Lance may be a busy man trying to squeeze Cancelllara out of his Maillot Jaune and publicising his worthy causes, but that doesn’t stop him having a laugh with his showbiz pals, as this vid from the LiveStrong site attests. Maybe the fine was for bad comedic timing…
Lance Watch 16: me and my pal Ben
Thu, Jul 09, 2009 13:35
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Rendel Harris 11 minutes ago
Never? In Amsterdam and Copenhagen around 55% of cycle trips are made by women, proving that with the right infrastructure provision women cannot only equal but actually outdo men in their enthusiasm for cycling.
Global Nomad 18 minutes ago
as with others, its interesting to see this tech but happy with my photochromics and not convinced remembering or thinking about swiping everytime i move between shade and light is a good thing. Now if they added a light sensor that might make more sense (sorry) and perhaps that would allow 2 or 3 steps of darkness.
mctrials23 21 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris my partner would love to cycle around where we live but won't go near our roads. Shes an alright rider but honestly, with the way drivers behave around cyclists she is at far more risk than me on the roads and I don't blame her. The worst parts of my rides are where there is the murder strip as well so its ridiculous that something that actively makes our experience and safety worse is considered "infrastructure".
Smoggysteve 21 minutes ago
@the little onion Nowhere does it say how many people cycle at all. the bike lane is kind of irrelevant if you dont even know how may people are riding to begin with
Rendel Harris 22 minutes ago
@VIPcyclist That's pretty common with cycle lanes everywhere I think, but the nomenclature in the headline is wrong, this study isn't about cycle lanes but about the Milton Keynes Redways, which are 200 km of shared-use motor-free paths, and its primary focus is on women feeling unsafe on the network due to the threat of crime against the person rather than the threat of motor vehicles.
Rendel Harris 57 minutes ago
@the little onion Anecdotally, I'd say yes: the male to female ratio of commuter cyclists in London has definitely narrowed over the last few decades in a period that has coincided with massive improvements in cycling infrastructure. Still anecdotally but more clearly, I personally know several women who used to say they would never cycle commute in London because of the risk but who now do because the majority of their journey can be made on quietways and segregated cycle tracks.
the little onion 58 minutes ago
@Smoggysteve an alternative interpretation of the stats is that cycle lanes (murder strips) don't increase propensity to cycle. We need to design cycling infrastructure for the cyclists we want to have, not the ones we do have.
Smoggysteve 1 hour ago
Only a quarter of cyclists using cycle lanes are female. But dig into the statistics and women make up only a quarter of all cycle journeys full stop, so that means women are equally represented in this study since they only make that many journeys to begin with. Ideally, they should be looking at ways that get more people cycling regardless of gender and then more women would use cycle paths. But you must also factor in that male riders are more likely to prefer riding on a road even if there is a path available. I would love there to be more people riding but you're never going to close the gap between the amount of male vs female riders from around a 1-4 or 1-3 ratio. a 100% increase in all cycle journeys would be a better aim than just one demographic.
DS2025 2 hours ago
@Surreyrider please update your username as you are clearly not a rider but a cun.....
the infamous grouse 2 hours ago
sounds like affirmative action to me, but ok. herd immunity and all that.
1 thought on “Lance Watch 16: me and my pal Ben”
Wonder if he is getting in to
Wonder if he is getting in to character for an upcoming film part with that haircut, or is that Ben Stiller’s actual haircut?