GB News producer slammed for comparing 20mph speed limits to cyclists requiring stabilisers; “Businesses can’t keep subsidising car dependency,” says Cycling UK; Landismo heads to Belgium; Sepp Kuss does a Hansen + more on the live blog
SUMMARY
Shock signing of the summer? Landismo heads to Belgium
Alright, hands up – who predicted that Mikel Landa would sign for Soudal-Quick Step next year, helping to bolster Remco Evenepoel’s mountain train at the grand tours and provide two more years of quality meme content?
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤 🤝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐨
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣-2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ pic.twitter.com/y5gBt2yDdP
— Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team (@soudalquickstep) August 16, 2023
No, me neither.
With the gradual transition from classic dominance to grand tour contenders further accelerated by the arrival of Landismo in Belgium, I wouldn’t want to see Patrick Lefevere’s face if all these Remco to Ineos rumours actually prove to be true…
Meanwhile, it wouldn’t be a proper day in August without yet another Lidl-Trek funky 80s t-shirt transfer announcement:
Welcome, Simone Consonni!
The Italian fast man has signed a two-year contract with the Team to further boost Lidl-Trek’s sprinting arsenal 🚴♂️💨
📰 https://t.co/A3mMh09jAI pic.twitter.com/ZVybnFGMTh
— Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) August 16, 2023
The US-registered team continued their seemingly daily summer spending spree (I swear, they’re going to have about 60 riders next year) by announcing the signing of Cofidis’ Italian sprinter and Olympic-winning team pursuiter Simone Consonni, who I last saw in a foul mood at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, nursing a broken wrist and collarbone after an e-bike rider ploughed into him on a Glasgow bike path…
Bike rackgate continues in Edinburgh as councillor expresses disappointment at “extremely light, easily unscrewed” stands
An Edinburgh councillor has expressed her disappointment at Leith Walk’s “extremely light” bicycle racks – that she claims can be “easily unscrewed” and hoisted up in the air. Local Scottish Green Party councillor Susan Rae has joined other cyclists in the city to demand better infrastructure to provide safe parking for people with bikes, and warned that the recently installed stands will lead to an increase in bike thefts in the area.
However, the council told road.cc earlier this month that the bike stands “meets design requirements”.
Sepp Kuss set to pull an Adam Hansen, as American super-domestique confirmed as part of Jumbo-Visma’s grand tour triple attempt at Vuelta
Sepp Kuss will be showcasing his best Adam Hansen impression at the upcoming Vuelta a España, as the American climber – who has proved himself to be one of the best super-domestiques in the current peloton, if not the best – will line up in Barcelona next weekend at the start of his third grand tour of the season, and his fifth straight grand tour in a row, according to Velo.
If he completes the Vuelta (something he failed to do last year), Kuss will become only the 40th rider in history to finish all three men’s grand tours in one year.
Recent grand tour triple finishers (otherwise known as cycling masochists) include Thomas De Gendt in 2019, Alejandro Valverde in 2016, and Sylvain Chavanel in 2015. 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre managed the feat twice, in 2006 and 2010, the unassuming Spaniard notching up four top tens, and a Tour podium finish, in the process.
Even if he does make it to Madrid next month, however, Kuss will still have a long way to go before he matches Adam Hansen’s tolerance for three weeks of pain and suffering. Between the 2011 Vuelta and 2018 Giro, the Australian started and finished 20 straight grand tours, eclipsing and then destroying Spaniard Bernardo Ruiz’s previous record of 12.
Hansen during his 15th consecutive GT at the 2016 Tour de France. Ouch…
Kuss won’t be the only Jumbo-Visma rider with an eye on a grand tour triple, of course. After shepherding Primož Roglič and Jonas Vingegaard to Giro and Tour wins this year, respectively, the 28-year-old will once again be called upon to guide his GC captains – both selected for the Vuelta as the Dutch team bring all the big guns to Spain – to what may prove an unprecedented success in cycling’s modern history.
If Roglič or Vingegaard manage to stand on the top step of the podium in Madrid in red next month, Jumbo-Visma will become the first elite men’s team to win all three grand tours in one season.
And they’ll have a lot to thank Sepp Kuss for.
“Huge cost”: Repair bill tops £850,000 for councils fixing vandalised low-traffic neighbourhoods
The “huge cost” of repairing vandalised low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes — introduced to improve air quality and boost active travel — has been revealed by councils in London.
A Freedom of Information (FOI) request found that the bill for repairing vandals’ work has now exceeded £850,000, with Hackney’s council paying almost £400,000 for repairs. Lambeth had the second biggest repair bill, spending £310,000.
Read more: > Repair bill tops £850,000 for councils fixing vandalised low-traffic neighbourhoods
Thoughts/Comments?
Tell me you’re a roadie on a mountain bike without telling me you’re a roadie on a mountain bike
EF Education-EasyPost’s resident racer/adventurer Lachlan Morton here, doing his best to upset the entire off-road community with the slammiest of slammed stems on his Cannondale Scalpel for last weekend’s Leadville 100 MTB race:
I don’t see anything wrong with that setup, to be honest…
Cambridge is no longer the UK’s bike theft capital, as reports of stolen bikes fall by 60 percent over past four years
Cambridge’s long-held status as the bike theft capital of the UK – a position aided by the city’s high prevalence of cycling – is no more, according to police and crime commissioner Darryl Preston.
The commissioner’s annual report, reported by the Cambridge Independent, shows that bike theft in Cambridge – which, it was estimated in 2021, costs residents more than £1.5 million a year – has fallen by 30 percent over the past year, and 60 percent since 2019, when over 4,000 bikes were reported stolen in the city.
> “It makes you feel powerless” – victims in UK’s bike theft capital share their frustrations
“Cambridge city was the bike theft capital of the country. However, following some targeted police officer activity and partnership support, Cambridge has now moved out of the top five with a 60 percent drop in cycle thefts in the city and train station when comparing 2022 with 2019 – a hugely welcomed improvement,” Preston said in his report.
The commissioner added: “The constabulary has now recruited over 500 police officers – exceeding government expectations. We now have a record 1,732 fully warranted officers spread across our county, bolstering our local policing teams.
“Road safety is an ongoing priority and I continue to invest in grassroots operations to tackle your road safety concerns providing extra resources for the Chief Constable to enable our special constabulary to deliver more enforcement.”
This whole travelling to and commentating on bike races job can be really tough sometimes…
Sometimes no sun is just fine!
Love @ArcticRaceofN …now where’s my fishing rod ? pic.twitter.com/68msGSRkUW— Carlton Kirby (@carltonkirby) August 16, 2023
Iranian cyclist reportedly granted asylum in the UK after going “missing” at Glasgow world championships
Iranian cyclist Mohammad Ganjkhanlou has disappeared in Glasgow, with reports suggesting he has been granted asylum in the UK amidst the current political and civil turmoil in Iran.
The 26-year-old raced last Friday’s men’s elite time trial in Stirling, finishing 66th, 17 minutes slower than winner Remco Evenepoel, but is reported by the head of Iran’s Cycling Federation, Rasoul Asadi, to have gone missing after leaving his hotel on Saturday night.
“The investigation is ongoing and I hope he is found as soon as possible,” Asadi, who was scheduled to fly back to Iran with Ganjkhanlou on Sunday, told the Tehran Times.
During the world championships in Glasgow, Ganjkhanlou wrote on Instagram that he had, like several riders from Eritrea, experienced difficulties with the UK’s visa application process, forcing him to miss the road race and some track events. He also thanked Asadi in the post, saying the Iranian cycling chief “did his best to make sure I didn’t miss out on the world championships”.
A gold medallist in the scratch race at this year’s Asian Games, the 26-year-old is reported to have been granted asylum in the UK, as civil unrest continues in Iran in the wake of the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly”. Over 500 people have been killed during the ten months of protests that have followed her death.
At last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, 17 participants, including 13 athletes, were reported missing, with the majority of those seeking asylum representing Sri Lanka.
Last orders for World Championship road closure complaints as one local says civil liberties “restricted” during time trials — but council points to 75,000 extra visitors and “lasting economic and social benefits”
I don’t know about you, but I’m really going to miss all the NIMBY moaning and complaints now Scotland’s super worlds is done and dusted…
> Frustrated locals see off World Championships with final complaints about road closures
Ineos exodus continues as Dani Martínez set to join Bora-Hansgrohe in 2024
Tao Geoghegan Hart, Pavel Sivakov, and now Dani Martínez, all heading for the Ineos exit door in January – what’s going on?
After three great years, we can confirm that @danifmartinez96 will be departing the team at the end of the current season.
Always a Grenadier, we’re looking forward to finishing the year off strongly, together 💪 pic.twitter.com/DWEhH0pF9Y
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) August 16, 2023
Well, at least the few remaining riders will be able to spend all that extra budget on some funky distracting gadgets for their Grenadier 4×4…
That Wednesday afternoon feeling…
My god this TTT looks like an absolute suffer-fest. Poor Georgie B having a bad day out and he’s not the first 🥺 A win for Jumbo Visma #VueltaBurgos2023 pic.twitter.com/g1MfVJabZz
— Katy M (@writebikerepeat) August 16, 2023
Ouch. The look on George Bennett’s face sums it up, after he and his UAE Team Emirates riders were treated to a fast but brutal 13km team time trial – complete with a properly tough two-kilometre-long climb to the finish – at the Vuelta a Burgos this afternoon.
Anton Palzer looking like he’s in a scene from Saving Private Ryan on the beaches of Normandy #VueltaBurgos pic.twitter.com/VNSgFq8S9A
— MarkContador (@MontVentoux23) August 16, 2023
Although even Bennett’s exhausted visage was nothing compared to the look of anguish displayed by Bora-Hansgrohe’s Anton Palzer, who put so much into his team’s third place finish that he couldn’t even make it to the top of the climb past the finish line, instead slumping off his bike and lying flat out on the road, before eventually forcing himself back onto his machine to the sound of sympathetic roadside applause.
Beast mode. 😌 pic.twitter.com/uuIWuQCD6t
— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) August 16, 2023
Meanwhile, Primož Roglič enjoyed a much better Wednesday afternoon, with the Slovenian’s Vuelta prep stepping up a gear as his Jumbo-Visma team won the stage, placing Attila Valter in the leader’s jersey in the process.
Speaking of Vuelta prep…
When you get a random dude sitting on, taking videos, all the way to the top 🙄🤣 https://t.co/Kor5qvglqv
— Geraint Thomas (@GeraintThomas86) August 16, 2023
Come on Geraint, Remco would never let some guy with a camera sit on his wheel during training like that, even if it is Laurens De Plus…
“Businesses can’t keep subsidising Northern Ireland’s car dependency,” says Cycling UK
Following yesterday’s live blog – which featured a very angry Belfast City Council lambasting the Northern Ireland government at Stormont for its “joke” approach to active travel in recent years – a public meeting of the All Party Cycling Group is being held in Belfast this morning, which will outline the group’s vision for a “better cycling future” in Northern Ireland (don’t worry, they didn’t call the meeting because of yesterday’s blog. That would be mad).
The all-party group will also state its intentions for an upcoming inquiry into cycle safety in Northern Ireland, as well as the 10 measures it believes need to be adopted in a part of the UK where fewer than two percent of all journeys are cycled, last year’s Highway Code changes in Great Britain have yet to be adopted, and – as we’ve seen time and time again on the blog – cycling infrastructure is either delayed or basically non-existent.
As the group sets the terms of its inquiry designed to revolutionise cycling in Northern Ireland, Cycling UK has called on MLAs and the Department for Infrastructure to prioritise business by building more cycle lanes.
“Our capital is the fifth most congested city in the UK, two thirds of our school journeys are driven, carparks are overflowing onto our pavements and into our cycle lanes. In Belfast alone, congestion cost £102m in 2022 – businesses can’t continue subsidising Northern Ireland’s car dependency,” Andrew McClean, Cycling UK’s spokesperson in Northern Ireland, said in a statement today.
“Warm words and aspiration to give people genuine choice in how they travel have done nothing. It’s why Cycling UK will present to the APG the importance of developing for plan of action for the future administration to create networks of safe cycle lanes.
“We also call on the Department for Infrastructure to adopt the findings of the group’s inquiry into cycle safety and have procedures in place for the new administration to adopt in its first 100 days.”
With Northern Ireland doing little to capitalise on the health, environmental, and wellbeing benefits of riding bikes, the charity reckons that by promoting the business case for cycling local politicians and decisions makers may finally start doing something about the country’s paltry levels of cycling infrastructure.
“Businesses such as the Linen Quarter and Ulster University see the benefits of a workforce that can cycle, and are going to great lengths to make it easier for their employees from creating secure parking to providing showers,” McClean added.
“The missing link however is how people get from home to their workplace safely – that’s what the Department for Infrastructure can deliver on.”
“Perhaps cars should have great big beanbags taped to them, too?” GB News producer slammed for comparing 20mph speed limits to cyclists requiring stabilisers
Ah, Charlotte Gill, we’ve missed you.
The GB News producer has had a pretty interesting year on the live blog when it comes to questionable anti-cycling rants.
Back in January, you may remember, Gill penned an article for the conservative magazine The Critic, criticising a recent study on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – without actually addressing any of the study’s findings.
Instead, the article was filled with the imaginative, original mutterings of the devout anti-cycling bingo enthusiast, including timeless gems like: “All across the UK, a war is being waged against car drivers”, “a ‘Lycra Lobby’ of cycling activists and eco wonks”, “I don’t drive, enjoy cycling and probably have a relatively low carbon footprint”, “an assault on democracy”…
And then, in March, she argued on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that it’s mums who should stand up and oppose the dreaded Lycra lobby – because they can’t “cart around children” by bike, apparently – a claim swiftly shut down by Bath bicycle mayor, and bike riding carter of children, Saskia Heijltjes.
And now, as if to mark the passing of another season, Gill has been at it again, this time taking aim at the decision to lower the speed limit on most of Wales’ 30mph roads to 20mph, a reduction that will come into force next month.
The GB News producer was responding to a thread Wales Online journo Will Hayward, who outlined why he believes that the 20mph limit is “a really good bit of policy”.
> Wales set to reduce default speed limit to 20mph in residential areas
“Easily the biggest argument for the 20mph limit is around safety,” Howard wrote. “Imagine a kid runs out into the street and a driver slams on the brakes. At the point a 20mph car would have stopped, a 30mph car would still be doing 24mph.
“Estimates suggest that if all current 30mph limit roads in Wales became 20mph limits, that six to ten lives would be saved and 1,200-2,000 casualties avoided each year.
“But we don’t need to rely on estimates, there are loads of real life examples we can draw from. From 1994 there was a widespread introduction of 20mph zones in Hull, and by 2003, there were 120 zones covering 500 streets.
“In the areas with the 20mph zones there was a decrease in total accidents of 56 percent and in fatal and serious injuries of 90 percent. The biggest reductions were pedestrian casualties, which fell by 54 percent, child casualties, which dropped by 54 percent, and (I think most importantly) child pedestrian casualties, which fell by 74 percent.”
Despite Howard’s use of facts and figures to assess the need for lower speed limits of residential roads, Gill decided to criticise the soon-to-be-implemented 20mph limits in the only way she knows how: by bringing cyclists into it.
I’ve noticed that a lot of cyclists have accidents. I think it’s time they all had stabilisers. It would make them and other people a lot safer. Therefore cyclists need stabilisers nationwide. https://t.co/za2swoPoRR
— Charlotte Gill (@CharlotteCGill) August 14, 2023
“I’ve noticed that a lot of cyclists have accidents,” she wrote in response to Howard’s thread.
“I think it’s time they all had stabilisers. It would make them and other people a lot safer. Therefore cyclists need stabilisers nationwide.”
The future of cycling? According to GB News, anyway…
While some people tried to work out if the producer’s tweet was just another ill-fated attempt at humour (and, hey, as your resident live blogger, I’m hardly one to talk), others were scathing of the head-scratching comparison.
This is without a doubt your best effort to date. 4/10 well done, let’s hope you can continue to improve.
— Adie See (@AdieTwo) August 15, 2023
“I don’t think stabilisers would have helped when I was hit from behind at a red light by a taxi,” replied Matthew. “Or another time when a man in a Lexus did the same. Or when someone threw their car door open without looking and sent me to A&E.”
Lots of Scotland is already 20mph, towns, cities, and villages. There’s no negative to making places nicer and safer to live. If drivers r struggling with 20, I bet they struggle with 40s, 50s and National speed limit too.
— James Richards (@MtbSprocket) August 15, 2023
“1,558 deaths in 2021 from cars. 111 from cyclists. Many of which are from being hit by a vehicle,” noted Keith. “Most common cause of car accidents? Not paying attention to surroundings. Perhaps cars should have great big beanbags taped to them. It would make them and other people a lot safer.”
Climate activist Jon Burke added: “Drivers in the UK kill 100 cyclists a year. And 500 pedestrians. 20mph zones save lives, but Charlotte opposes them. LTNs are twice as effective at saving lives as 20mph zones. Charlotte opposes them, too.”
A bike with stabilisers is a 4 wheeled vehicle, right? What you’re really saying is ban bikes – everyone to get about using cars, amiright???
— Le Bête de Londres. (@BastieVelo) August 15, 2023
Meanwhile, others were simply happy that Gill’s tweet provided her typical GB News audience with the opportunity to read Hayward’s stats-focused take on 20mph limits.
Thanks for this truly inane post, made me read Will’s thread which was very worthwhile .
— GracieJ (@IssyJas) August 14, 2023
I’d already bookmarked Will’s excellent thread – he’ll appreciate you sharing it with your target gammon audience.
These measures make roads safer for *all* users, not just those on 🚲. The potential cost savings of not clearing up after 🚗🚛🛻🚚 collisions are huge.— EricEatsPickles 🚲 (@EricEatsPickles) August 15, 2023
Well, at least the backlash has temporarily stopped Gill’s seemingly daily anti-cycling hot takes…
Wait, what’s that? She’s still banging on about cyclists?
Some cyclists act as if they deserve a George Cross. They genuinely think they’re brave campaigners on the right side of history cause they put Dave the delivery driver’s business out of joint with a £1 million flowerbed (aka LTN).
— Charlotte Gill (@CharlotteCGill) August 15, 2023
Do you think tight lycra does something to cyclists’ heads? Perhaps some blood flow issues in the parts of the brain processing maths and the fact other people exist.
— Charlotte Gill (@CharlotteCGill) August 15, 2023
I for one am shocked, shocked I tell ya…
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"All that's required is an to roads policing" - that's a big all... Although no doubt the "idiots just keep coming" aspect does apply: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9lel2wz93o "Man charged after car crashes through bowling alley" - luckily they only skittled over skittles.
Almost any change to roads and streets is accompanied by a period of heightened danger, and in the UK "look out for cyclists" will need to be learned... practically. And over the time it takes for cyclists to become a regular feature. OTOH once (if...) good designs are in and frequent enough such that drivers encounter them AND the cyclists on them regularly (another big if) I don't think they should be much more difficult than a footway to deal with. These things are all over NL - don't have the collision stats but they should. (NL isn't perfect but collecting info on the safety of designs to feed back into better designs as required is part of the "sustainable safety" philosophy - if they're really a killer I think they'd be altering these.)
I'm in the happy position of agreeing with everybody here! I've never considered a bike with a stand, yet I'm impressed by the ingenuity and adaptability of this axle. I tow a Yak Bob with a Robert Axle, employing my El Cheapo Vitus gravel bike and I just have to be very careful where I stop. Hedges are generally a dead loss, and I seek walls, telegraph poles and signposts and generally lean the widest part of the Bob against it. One very awkward task is removing the two steel pins which lock the trailer arms onto the special mounting slots on the Robert axle, and when you have one out, the sodding weight in the trailer can twist the whole caboodle and bend the Bob fitting before you can get the other out and unhitch. I doubt if a stand would help with that. You can imagine that this combo is a real pain when you have to get it over the bridge at railway stations, and it nearly resulted in Merseyrail nearly parting me and the trailer on the platform from the bike on the train. It's a long story for another time. Another axle example recently featured on here, with a 12mm front axle bearing the Herculean weight limit of a monster American front rack.
This has nothing to do with the type of bike - it's the type of behaviour that's the problem. Banning the sale of such bikes will not curtail the behaviour. They'll just find another type of vehicle and continue to drive dangerously as there's such a lack of enforcement. I'd sooner see them ban the bally. But really, all that's required is an improvement to roads policing.
The EAPC Bill is welcome, but full of holes. What's to stop an overpowered but temporarily limited e-bike being sold and subsequently delimited? This is often a trivial process.
@KiwiMike Yeah, in my over four decades of riding all over Europe I've never 'been for a ride in the countryside'. That must be it. Or, and I know this is a wild concept, you just accept that I just voiced my personal experiences and never missed a kickstand, like I wrote. Anyway, what's the big horror of laying your bike on its side for the very few occasions where there is nothing to lean your bike against?
They may have looked, but did they see?
Ds2025: where they are going wrong is that they are crushing the motorbike rather than the person sat on top of it. If they did the latter this issue would be solved in less than 24 hours.
I came this way today with the car boot sale in operation. There was a marshal at the entrance, who stopped a car turning right across the cycleway as I was approaching. So that certainly works. I think it necessary for the marshal to be there, I couldn't say if the driver would have turned if he hadn't been there but you always have to suspect the worst. Unfortunately there is no marshal at the exit, and there was certainly a car stopped across the cycleway as I was approaching it. But he pulled onto the road before I reached it, and the following car stayed off the cycleway as I went through. Ideally there should have been a marshal there too. On the whole, though, it's a really high standard piece of infrastructure. Just a pity it doesn't extend a bit further.
“absolute carnage” So right! Just look at the bodies piled up, blood running in the gutters and injured people limping away. It's a bit of a problem with a road, delaying some people for minutes at a time: it isn't carnage, let alone 'absolute carnage'. Anyone who exaggerates so ridiculously really shouldn't be allowed to comment in public, unless they want to demonstrate their idiocy to all and sundry.
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At least one GB news
At least one GB news presenter is pro-bike
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In fact a number of car manufacturers have been researching (maybe some have already put them into production, does anyone know?) external airbags that will inflate when sensors detect a collision with a pedestrian or cyclist, which sounds a great idea.
Rendel Harris wrote:
In fact a number of car manufacturers have been researching (maybe some have already put them into production, does anyone know?) external airbags that will inflate when sensors detect a collision with a pedestrian or cyclist, which sounds a great idea.
Hmm… the close-pass would have missed me but the duff safety system (motor industry “self-regulation” maybe?) hit me with a balloon?
I suspect like “self-driving car” this should be a good thing but although the idea sounds straightforward will be very hard to get right. And of course marketing will have it out there before all the issues are addressed.
Of course past experience
Of course past experience gives you (and me) every right to be cynical about auto manufacturer claims, however Volvo have apparently been working on a system since 2013 so you never know…
And I’m sure it will work
And I’m sure it will work flawlessly.
Rendel Harris wrote:
Volvo, HQ in Sweden, now owned by Geely Auto, so the CCP, best know for their rejection of Human Rights, Fair Trade, Intellectual Property. So I won’t be holding my breath for Swedish doing-the-right-thing to make it into any actual products.
Some cars do ‘ave em. This
Some cars do ‘ave em. This article from TRL mentions a few models. Even though they are called “external” air bags, most of the inflation is under the bonnet. It lifts it up a bit, the idea being that you will dent the bonnet with your head without hitting the hard engine bits below.
That article also suggests that most of these devices are set to deploy only when the car is doing less than 30mph. So not very useful since we know that motorists cannot drive at such speeds.
Is GBeebies still a thing
Is GBeebies still a thing then?
They’re on the side of charging & locking up protestors (you know, lefty Just Stop Oil types) because of the inconvenience & criminal damage they cause right?
I’m sure the usual dafty politicians and commentators will soon be rushing to condemn this lot of insufferable law breaking miscreants (that sort of protest is wrong after all):
https://www.localgov.co.uk/LTN-vandalism-costs-London-boroughs-850000-/57753
Yep, any time now
Clem Fandango wrote:
Yep. It even survived me appearing on it.
Trying to take it down from
Trying to take it down from within eh? Chapeau sir.
Pesky AI at it again.
Pesky AI at it again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-66508840
Some idiot on twitter wrote:
When official statistics seem to show that a frightening proportion of “cyclist accidents” are actually a car driver’s fault, I don’t think that this is the slam-dunk “gotcha” she seems to think it is.
It’s funny how so many people
It’s funny how so many people will jump to defend destroying things and setting them on fire because they stop them rat-running whilst also criticising the actions of groups like JSO: vandalism like this, with the costs then being passed on to the taxpayer, is really not the same as sitting-in-the-road civil disobedience. IMO.
(Reposted from the dedicated news story on this matter)
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I look forward to 2 PBUs being removed.
Yes it’s good to see them
Yes it’s good to see them taking a stance.
While I don’t agree with some of the comments they have left, that’s likely a matter of opinion and it will be nice if some individuals are removed to make the comments forum a better place for all.
It’s just a shame the info@road.cc inbox is not monitored.
GB”News” producer … Just a
GB”News” producer … Just a troll.
Just stirring the pot to get a reaction from the cycling world.
Ignore it, don’t repost or respond, and certainly don’t report it. Starve it of the publicity it needs, and will become (even more) irrelevant.
Good for the Iranian Time
Good for the Iranian Time Trialist.
I for one welcome our cycling asylum seekers.
ktache wrote:
At least someone managed to find a legal way of applying for asylum. He ought to tell the Home Secretary, since (IIRC) she didn’t have a clue when questioned about (edit) legal avenues/methods for application.
If it’s true, how was he
If it’s true, how was he granted asylum so quickly? Taking up to 2 years for those arriving by boat, and around 6 months to extend a residency permit for those already living here and married to a British citizen.
Perhaps it’s been misreported and he’s merely applied.
Roadie on a Mountain Bike.
Roadie on a Mountain Bike.
Does someone care?
https://x.com/commuteroo
https://x.com/commuteroo/status/1691858402345996586?s=61&t=wlq_RPAZ5AFe3jBf_Xl1Jw
Probably a little late in the day for the live blog, but no doubt the survey linked in this tweet will eventually reach GBeebies.
By all means add your answers to the survey – fake names and fake emails not always required…
I agree with the GB news guy.
I agree with the GB news guy. There’s so much terrible driving out there that many motorists need to be treated like children. They’ve shown that they can’t be trusted at 30mph, so the stair gate needs to go up, the reins need to go on, and they have to drive at Noddy speed. You did it yourselves kids.