. They hope to arrive tomorrow and the Heavy Metal Truants annual group ride has raised £40,000 for children’s charities Nordoff & Robbins, Teenage Cancer Trust, NSPCC, and Save The Children.

The group was founded by ex-music magazine editor Alexander Milnas and Iron Maiden manager Rob Smallwood back in 2013, Alexander telling the Echo: “It’s a functional mode of transport, it’s a social activity, and it does just kind of make you feel like a kid again. So there is a definite enjoyment to cycling.

“We decided to start the Heavy Metal Cycling Club as a way of keeping us loosely together year round. Because, you know, the joy and freedom of riding a bike can’t be overstated.”

Yesterday’s route ended with a camp spot near Milton Keynes, today’s riding up to Leicester before the final roll into Donington Park tomorrow. 

12 June 2025, 08:16

"I shouted, 'Come on!' And he also said hello to me as he passed": Jonas Vingegaard's Danish fan club

 
 
 
 
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Here’s a funny one from yesterday’s time trial. Jonas Vingegaard set off one minute after fellow Dane Anders Foldager, who rides for Jayco AlUla. Unsurprisingly, Vingegaard had no trouble catching his less experienced compatriot, Foldager explaining afterwards that the pair enjoyed a brief exchange as they swapped positions on the road.

“I shouted, ‘Come on!’ And he also said hello to me as he passed,” Foldager told Danish broadcaster TV2 at the finish. Apparently they’d been chatting before the start and Foldager requested that Vingegaard at least give him a nod when he inevitably flies past. See folks, even in the heat of a WorldTour TT, say ‘hi’ on your ride…

12 June 2025, 08:16

12 June 2025, 08:16

"It's so important for drivers to slow down": Mum of junior time trial champion killed in "split second" collision urges motorists to "be very aware" of cyclists on roads

Aidan Worden
Aidan Worden (Image Credit: 360cycling)
Aidan Worden
Aidan Worden (Image Credit: 360cycling)

> “It’s so important for drivers to slow down”: Mum of junior time trial champion killed in “split second” collision urges motorists to “be very aware” of cyclists on roads

12 June 2025, 08:16

Tom Danielson's "bold" Pogačar theory

 

Former pro Tom Danielson has penned some lengthy thoughts about yesterday’s dramatic Critérium du Dauphiné TT, making the “bold prediction” that Pogačar’s ride was a strict training effort and that it’s all part of the plan to win the Tour.

Now, Danielson’s obviously not suggesting that UAE Team Emirates and Pogačar are actively trying not to win the Dauphiné, just that he’s going to ride to his plan to peak in six weeks’ time, regardless of how strong Vingegaard and Evenepoel’s form is post-altitude camps.

Accepting his theory “may sound like a conspiracy theory”, Danielson wrote on Twitter: “Pogačar was fourth place! How in the world could that have happened? It’s funny — if it were anyone else, everyone would say, ‘That’s pretty good, and it’s still like 1.5 months to the key TDF stages’. But it’s Pogi, and he normally wins. So is it possible there’s more to the story?

“I think there is. I’m going with my gut — which may sound like a conspiracy theory — but I think he purposely rode a controlled pace aligned with training, knowing he would finish behind Jonas. I agree that he normally only goes to races to win, but this one is different because Jonas, his direct rival, is there. The other side of it is how Jonas and Visma focus so much of their efforts around Tadej.

“Knowing this, I just don’t see any world where Tadej shows up three weeks before the Tour and goes all out, dropping a massive data point showing where his performance level is. A TT performance can be easily examined and dissected. If you look at Jonas’s performance in relation to Remco — and assuming Remco is better than he was in last year’s Tour — Jonas finished about where Tadej would have finished given last year’s level. At this moment, Visma has confirmation of the improvement from Jonas, as well as Matteo, but they do not have a clear understanding of where Tadej is.

“This is just my opinion from the couch, so take it for what its worth.”

Don’t worry, Tom. We love a theory. Here are some of your thoughts from the comments section…

Rendel Harris: “In his last 20 ITTs he’s ‘only’ won four, he’s simply not best in the world or even second or third best on a flattish TT course. That coupled to the fact that he will definitely be undercooked as part of his Tour prep is enough to explain yesterday, I’d say.”

Secret_squirrel: “It is amusing that coming fourth is described as an ‘underperformance’ when he finished eight secs clear of the next best rider and only three others went under 22 mins.”

stonojnr: “Yes, the real question is actually how were Remco and Vingegaard so much quicker, not why Pog was slower. Remco averaged over 50kph.”

sizbut: “Agree. This is trying to make something of what is probably nothing. The person who came first just happens to be the current time trial world champion. Jorgenson and Vingegaard aren’t exactly nobodies either. One of that quartet was always going to be fourth and some journalist with a quota to meet was always going to write how that may be portending the end of the world.”

 I’ve got a quota? Don’t give the road.cc big cheeses any ideas… I quite like my KPIs of: log on, chat some s**t, log off.

Here are Pogačar’s own thoughts having had the night to reflect. Here’s what he told the TV cameras before stage five…

“It was a nice time trial, hot out there, but I lost more time than I wanted, so yes, a little disappointing. There were positives to take. We’ve identified some areas to improve on the TT bike. It was a solid effort, I still finished fourth, and the GC is far from decided so I’m happy overall.”

12 June 2025, 08:16

"Settle a debate: is cutting the grass Strava worthy?"

Another normal day on Reddit… 

Settle a debate: is cutting the grass Strava worthy?
byu/Brilliant_Good_4444 inStrava

12 June 2025, 08:16

Popular bike lock brand relaunches under new ownership – year after winding down due to "brutal reality" of Brexit, Covid, and cost-of-living crisis

Pragmasis RoundLock
Pragmasis RoundLock (Image Credit: Pragmasis)
Pragmasis RoundLock
Pragmasis RoundLock (Image Credit: Pragmasis)

> Popular bike lock brand relaunches under new ownership – year after winding down due to “brutal reality” of Brexit, Covid, and cost-of-living crisis

12 June 2025, 08:16

Everything we know about THAT Factor so far

2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 14
2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 14 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 14
2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 14 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

> Wild unreleased Factor aero bike spotted at Critérium du Dauphiné: mysterious track-inspired bike features huge fork legs and seatstays plus V-shaped stem

> Coming soon to a bike shop near you? Jake Stewart’s radical unreleased Factor has 12 months to hit the shops… or else

12 June 2025, 08:16

12 June 2025, 08:16

"I'm not allowed to say much!": Jake Stewart wins Dauphiné stage on wild unreleased Factor aero bike

Turns out it’s a bloody quick bike… 

Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart Israel-Premier Tech new Factor.JPG
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart Israel-Premier Tech new Factor (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart Israel-Premier Tech new Factor.JPG
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart Israel-Premier Tech new Factor (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Jake Stewart has just beaten Jonathan Milan in a sprint to win the fifth stage of the 
Dauphiné, his celebration appearing to point rather wildly at those eye-catching track-style forks we snapped pics of ahead of Sunday’s opener.

🏁 🇬🇧Jake Stewart remporte la 5ème étape à Mâcon ! 🏆

🏁 🇬🇧Jake Stewart wins Stage 5! 🏆#Dauphiné pic.twitter.com/TBS8glsC7E

— Critérium du Dauphiné (@dauphine) June 12, 2025

Stewart was delighted with the win, so much so the all-black prototype ended up lying alone on the tarmac as he celebrated a well-earned success with his team. In the TV interview afterwards it was good to know that even a first WorldTour win couldn’t break the Brit’s silence, Stewart laughing to a question about the new bike… “I’m not allowed to say much.”

 

Amusingly, the camera stayed on Stewart for long enough post-interview to catch the moment he appeared to continue the fun with someone off camera, perhaps a team press officer whose heart was in their mouth…

 

That’s still more than the cheery “Morning” myself and Jack got outside the bus in Domérat on Sunday.

 

 

As we told you on Sunday, it’s the wild track-style forks that have turned most heads, seemingly taking inspiration from the design of the radical Hope/Lotus track bike that first appeared in 2019, and the design which Factor utilised in the redesign of its HANZŌ Track last year to “fine tune the interaction of the air flow between the bike and athlete”.

 

> Coming soon to a bike shop near you? Jake Stewart’s radical unreleased Factor has 12 months to hit the shops… or else

 

The bike also has a new V-shaped cockpit. We’ve seen variations of this on aero bikes such as the latest Colnago Y1RS and Bianchi Oltre, and the reason those brands give for the design is drag reduction.

 

2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 10
2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 10 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 10
2025 Dauphine Israel-Premier Tech unreleased Factor Jake Stewart 10 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

 

Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart unreleased Factor.JPG
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart unreleased Factor (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart unreleased Factor.JPG
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart unreleased Factor (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

 

The seatstays are also wide, and referring again to the reasons Factor gave for this on the HANZŌ Track, it says wide seatstays “capture air off the legs and maintain the flow conditions in open channel”. So, all in all, it’s all about speed, something Stewart may just have given the best possible display of marketing for.

 

“That one feels good,” Stewart said, back on subjects he is allowed to talk about. “The team backed me and did an awesome job. I’ve been getting better and better this season […] I knew I just needed to kick before Milan and get a bit of a rush on him, managed to kick at 300 before he went and held on until the line.”

 

JAKE STEWART TAKES THE BIGGEST WIN OF HIS CAREER 😱🙌

A huge sprint from the Brit sees him claim Stage 5 at the Dauphine. pic.twitter.com/QG9t22NMmt

— Cycling on TNT Sports (@cyclingontnt) June 12, 2025

12 June 2025, 08:16

Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #4: The Pauline Porter Populaire

Can I ride a 200km 12 months in a row? #4: The Pauline Porter Populaire

Three for the price of one, but only one of them counts. Hopefully it counts, anyway.

12 June 2025, 08:16

“Road racing is more dangerous than mountain biking,” says Tom Pidcock – as fans say “that’s common sense!”

“Road racing is more dangerous than mountain biking,” says Tom Pidcock – as fans say “that’s common sense!”

“In mountain biking, you’re more in control of yourself. Whereas on the road, you’ve got 150 blokes you’re relying on not to make you crash,” the double Olympic champion said

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Dan is the road.cc news editor and joined in 2020 having previously written about nearly every other sport under the sun for the Express, and the weird and wonderful world of non-league football for The Non-League Paper. Dan has been at road.cc for four years and mainly writes news and tech articles as well as the occasional feature. He has hopefully kept you entertained on the live blog too. Never fast enough to take things on the bike too seriously, when he’s not working you’ll find him exploring the south of England by two wheels at a leisurely weekend pace, or enjoying his favourite Scottish roads when visiting family. Sometimes he’ll even load up the bags and ride up the whole way, he’s a bit strange like that.  

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29 thoughts on ““I’m not allowed to say much!”: Jake Stewart wins Dauphiné stage on wild unreleased Factor aero bike; Ranting driver tries to barge onto road closed for cycling event… before police discover his driving test is coming up + more on the live blog”

  1. SimoninSpalding
    June 12, 2025 at 9:07 am
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    Not sure why people get so

    Not sure why people get so wound up by the forks being “the wrong way round”. It is clearly a very clever hack to shorten the wheelbase and speed up the handling for some really tight singletrack riding. Just because most people aren’t skilled enough to make use of the “improvement”….🤓🤪

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    • eburtthebike
      June 12, 2025 at 11:08 am
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      “I’m always in awe at the

      “I’m always in awe at the number of people who will purchase a bike assembled like this, and ride it without a care in the world. Sometimes I wish I could be like that.”

      Reminds me of the FB post I came across the other day:

      “I wish I could forget critical thinking: you all seem so happy.”

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    • ktache
      June 12, 2025 at 7:55 pm
      0

      One of the bosses at work,

      One of the bosses at work, who used to occasionally ride in on his wife’s lovely blue bianchi in the before times, was riding in on his son’s Trek MTN bike, had the forks the wrong way round. Informed him of this, of course, he put them right and didn’t seem to notice much difference.

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  2. chrisonabike
    June 12, 2025 at 9:21 am
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    How on earth do people think
    How on earth do people think you’re supposed to get to a driving test of you can’t drive there? 😉 And given it’s apparently hard to get tests presumably some folks will need to take the motorways to the location…?

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  3. brooksby
    June 12, 2025 at 9:30 am
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    The car made pedestrians

    The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether – Adam Tranter (Grauniad)

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/12/driverless-cars-pedestrians-second-class-citizens

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    • Mad Franky
      June 12, 2025 at 11:21 am
      0

      it’s already gone beyond

      it’s already gone beyond parody in the comments:

      Ostrcilovo:

      I think every cyclist should require a licence to ride a bike in a public space and every bike should be registered.

      It would make it much easier to control them.

      I also think they should pay (a modest fee) to use the public highway.

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      • Mad Franky
        June 12, 2025 at 11:22 am
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        Leeabroad:

        Leeabroad:

        Cars are not the most common enemy of the pedestrian, cyclists are – pedal powered and electric.

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        • mitsky
          June 12, 2025 at 1:24 pm
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          Maybe ask:

          Maybe ask:

          “If all cyclists behaved themselves and didn’t injure and kill anyone what would happen to the KSI stats?
          Almost nothing

          And if all drivers behaved themselves…?
          About 99.99% of KSIs would disappear and motor insurance costs would be much cheaper.”

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      • mitsky
        June 12, 2025 at 1:22 pm
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        As this article shows, that

        As this article shows, that doesn’t make a difference when it comes to drivers and cars.

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced230qdz0xo

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  4. lesterama
    June 12, 2025 at 9:32 am
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    Good old rail companies,

    Good old rail companies, making sure, once again, that people doing this weekend’s London-Brighton ride can’t catch a train home.

    Good old BBC, managing to misrepresent this. 

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    • thereverent
      June 12, 2025 at 10:26 am
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      Wouldn’t it be great if when

      Wouldn’t it be great if when a big cycling event was on, train companies put on extra services (even better if they had carridges with more space for bikes) rather than try and reduce demand.

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      • stonojnr
        June 12, 2025 at 11:52 am
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        If people were willing to pay
        If people were willing to pay extra for it, fine, but they aren’t, so what do train companies do ?

        And if it were so profitable there’s nothing stopping some entrepreneur hiring a special private bike carrying train, call it the Brighton Bicycle Belle, and sell tickets for it.

        It’s the same for Dunwich Dynamo and we hear the same thing every year

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        • Rendel Harris
          June 12, 2025 at 2:36 pm
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          stonojnr wrote:

          And if it were so profitable there’s nothing stopping some entrepreneur hiring a special private bike carrying train, call it the Brighton Bicycle Belle, and sell tickets for it.

          — stonojnr

          I’m no railways expert but I’m pretty sure the days one could charter a private train and bring it on to the network are long gone.

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          • stonojnr
            June 12, 2025 at 6:06 pm
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            Theres good handful of
            Theres good handful of companies who run private excursions on trains across the rail network every weekend, especially in Summer. I’m sure they could do the needful to set it up, the issue would be tickets would cost 50-60 quid minimum, which no one would pay.

          • mdavidford
            June 12, 2025 at 9:25 pm
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            The issue’s more likely to be

            The issue’s more likely to be a lack of available stock that’s suitably configured for carrying large numbers of bikes, since they’ve all been done away with. 

    • mitsky
      June 12, 2025 at 10:39 am
      0

      And as usual, the BBC use

      And as usual, the BBC use incorrect language…

      “The restriction is “for safety reasons, and to prevent overcrowding, due to the significant number of bikes taking part”, according to the operators.”

      Along with driverless cars, cyclist-less bikes are now a thing too…

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    • Rendel Harris
      June 12, 2025 at 2:34 pm
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      Been bike/train running

      Been bike/train running errands around south London today, stern warnings on big posters at every station; shades of the 2012 Olympics when bikes were banned from all trains going anywhere near the road race course, including Box Hill. “Right team, we need to plan for the big cycling event coming up that will attract lots of cyclists, what’s the first thing we need to do?”

      “Ban all bikes, sir?”

      “Bingo!”

      One wonders if any of those riders who use a bike as a mobility aid would have a case for discrimination under the Disabilities Act here?

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  5. Rendel Harris
    June 12, 2025 at 9:40 am
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    Quote:

    I’ve been racking my brain trying to work out when was the last time Tadej Pogačar had a bad day. It might even stretch all the way back to 2023, such has been his golden run since. Well, yesterday’s time trial was a bad day, that can’t be denied. Cycling’s biggest star finished fourth and lost 48 seconds to Remco Evenepoel, 28 seconds to Jonas Vingegaard, and even 11 seconds to Matteo Jorgenson.

    In his last twenty ITTs he’s “only” won four, he’s simply not best in the world or even second or third best on a flattish TT course. That coupled to the fact that he will definitely be undercooked as part of his Tour prep is enough to explain yesterday, I’d say.

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    • Secret_squirrel
      June 12, 2025 at 10:58 am
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      It is amusing that coming 4th

      It is amusing that coming 4th is described as an “underperformance” when he finished 8 secs clear of the next best rider and only 3 others went under 22 mins.

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      • stonojnr
        June 12, 2025 at 11:48 am
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        Yes the real question is
        Yes the real question is actually how were Remco and Vingegaard so much quicker not why Pog was slower. Remco averaged over 50kph.

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    • sizbut
      June 12, 2025 at 11:09 am
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      Agree. This is trying to make

      Agree. This is trying to make something of what is probably nothing. The person who came first just happens to be the current time trial World champion. Jorgenson and Vingegaard aren’t exactly nobodies either. One of that quartet was always going to be 4th and some journalist with a quota to meet was always going to write how that maybe portending the end of the world.

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    • AidanR
      June 12, 2025 at 2:43 pm
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      Vingegaard fairly handily won
      Vingegaard fairly handily won the TdF in 2022 and 2023. He was probably still not 100% for the 2024 TdF following his horrific crash. Is it that surprising that a year on, he’s beating Pog?

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  6. mitsky
    June 12, 2025 at 10:49 am
    0

    For those non-cyclists

    For those non-cyclists arguing we (cyclists and bikes) should be registered…

    “A man who was stopped by police for using cloned registration plates had not held a driving licence for 44 years, police have said.“

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced230qdz0xo

    But cyclists.

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    • eburtthebike
      June 12, 2025 at 11:03 am
      0

      “Despite the 44-year span

      “Despite the 44-year span without a licence in this case, the BBC has previously reported on incidents where drivers have not held a licence for 50, 52, and even 70 years.”

      But, but, but cyclists.

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  7. Benthic
    June 12, 2025 at 11:27 am
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    I saw this in Target,

    I saw this in Target, Minnetonka, MN.

    Note the helpful label on the fork crown for the mechanic.

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  8. Bezzard74
    June 12, 2025 at 12:09 pm
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    Lovely to see the club

    Lovely to see the club/charity i ride for featured! 
    I took part in the full ride to Download in 2022, after completing the virtual challange of 1000 miles over 9 days! 

     

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  9. mdavidford
    June 12, 2025 at 2:12 pm
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    Quote:

    is cutting the grass Strava worthy?

    Depends how you do it.

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  10. kamoshika
    June 12, 2025 at 2:39 pm
    0

    There’s another

    There’s another circumnavigation-of-a-country attempt starting on the 15th as Samuel Thompson sets off on the Tour De France Randonneur route, attempting to complete the 4800km in under 13 days. You can follow progress here: https://dotwatcher.cc/race/the-touriste-routier. I came across this listening to the Seek, Travel, Ride podcast, which I can recommend to anyone who likes their cycling long and adventurous.

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  11. Sredlums
    June 12, 2025 at 3:54 pm
    0

    Forks setup backwards is such

    Forks setup backwards is such a regular occurence that it really isn’t newsworthy. There’s even an IG account dedicted to it:

    instagram.com/yourforkisonbackwards 

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Police sergeant claims “under current legislation e-bikes are deemed to be motor vehicles” after targeted crackdown on illegal “nuisance” vehicles
When approached by road.cc for comment, the sergeant clarified that “some e-bikes should be regarded as motor vehicles and hence require insurance and tax”
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wtjs 49 minutes ago

I think 'Ben Graham' may well be a Lancashire Constabulary officer, because they are similarly mystified about ASLs as they are about most aspects of traffic law such as handheld mobile use, or unbroken white lines or whether a valid MOT certificate is reallynecessary when a vehicle is being driven on public roads. In practice, in Lancashire these disputes about the minutiae of crossing the SL and the ASL on amber or red are futile because the police believe you can just carry on across the junction if you were 30 yards away when the lights turned red, as I have demonstrated on here only too often

in: Camera cyclist Dave Sherry laughed at by GB News presenters for correctly pointing out speed limits do not apply to cyclists during 20mph ‘debate’
ktache 50 minutes ago

Khan's ulez extension is having real world beneficial effects on the lungs of London's children. Though of course it's more of a pollution charging zone...

in: “Urgent need for stronger action”: Extreme heatwaves prompt fresh calls for UK government to prioritise cycling for short journeys
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago

@Nigel Garage What we can leave aside is the tedious and untrue claim that we are not undergoing extreme heatwaves, given that the three hottest recorded years in UK history have come in the last four years and that this year is likely to surpass even them. To address your last bit of drivel, for the 40,000 people who die premature deaths in the UK every year due to air pollution, to which in urban areas the largest contributor is motor traffic, and the millions of children growing up with developmental difficulties, both mental and physical, as a result of the same pollution, it is indeed, quite literally, "an existential argument".

in: “Urgent need for stronger action”: Extreme heatwaves prompt fresh calls for UK government to prioritise cycling for short journeys
60somethingcyclist 2 hours ago

This is a common sense idea that could and should have been implemented 50 years ago. Unfortunately successive governments just haven't had the guts to do it. Hopefully a younger and more climate-aware electorate will give them the support they need for this measure. I've noticed a lot more young parents teaching the kiddies to cycle on our local bike trail recently and our office cycle parking (120 spaces) is nearly always full, even with WFH. There would inevitably be pushback from the petrolhead/entitled motorist/Far Right/NIMBY lobby, there was some pushback in the Netherlands in 1974; but this last 6 months has shown just how vulnerable we are to oil supply disruption and climate change. It's set a lot of people thinking.

in: “Urgent need for stronger action”: Extreme heatwaves prompt fresh calls for UK government to prioritise cycling for short journeys
Eton Rifle 3 hours ago

I suggest that you look up "physics", particularly the bit about the difference between a 10kg bicycle and a two-tonne tin box on wheels.

in: Camera cyclist Dave Sherry laughed at by GB News presenters for correctly pointing out speed limits do not apply to cyclists during 20mph ‘debate’
chrisonabike 3 hours ago

@Rendel Harris yup - it's about the big picture, balancing safety, convenience, what we can actually persuade people to do and all the other things we want from transport. But clearly many people with no particular interest in cycling or active travel *are* open to the surface arguments about "same rules for everyone, fair's fair" *. Ideally in a stable system (eg. behaviour in public spaces - the roads) perception and facts should be in reasonable if imperfect alignment... * Indeed that's one reason why I very much doubt that the "just share the road" arguments get us very far - cyclists simply can't follow some (unwritten) rules (keep at or near the speed limit) and others aren't helpful - or even needed if cyclists have their own space eg. no need for traffic lights or roundabouts!

in: Camera cyclist Dave Sherry laughed at by GB News presenters for correctly pointing out speed limits do not apply to cyclists during 20mph ‘debate’
bensynnock 3 hours ago

20 mph limits make traffic flow more smoothly. It's a pro-car policy.

in: Camera cyclist Dave Sherry laughed at by GB News presenters for correctly pointing out speed limits do not apply to cyclists during 20mph ‘debate’
open_roads 3 hours ago

On balance I’m probably now against the e-bike hire services like lime / voi etc. Although the idea / principle is a great one, the reality is rather different as the services seem to mostly attract selfish a-holes. As a pedestrian / parent it’s a nightmare in local parks and on pavements as the voi / line bike users just cycle through people on paths at full tilt and expecting everyone to leap out of their way. As a cyclist in local bike lanes, the speed of the e-bikes and unwillingness of riders to slow down around other riders makes for a lot of conflict. As a driver the road craft or lack of it is very frustrating due to like bike users completely ignoring traffic lights, pedestrian crossings or recognising rights of way when turning etc. Then there’s the quite evident use of lime and voi for dodgy purposes - with a good number of local riders at night wearing balaclavas and clearly being involved in drug distribution in local parks. I’ve also gone into co-op and nearly been knocked over by a kid riding out of the store entrance at full tilt on a voi scooter.

in: “County lines on wheels?” Ipswich abandons hire e-bikes after ‘safety’ concerns, Bafang launches powerful new motor, 16m micromobility trips in west of England plus more
eburtthebike 4 hours ago

@Muddy Ford They don't understand what 'left' means either.

in: Camera cyclist Dave Sherry laughed at by GB News presenters for correctly pointing out speed limits do not apply to cyclists during 20mph ‘debate’
chrisonabike 5 hours ago

@migex I've been guilty of this previously - that's a simplification. E.g. not all the energy is transferred. I think it's a reasonable proxy, but the collision dynamics are important. There are different risks either way. Motor vehicles are wider, modern ones often with higher fronts so more danger of people going under them, cyclists quieter / often "unexpected", some vehicles may have frontal energy absorbing measures, cyclist quite likely to be injured also etc. I'd guess the main reason that motor vehicles are more dangerous is that it's just much easier for drivers to reach (much) higher speeds. Then exposure factors. Not certain but i guess cyclists may be more likely to interact with pedestrians in the UK and in more informal environments (shared use, pavement cycling). However there must be much greater exposure to motorists (given the fraction of people driving for x time).

in: Camera cyclist Dave Sherry laughed at by GB News presenters for correctly pointing out speed limits do not apply to cyclists during 20mph ‘debate’

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