“We’re going to block a cycle lane!”: Anti-vax mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn parks in bike lane after nearly left hooking cyclist; Ganna’s TT machine; Busy bike lanes; Jakobsen surprised by Groenewegen claim; Seven Everestings + more on the live blog
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Anti-vax mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn nearly left hooks cyclist while talking to cameraman
Here’s why you don’t do pieces to camera whilst driving. Left hooking a cyclist? Shame on you, Piers. It’s not funny, it’s bloody dangerous. Please RT so we can find the cyclist if he wants to complain. @MetCycleCops @theJeremyVine @peterwalker99 @carltonreid @simonmacmichael pic.twitter.com/RN4NRgkPRa
— Fully Vaccinated CyclingMikey. 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇿🇼 (@MikeyCycling) May 6, 2021
Anti-lockdown, anti-vaxxer, climate change denier and unlikely London mayoral candidate, Piers Corbyn, was seen in this clip shared on Twitter by CyclingMikey almost taking out a cyclist. Corbyn is holding a carton of Ribena and talking to the cameraman as he tries to work out which street he should go down, before hearing a loud shout from the cyclist he almost left hooked…
The cameraman can be heard laughing as the political ‘candidate’ says, “cyclist” and drives off, ignoring the man riding the bike who has stopped at the side of the road.
‘A cyclist’ sniggers from his campaign manager – could have been one of his voters or a school child or someone’s dad but whatever.
— Jo Rigby (@Jo_Earlsfield) May 7, 2021
A fucking Ribena, I think. These careless clowns treating driving like a joke like that make me feel so angry.
— Fully Vaccinated CyclingMikey. 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇿🇼 (@MikeyCycling) May 6, 2021
Poll results: lots of love for Rapha's EF Education-Nippo
We asked you lot for your reaction to the big release of Rapha’s special switch out kit that EF Education-Nippo will be wearing at the Giro d’Italia this month. A resounding 77 per cent of you gave it the thumbs up…and I agree, it is a beauty. But is it better than Israel Start-Up Nation’s red wine inspired jersey that Alex Dowsett and Dan Martin will be repping? I am not so sure…
Brits on tour
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Enjoying both ours and the A grade disrupters last year @EFprocycling new stripes for the giro. 👌👌 pic.twitter.com/SKMcpTl5QJ— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) May 6, 2021
Bath cyclists set off for seven Everestings in seven days challenge
Two cyclists local to road.cc in Bath are taking on a mega Everesting challenge starting today. They are riding seven Everestings in as many days to raise money for World Bicycle Relief and Clic Sargent. To hit their 8,849m daily target the duo are going to climb Ralph Allen Drive 76 times, every single day. That is 532 ascents by this time next week…
For context, the climb is 1.16km long with an average gradient of 10 per cent…National Hill Climb champ Andrew Feather holds the KOM with a time of 3:10 but I am sure Conor and Nic will be the first to admit that Andrew should not worry about that being broken this week.
On their GoFundMe page, the pair said: “Lockdown has made us crazy, so we decided to do something even crazier. We have decided to raise much needed funds for two great charities. World Bicycle Relief is an amazing charity, whose aim is to take away the barrier of travelling distance for healthcare, education and economic opportunities, in particular for women.
“This is a charity very close to our hearts, as we ourselves know the amazing freedom and power that bikes can give people. Clic Sargent, is a cancer charity for young people that offers support through daily care, financial means, family bereavement support and will help get lives back on track, both during and after treatment.
“Our aim is to raise £4,500 for this challenge. We know it’s an ambitious total, and that everyone is strapped for cash at the moment, but we will need all the support we can get, if we are going to complete this ridiculous challenge.”
As they set off on the epic challenge, they have currently raised £4,925. Good luck, lads…
"I'm not just going to throw in the towel because I haven't reached that point yet": Chris Froome hits back at doubters
Chris Froome has hit back at those who say he cannot reach his four-time Tour de France winning level and stressed it will take time to regain his form. In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Froome addressed his most recent performance at the Tour de Romandie where he finished 96th, one hour behind race winner and former teammate Geraint Thomas.
“Tour de Romandie was pretty brutal with the weather,” Froome explained. “It started off well but the last couple of days the weather really turned. I started to feel my chest acting up. For me especially with my asthma I find the cold is quite a trigger.
“Over the last couple of races I’ve seen a lot of people on social media saying ‘listen mate, hang up your bike. You’re done. You’re finished, you’re never going to get back there’ and it just makes me laugh. First of all, I don’t think those people know just how bad my injuries were and how far I have had to come just to get back to a professional level of racing.
“Those people clearly don’t know me as a person. I’m not just going to hang it up. I know I can get there. it is going to take time, I have got a lot of work that I’m prepared to do. That’s what drives me. I thoroughly love the sacrifice and the whole regime. I’m not just going to throw in the towel because I haven’t reached that point yet.”
Busy bike lanes...
Londoners are cycling home from work again these days pic.twitter.com/THHw53t7cQ
— citymobility (@citycyclists) May 6, 2021
I am sure someone will say Londoners never stopped cycling home from work…but good to see such busy cycle commuting scenes in the capital.
"We're going to block a cycle lane!": Anti-vax mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn parks in bike lane after nearly left hooking cyclist
It keeps getting worse the more you watch. Thankfully we were lucky enough to find this other clip of Piers Corbyn’s terrible driving without having to watch more than a couple of minutes of this six-hour long election day livestream…skip to 4:53:50 to get the relevant bit.
The video we shared earlier showed the anti-vax, anti-lockdown and climate change denying London mayoral candidate nearly left hooking a cyclist…now another snippet from the same live stream shows Corbyn deliberately blocking a cycle lane because he cannot work out where he should go…
Minutes earlier, as Corbyn asks for directions the passengers in the car tell him to look out for cyclists before the cameraman says, “we’re just getting a bit wary”. After being unable to find where he should be going, Corbyn states, “we’re going to block a cycle lane” and drives straight in.
After the mayoral candidate is out the car, the cameraman can be heard saying: “It seems we are now on foot, so it seems the cyclists are now safe, as far as I know.”
Who knows what else we would find if we watched the other six hours of driving footage but frankly, who wants to do that?
"Dylan has not offered a personal apology": Fabio Jakobsen surprised to hear Dylan Groenewegen speaking positively about their Amsterdam meeting
The content of this meeting was supposed to stay confidential, between the two of us and our legal teams.
I am disappointed that Dylan has talked about our meeting publicly. I will not do so.
— Fabio Jakobsen (@FabioJakobsen) May 6, 2021
The message from Dylan Groenewegen ahead of his return to racing at the Giro d’Italia this weekend was that he and Fabio Jakobsen had met to talk over the events of the last year. Groenewegen suggested the meeting had gone well and that the pair had “unburdened our hearts”.
However, these tweets from Jakobsen paint a different picture…
Further proceedings are now being taken care of by my legal team and for that reason I will not be able to make any further comment.
— Fabio Jakobsen (@FabioJakobsen) May 6, 2021
Giro d'Italia stage winners to receive special helmets designed by renowned artist Aldo Drudi
Kask and Koo eyewear have announced they are official suppliers of helmets and eyewear for the Giro d’Italia and the Giro-E, an amateur e-bike event running alongside the pro race. As official helmet supplier, Kask will award each stage winner with a custom UTOPIA helmet designed in partnership with renowned artist Aldo Drudi.
Drudi has previously designed special helmets for America’s Cup sailing teams Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and Emirates Team New Zealand, as well as MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi. Kask helmets will be represented on the road too, with Ineos Grenadiers and wildcard entrants EOLO-Kometa using the Italian brand. Trek-Segafredo and their leader Vincenzo Nibali will use Koo’s SPECTRO and DEMOS models of sunglasses.
Filippo Ganna bike porn
Honister 92 cycling club supports runner's 110 marathons in 110 days challenge
Another epic endurance challenge for you now…West Cumbrian cycling club Honister 92 showed their support for Gary McKee last weekend on the wettest day of the year. McKee is running 110 marathons in 110 days to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and West Cumbria Hospice at Home.
One of the club’s members, Scott Teare, has helped Gary on his other challenges, including riding alongside him when he ran the full Fred Whitton route in 24 hours. On Sunday, Scott ran the first 13 miles then jumped on the bike with his club mates for the second half.
West Midlands Police appeals for help identifying cyclist who suffered medical episode
West Midlands Police officers have launched an appeal to identify the man pictured above who collapsed on Station Road in Harborne after suffering a ‘medical episode’. Officers believe the man is in his 70s and he remains critically ill in a Birmingham hospital.
The man came off his bike at around 10.25am on Wednesday and the force is concerned he may be a carer for someone. A police appeal read: “can you help us identify this man who has been seriously injured when he came off his bicycle in Harborne yesterday (Wednesday) morning?
“If you recognise him or the bike he was riding, also pictured, please get in contact with us by calling 101, or message live chat at west-midlands.police.uk, quoting log number 1135 of 5 May.”
Try working out this one...
Lol pic.twitter.com/LWJSrxvVSQ
— birminghamcyclist (@brumcyclist) May 6, 2021
Final Giro d'Italia prep
The days prior to the start of a Grand Tour also means finetuning the bikes to perfection 👌🔧
📸Facepeeters pic.twitter.com/VMizORZcFd
— Lotto Soudal (@Lotto_Soudal) May 7, 2021
The final work is being done ahead of the Giro d’Italia’s Grande Partenza in Turin tomorrow. On the menu is an 8km pan-flat individual time trial and another opportunity for Filippo Ganna to wear the maglia rosa at his home Grand Tour. On Sunday, the riders should get a relatively easy day in the saddle before the first bunch sprint in Novara.
Team presentation ✅
Ready to roll for Saturday 🤜 pic.twitter.com/o0L3go39Vs
— EF Pro Cycling (@EFprocycling) May 6, 2021
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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.
Obree had some actual talent in his legs though, in addition to his bike/aero engineering talent.
Малко като опит за доказване е излязло... Никой няма нужда от толкова голям въртящ момент и мощност на шосеен велосипед с тънки гуми, които дори трудно ще предават тази мощност върху пътя. А ако има и ограничение от 25 км/час е още по-безмислено.
Not sure how informative that is. I imagine for all most of us know it could be Europe's only 'volumetric modular building'. 🤷♂️
Yes, but they're copying the adults of today...
Indeed - but alas I think this is an effective argument for very few folks indeed. As for push-back, what else could we expect *? I think there are ways of selling this but we're far more likely to see headlines about the problems, while the successes are relegated to footnotes, because at that point it just works and there's nothing to see... * Given that this time there aren't politicians being persuaded to overlook thousands of deaths and the demolition of property by the billions from the motoring trades (and the excitement of being able to drive out with the bright things for a party at a roadhouse). Nor are we as tolerant of "accidents". (And noting that publicity about the cases of a handful of people killed by cyclists continues to reach the media; deaths related to motor vehicles not so much).
That rather ignores that the children of today are the adults of tomorrow.
@belugabob Arguably it's easier this way - we don't actually need to do anything to the streets except stop drivers driving down every scrap of tarmac. Where I live, a few well-placed bollards would make walking/cycling/scooting the quicker option and safer, while maintaining 100% vehicular access - just not allowing through routes in every direction.
48 thoughts on ““We’re going to block a cycle lane!”: Anti-vax mayoral candidate Piers Corbyn parks in bike lane after nearly left hooking cyclist; Ganna’s TT machine; Busy bike lanes; Jakobsen surprised by Groenewegen claim; Seven Everestings + more on the live blog”
Just saying, is that driving
Just saying, is that driving by Piers Corbyn not classed as careless driving? Fits entirely within the remit of “allowing the standard of driving to fall below that of a competent and careful driver” on many fronts….. driving whilst doing a piece to camera, driving whilst holding a ribena carton as evidenced by the fact that he committed the left hook.
Driving without due care and
Driving without due care and attention
I like how his campaign
I like how his campaign manager (?) appears to be filming the interview on a 2001 Nokia…
It looks like it was filmed
It looks like it was filmed from a computer screen. You see the progress bar at the bottom at some point.
Oh, OK: I missed that.
Oh, OK: I missed that.
I’ve been complaining to the
I’ve been complaining to the TV companies, about interviews in cars on the move, for years. They are not interested. It should be made illegal. The best one I’ve seen, was some reporter going to interview someone who had had a car accident and another where they were talking to camera about drivers using their phones. I’ll see if I can find it/them.
If I recall, the James Corden
If I recall, the James Corden thingy where he drives around is actually him being towed by a large truck (the car he is in, not just Corden – he isn’t that big!). So probably perfectly safe
the little onion wrote:
It still sets a bad example and normalises bad driving. Same with all the movies and TV series in which the character uses a mobile while driving, or looks at their passenger, not at the road, for far too long. While we may understand rationally that they were not actually driving when it was shot, we still get used to seeing bad behaviour as something totally normal.
From an entertainment point of view, when I watch a movie with a bad driver, I find it extremely distracting and don’t even notice what they are talking about while I shout at the screen “Watch where you’re going, you idiot!”. And strangely they then always can park right in front of their destination in an empty street, even if it’s in the middle of the city or a pedestrian zone, without having to drive in circles for the rest of the show looking for a free parking place…
Top movie tip then, dont
Top movie tip then, dont watch any of the Fast & Furious franchise movies…
Awavey wrote:
Filming for F&F was the only occasion when Historic Environment Scotland was willing to close the roads in Holyrood Park to general traffic. And half the city was made traffic-free. So F&F managed what decades of bicycle campaigning had failed to do. Just unfortunate that the roads were closed to cyclists and pedestrians too.
In the “debate” about the filming, our local Tory transport spokesperson turned out to be a boyracer and F&F fan. It was the only time he supported closing any roads.
Awavey wrote:
That’s just a general piece of advice, rather than specific to this discussion.
Steve K wrote:
As a petrolhead, I agree after the first 3 films. As a high performance Japanese vehicle modifier… there are still plenty of cringe moments in the first 3 films.
Awavey wrote:
I’m convinced that that shit film franchise is responsible for a lot of the chavs currently tearing around in small cars with noisy exhausts and plastic spoilers.
Fucking annoying.
the Max power generation were
the Max power generation were a thing long before Van Diesel became a movie star, in fact it was a thing before Max Power, the magazine launched because there were already this car mod scene with groups of young adults barely passed their test buying rubbish Novas & Fiestas and modding them and sticking drain pipes on as exhausts and racing them round streets.
One of my friends from down
One of my friends from down south is so impeccably polite, he always maintained eye contact when talking to you. Makes you feel important and valued when chatting in the pub, utterly terrifyingly when he was driving. We politely dissuaded him from doing this with subtle Yorkshire phrases like “nah then nobhead, we won’t think tha rude if tha dunt look at us, don’t fookin crash”
I’d watch James Corden (just
I’d watch James Corden (just him) being towed around by a large truck. Could be the next high-stakes reality tv show.
Compact Corned Beef wrote:
… by his ankles?
Yes but that’s not the point
Yes but that’s not the point being made. It’s all those driving & talking to camera pieces on the One Show, Countryfile, and lots of other TV programmes.
Indeed
Indeed
The driving is bad enough,
The driving is bad enough, but what annoys me even more is that he clearly doesn’t think he has done anything wrong if he is happy enough for the video to have made it into the public domain.
Steve K wrote:
He’s quite familiar with the police, so probably not bothered. He’s been fined for breaking Covid gathering rules about 5 times at this point…
He says, “I am a decent
He says, “I am a decent driver, although I have been apprehended for speeding on a number of occasions” (around 4:46:50).
At 4:49:26 he says, “I don’t think we can jump that light”.
At 2:02:40 his way is blocked by an LTN, which his lackeys rail against. One says they are “driving for freedom, for the roads to be clear”
Well that’s 5 hours of your
Well that’s 5 hours of your life you won’t get back !
I’m surprised no one in the
I’m surprised no one in the comments OR in the articles have stated about him blocking all the rear windows with his posters. Surely that is also illegal on a vehicle not designed for that. Explains another reason why he never saw the cyclist with no rear view or over the shoulder checks AND his cameraman in the way of his (get ready swixy) wing mirror.
Having skipped through a few
Having skipped through a few sections. I rapidly came to the conclusion that Piers Corbyn is a spoof personality in the style of Sacha Baron Cohen and that the filming is a somewhat thin pastiche of the original and best Spinal Tap mockumentary.
Had to shout at a Police van
Had to shout at a Police van in Reading town centre yesterday evening… it pulled into the bus lane right in front of me and looked like it was about to left-hook the scooter rider in front of me and myself.
The van had changed lane right in front of me on the previous roundabout. Was in the third lane but wanted to go straight over and clearly too impatient to follow behind someone on a bike for 10 seconds.
We should expect far better from professional drivers, especially law enforcement.
Did it turn out like this one
Did it turn out like this one ?
https://road.cc/content/news/near-miss-day-554-police-officer-lectures-cyclist-281579
Haha, fortunately for the
Haha, fortunately for the driver, no. I shouted appropriate criticism as I passed after having to slam on the brakes. I genuinely thought I was about to see the scooter rider go under the wheels right in front of me, felt sick and angry, hence the loud shout.
ChrisB200SX wrote:
With the disposal of the Traffic Division by most Chief Constables, the Police Service has almost no Class 1 professional drivers, just employees with a standard DVLA license going about their multi purpose business. Clearly cost and efficiency more important than road safety.
lonpfrb wrote:
We should expect far better from professional drivers, especially law enforcement.— lonpfrb
With the disposal of the Traffic Division by most Chief Constables, the Police Service has almost no Class 1 professional drivers, just employees with a standard DVLA license going about their multi purpose business. Clearly cost and efficiency more important than road safety.— ChrisB200SX
The police may not have as many advanced drivers as in previous years but there are still lots of them out there and plenty of volunteers for the courses. Any officer without such a qualification is strictly limited in the tasks she can undertake; no pursuit chases or containment manoeuvres for them!
Ribena? RIBENA? Doesn’t Piers
Ribena? RIBENA? Doesn’t Piers know that Bill Gates owns shares in Ribena, and is using it to alter the DNA of children?
For anyone not aware, that’s sarcasm. Our Piers here is a rabid anti science nutcase conspiracy theorist, like his brother.
Re: London Cycling Photo
Re: London Cycling Photo
You can just about see it but obvious in other Twitt replies but the works at the bottom and they just point all the peds to use the cycle lane as an alternate without any seperation like they do when they force Peds into a road to get around works.
Piers Corbyn? Couldn’t have a
Piers Corbyn? Couldn’t have a worse political name in the UK unless he was called Tony Thatcher.
Just checking, but you know
Just checking, but you know he’s Jeremy’s brother, right?
Bloody hell, this is one of
Bloody hell, this is one of those Tim Vine/Jeremy Vine things.
OT Covid comment.
OT Covid comment.
Did I miss a memo somewhere? Is the pandemic over?
So I had to go down to the Post Office at lunchtime. Bristol city centre. SO. MANY. PEOPLE. sitting around in Castle Park
And (1): while I understand that pubs and bars and cafes all have to have their customers sitting outside at present, I think it would be nice if not quite so much pavement space had been land-grabbed for this purpose and if there was a bit more space left over for actually – you know – walking around…
And (2): writing as a non drinker who has never had an overseas holiday, I find the current obsession with (1) where can I get a drink? and (2) OMG can I get on a plane yet? quite incomprehensible…
You know pubs sell non
Well, pubs sell non -alcohol drinks.
Anyway it’s really about meeting up with your mates and pubs tend to have outside room unlike many cafes.
Holidays – the attraction of warmth, sunshine and a more predictable climate is quite a plus for many people. Then there are countless programmes and ads than persuade people that they would like to visit a place. Also the price of a holiday here is quite expensive compared with abroad – flights are cheaper than a lot of railfares. I remember a colleague turning down a week in the isle of wight as it was cheaper to go to center parcs in holland !
hirsute wrote:
In the interests of full disclosure, I have no mates, either
You would be missed on here
You would be missed on here by a few if you stopped posting !
(Where’s HP – perhaps he has jetted off for a holiday !!)
I got on a train from Bristol
I got on a train from Bristol with my bike to go on a cycling trip around Scotland. My friend left Bristol at the same time and texted me from Rio’s Copacabana beach whilst I was on a train approaching Thurso. It probably cost him less as well.
brooksby wrote:
And if it isn’t pubs and cafes invading public spaces it’s f**king parked cars, which are everywhere.
— brooksbyYou and me both (and a load more too).
Anybody would think that not being able to be fleeced just so you can get pissed out of your head and abuse strangers on the street or go on a holiday in another country (Brexiteers escaping abroad for a break, eh?!?) is somehow making people’s lives an absolute misery. Send them down the mines.
It’s a shame someone didn’t kick a big dent in Piers Corbyn’s car while it was blocking the highway.
This article is probably
This article is probably worth reading, even if you don’t agree with its perspective: https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/coronavirus/2021/04/why-do-pictures-busy-outdoor-pubs-still-trigger-panic-about-covid
How does someone have ‘a
How does someone have ‘a medical episode’ on a Wednesday morning and by Friday nobody still knows who they are? Has nobody said, “You know, I haven’t seen Bob for a couple of days”
Assuming he is retired at
Assuming he is retired at that age, lives on his own and as they fear, have someone who literally relies on him at home who is fragile, or lives on his own, then who is going to mentioned someone is missing. Especially with social distancing etc meaning less chance of Pub meetings etc.
Hopefully he is identified soon.
True it very common.
True it very common.
brooksby wrote:
Society is more fractured and people dispersed and isolated from each other, than ever before. Perfectly possible that no-one sees him on a daily basis, especially if retired or unemployed.
I’m proud to say I’ve never
I’m proud to say I’ve never seen any of them, and am never likely to- the clue, like Top Gear, is in the name.
Although the name Top Gear
Although the name Top Gear can be confusing. Once Jeremy Clarkson bumped into Kate Moss at a do. Expecting her to recognise him he introduced himself as Jeremy Clarkson and she looked blank. So to explain he added ‘Top Gear’ to which led her to ask ‘Are you trying to sell me drugs?”