Colnago can do restraint with the paintbox, but it hasn’t been easy and they certainly haven’t quite been able to kick the habit of writing all over their frames – at least Ernesto Colnago has elegant handwriting. Here’s a few tasty treats from their stand. First up the CLX – not top of he range but a very nifty piece of kit nonetheless, interesting to see it sporting Shimano 105 – a good groupset, but maybe not one you’d expect to see on a carbon Colnago. It’s also available with my favourite groupset, if I was spending my own money, Shimano Ultegra… although that new Chorus 11-spd is pretty tasty too. 
This is more like it. The CX1 gets Dura Ace and a nice pair of Fulcrum Racing Zeros, and an FSA integrated bar and stem… 
And for the EPS it’s Campag Super Record, Bora Ultra wheels, and classic lines. Interestingly Colnago’s top bike appears technically less advanced than the CLX and the CX1 that sit below it. Both those machines are moulded carbon – the mainframe at least, the backends are lugged – Whereas the EPS is an all carbon-lugged affair. This is the classic way of building a custom carbon bike so maybe that’s the reason. 
Last one from the Colnago stand is the Flight, their TT machine. Again, you wouldn’t kick it out of the bike rack (not if you liked going fast against clock anyway) on purely aesthetic grounds but the Pinarello FM1 looks a lot crisper with that really tight rear wheel clearance (on second thoughts, not sure how practical such a tight clearance would be on Britain’s crap strewn roads – you wouldn’t want to get a twig stuck in there, or an acorn). Either way it’d be good to know how the Colnago and Pinarello stack up against each other in the wind tunnel – with a rider on. 
Whatever, any time trial machine boasting Super Record, a Fulcrum Pro Disc on the back, and a set of FSA Vision bars is a highly desirable item and this one’s got the extra advantage in the desirability stakes of being a Colnago.
Colnago at Eurobike
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I wasn't saying that nor talking about people who say that. I said it was silly to claim that wearing a helmet indicates acceptance of dangerous driving and poor infrastructure. I choose to wear a helmet; I also regularly report dangerous driving to the police and correspond with councils and road authorities about ways infrastructure could be improved for cyclists. I rather doubt I'm the only helmet wearer who does so.
@JamieT (a pedant writes) she's a London Assembly member, not an MP.
@Rendel Harris ".....but the claim that wearing one is somehow to be accepting dangerous driving and poor infrastructure is silly." Not that silly. Demanding that cyclists wear a helmet is seen by many people as 'the answer' to cycling safety, so there's no need to put in infrastructure. The difference between infrastructure and helmets is that infrastructure works. Helmets are a distraction from what really works, and the more time we spend talking about them, the less time we spend on things that do work. Helmets should be consigned to the dustbin of history as a failed experiment, and we should cease even mentioning them.
@Mr Blackbird Hats off to George Hall My hat's not coming off- despite this touch of cycleway-washing, Hall still bears the Mark of Cain, until he repudiates his party altogether
Perhaps an article showing a) what is available in the uk as cargo bikes and) comments from real life scenarios from those already using bikes or cargo bikes as one gentleman has done in the comments. Perhaps road.cc could follow up with this. Even the MP said not every business should use cargo bikes but suggested a more nuanced approach suitable for certain trades or companies....
@mdavidford Clearly the end of the sentence got deleted by mistake and it's meant to finish "...devices in their pockets."
@Terry Hutt I don't support mandatory helmets either, but I always think that's a daft analogy (I realise you're not quoting it approvingly): if people shooting in the streets was a regular problem, I'd campaign against it vociferously and expect the authorities to do something about it, but I'd still wear body armour unless and until the problem was sorted out. It's perfectly reasonable for people to question the efficacy of cycle helmets, but the claim that wearing one is somehow to be accepting dangerous driving and poor infrastructure is silly.
“People who are wearing body armour get used to being shot at, when it’s the getting shot at that’s the problem.” People who are wearing body armour get used to being shot at because they survive. People not wearing it die the first time they are shot. So they don't really have much chance to get used to being shot at, do they? But seriously if you don't want to wear a helmet and you're an adult, no-one should have the right to make you wear one.
@lawrence18uk Occasionally I see tradies travelling with some tools on the train, compact tool bags, rucksacks and wheelie luggage, often carrying long spirit levels separately, but on a couple of occasions collapsible ladders.