Looking in the corners of the clothing drawer, prospecting for warmer leg lycra I unearth my old Livestrong bib-shorts.
I’m sure I put them away clean.
Dirty Laundry
Tue, Oct 16, 2012 15:37
VecchioJo unearths more Lance evidence
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Jo Burt has spent the majority of his life riding bikes, drawing bikes and writing about bikes. When he’s not scribbling pictures for the whole gamut of cycling media he writes words about them for road.cc and when he’s not doing either of those he’s pedaling. Then in whatever spare minutes there are in between he’s agonizing over getting his socks, cycling cap and bar-tape to coordinate just so. And is quietly disappointed that yours don’t He rides and races road bikes a bit, cyclo-cross bikes a lot and mountainbikes a fair bit too. Would rather be up a mountain.
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robgru76 41 seconds ago
Of course drivers need to be responsible and take care but we are in danger of getting a bit high and mighty when police raise issues like this. Since the clocks went back last weekend, I have been commuting home this week in the dark for the first time this year. I am gobsmacked by the number of cyclists I see who have no lights and no reflective gear, often with no helmets either. It's common sense to take precautions and we've got our head in the sand if we pretend all cyclists are taking appropriate steps to protect themselves and others.
chrisonabike 5 minutes ago
@mdavidford was about to ask them if they thought the law should also been changed to ban the LAs from doing that, so as to save money...
M20MAMIL 20 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris sentencing is Monday. 15 yrs minimum (not premeditated) but multiple aggravating factors. 20+ feels appropriate
Rendel Harris 23 minutes ago
@kinderje Murder attracts a mandatory life sentence, so that can't be changed, although it will be interesting to see what the judge sets as the mandatory minimum term before parole can be considered.
Rendel Harris 26 minutes ago
@Gd29 All of those are factors that could be influential however you do not address the fact that the dependent variable has shown a fall against the control variable. If the control variable had fallen at the same rate as the dependent variable certainly that would require investigation, but it hasn't. If we regard 20 mph limits in Wales as an experiment, we can say that the conditions of the experiment were such that only one change was made that didn't affect all of the roads in the experiment and a significant result has ensued from that change. That is evidence. I see nothing to indicate that you want to kill all cyclists, however.
Clem Fandango 27 minutes ago
@kingleo yup - nary a bar or local business to be seen I tell you!
kinderje 30 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris "Justice is properly done" - maybe! Unfortunately we are yet to hear the sentence and I hope this isn't another 'it was only a cyclist' type.
the little onion 33 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris horrific case. Yet only the 6th item on the BBC news website, after an article on the Traitors TV show.
Gd29 35 minutes ago
@mdavidford Good point, I meant and should have said conclusive, or proof as you suggest. :)
Gd29 37 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris If there are no other variables. Be mindful of those that present such simple arguments as evidence. If there is no consideration for frequency of car usage, frequency of bicycle usage etc. then the stats can only be said "appear to suggest", as correctly stated by the road.cc author. These stats include the era of the post Iran fuel price spike of 40%, where car usage has fallen. Which could skew the numbers unless the stats are adjust by number of journeys, road users etc. For what it's worth I just want to point out potential abuse of stats. Not an opinion on 20mph zones or a desire to kill cyclists as some might contort it to be.
9 thoughts on “Dirty Laundry”
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You could put yourself
You could put yourself through a lie detector test to find out for sure. “Allegedly”
Must be some strong gear,
Must be some strong gear, they’re still glowing!
They look well made you can
They look well made you can hardly see the needle marks on the contrast stitching!
http://newsthump.com/2012/10/
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Such a waste, just because
Such a waste, just because some of the black/yellow kit looks cool, but there’s no way I’d buy it now…
I’ve got the Special Ed 6th
I’ve got the Special Ed 6th Tour USPS kit they wore for the final stage. Its cool kit, but I can’t see myself ever wearing it again.
http://store.theonion.com/p-5
http://store.theonion.com/p-5045-cheat-to-win-bracelet.aspx
I think it’s time we had an
I think it’s time we had an Armstrong Team Kit Surrender Amnesty : –
The current kit style enforcement Officer Patrick McQuid said”
This dirty Armstrong kit problem-malarky had grown to epic proportions and normal steps to control it had failed . . . . “we know it’s controversial but something drastic needs to be done now to rid the streets of this yellow and black menace”
Officer McQuid, who is up for re-election next year, went on to set out the terms of the amnesty : –
“Anyone handing in Armstrong kit to our local re-cycling centres by the deadline will be guaranteed anonymity and freedom from sanctimonious jibes ”
When pressed on what would happen to those who continued to wear and harbour the dodgy kit McQuid said . –
“Anyone caught with dodgy kit after the deadline will be required to wear it unwashed for three consecutive club runs”
When challenged on whether the immunity from enforcement or sanctions were too lenient or draconian McQuid commented ” Not at all, we at the station have been struggling with this pernicios kit problem for years and, despite our best efforts including our ground breaking DIY Kit Dyeing Kits it’s still every where you look especially at those cyclo-sportivo thingy’s all the rage on the continent”
Ex armstrong kit wearers saddened at the state things have come to have commented that Officer McQuid was desperate to hold on to his job at the station and this was his last chance to prove he could get to grips with the kit issue.
McQuids retired predecessor at the station, Heineken VinBroodin, is rumoured to be the source of recent leaks about the dodgy kit amnesty that forced McQuid to go public about it earlier than he’d intended – when we contacted him he said ” Pat’s stock is riding low at the moment – if successful (the amnesty) may just enable McQuid to hang on for another term”
At the end of the press conference Officer McQuid added that if the amnesty was a success at riding the streets of this stuff and if the result of the “Italian Padova investigation thingy” confirmed the existence of yet more varieties of dodgy kit the amnesty may be extended to deal with those other “allegedly lurid and hideous team colour-ways at Astana, Lampre, Liquigas, Rabobank, RadioShack and Vacansoleil”
As he left the briefing McQuid was challenged by the mother of now downhearted ex armstrong kit wearer about the rumours circulating (vehemently denied by McQuid) that style Officers at the station had been gifted non-branded socks by the dodgy kit manufacturer (Acquascrotum). McQuid said he couldn’t comment as “everything has been passed now to the Laundry for washing”.