Why not expose those pins to the max? The weather is actually resembling something close to what can be described as summer and those toned leg muscles that you have been working so hard in developing should be put on display. But how short is still acceptable? Lycra padded hot pants?
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Cry me a river architect guy
Hookless is still a bad idea. I agree that it should be safe when all guidelines are adhered to, but that is not always going to happen in the real world. I've had several clients come to my workshop with bikes that they've bought 2nd hand and have no idea what I mean when I ask about their hookless rims. Just yesterday I someone with a Scott bike with Zipp 303 S hookless wheels; he'd been pumping his tubed tires up to 90-100 psi on them, because that's what he's always done. I had to educate him and he's now going to be using his new 30mm tires at 60-65 psi and checking that his pump is somewhat calibrated. Why do brands like Zipp continuing to put people in dangerous situations that are totally unnecessary?
I can't think of anywhere I have seen cyclists getting more space than pedestrians unless we count the fact that twats in cars like to park blocking pavements as a matter of course around me. I would also suggest that if you want people to travel around an area effectively instead of using a car, cycling is the best way to do it. I wouldn't walk 2-3 miles to get somewhere but I would happily cycle it because it would take me about 1/4 of the time or less.
There is basically no cycling infrastructure in Edinburgh that is not either a shared footpath or shared with motor vehicles. Cyclists are subservient in both cases. On shared use paths this is by legislation and common sense. On the road it is because most cycle lanes in residential areas are parking spaces, bus lanes have busses in them and the lanes segregated by wands peppered with give ways to cars every few feet. And people still park in them. Pretty much the only exception is that side of the extremely wide path through the meadows, for a few hundred yards. The total width of the paved region is probably wide enough to land a light aircraft, there is absolutely no restriction to pedestrians and pedestrians completely ignore the cycle markings on one side anyway. Given the colossal amount of space given over to motor vehicles in the city, which are predominantly single occupancy, and the fact it is illegal to cycle on all of the pavements dedicated formpedestrians, I going to put this guy's comments in the "idiotic" category.
I believe the Miners Pension Fund has proved a nice little earner for Government coffers, generating a huge surplus and that Government has been pocketing half of it. This payment that you apparently resent so much is a partial settlement of that unfairness!
Mr Fraser would seem a perfect paraphrase of the old cartoon about the millionaire with a thousand cookies telling the working man with one cookie to watch out or the immigrants will steal his cookie...incidentally, in this age of obesity I often see pedestrians far wider than me and the bike, not to mention people with pushchairs twice as wide or more, they don't feel guilty about the amount of space they're taking from me, or so I surmise from the way they wander into the bike lane whenever it suits them...
Motor-heads are the champions of false equivalence.
10 years in prison for killing a cyclist should be the minimum sentence. The objective is to raise awareness and remind motorists they must remain vigilant at all times when behind the wheel. Drivers who harm people and/or damage properties shall be sent to retest. No excuses. No exceptions.
@wtjs No remorse from the 84 year old driver though. " He fully accepts responsibility and places no blame on the cyclist whatsoever". Which seems to imply he'd like to blame the cyclist if he could.
Hookless and yet still ‘just 1585’ grams. No and no . The only thing ‘industry leading’ is their marketing team that convinces folk to part with their money for this product.
14 thoughts on “Short shorts”
Cue Partridge: “Lynne, I’ve
Cue Partridge: “Lynne, I’ve popped out again!”…
Music by ‘!!!’ ?
Music by ‘!!!’ ?
Here’s a short with Hot
Here’s a short with Hot Pants!
Vuelo Velo from Vuelo Velo on Vimeo.
Nice shorts! Really nice bike
Nice shorts! Really nice bike Vuelo Velo – available outside of Oz, or as it’s custom do you need to make a trip to Sydney?
Thanks Tony! Vuelo Velo is
Thanks Tony! Vuelo Velo is available world wide, obviously a good fitting specialist is in order if you’re not completely comfortable position-wise already.
Speaking of away games….. we’re just making a 5.4 kg Di2 bike for the http://www.tune.de booth at Eurobike right now, it has an oversize Ti BB shell to house a new Tune crankset.
Look out for a Vuelo ebike soon too.
(nerd) What was yr vid shot
(nerd) What was yr vid shot on? (/nerd)
:B :B
Dave A
We shot this on my
Dave A
We shot this on my Canon 5d Mk2 to help launch http://vuelovelo.com/
There will be a Vuelo Velo “1” and “Copenhagen” at the New York Bicycle Film Festival Street Party on Saturday 19.6.10 (today) – 2nd Avenue and 2nd Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan.
Marty Renwick – marty@vuelovelo.com
actually, its Her short’s i
actually, its Her short’s i want!
Hey redthing, the shorts are
Hey redthing, the shorts are red…. that’s the attraction?
I’m pretty sure I read about
I’m pretty sure I read about those shorts somewhere. They’re an experimental safety device designed to make drivers slow down and not attempt to overtake the cyclist 😉
I was wondering (based on
I was wondering (based on nothing in particular) whether that had been shot on something like a 5D Mk2. Wow. That might just be my next SLR body sorted.
Hey Simon – Yeah the 5D is
Hey Simon – Yeah the 5D is good, but check out the stuff we shot on the Red One camera http://vimeo.com/9952416 – it’s intercut with Canon 5D mk2 footage, but the shots of Dario Pegoretti and Sacha White are from the Red Camera.
marty – http://vuelovelo.com/
The vids in the EHBE coverage
The vids in the EHBE coverage here : http://bit.ly/92cjcF
were shot on a Canon 5D Mk.2 with a chest-mounted steadicam device.
The vids in the EHBE coverage
The vids in the EHBE coverage here : http://bit.ly/92cjcF
were shot on a Canon 5D Mk.2 with a chest-mounted steadicam device.
A steadicam is indeed a wonderful thing, and they wore it well!