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
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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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Rendel Harris 48 minutes ago
@GoodWheelHunting Or indeed if the person had a white skin I doubt the police would even have got a chance to hear their accent as they wouldn't have bothered him. As I stated on the original thread, contrary to the opinion of a certain PBU and others, one doesn't have to have an agenda or a chip on one's shoulder to know that if Mrs Fortescue-Smythe had ridden her £6K Tern past the officers with Henry and Jemima on the back on their way to school there's not a chance in a billion that they would have stopped her and accused her of having an illegal machine.
kevgravelkev 1 hour ago
The rider can clearly be heard telling the police to take it for a ride and see... That's all they had to do - listen and act on a concerned citizen's request. No malice my arse!
GoodWheelHunting 2 hours ago
Two things I cannot prove but I rate as likely: This would not have happened to a citizen with a British accent. At least I suspect a hint of unconscious bias. The case would not have been resolved so quickly if it wasn't for the BBC coverage. When has the police accepted wrongdoing so fast before? Good job UK Cycling for getting this publicised and resolved rather positively.
Mr Blackbird 2 hours ago
Isn't scooting what dogs do when they drag their bottoms along the carpet owing to inflamed itchy glands? It would be painful to do that on a road surface, as well as wearing out your bib shorts.
wtjs 2 hours ago
Police officers As Thick as Bricks shock!
mdavidford 2 hours ago
@eburtthebike It appears to be Bike Foundry, as the owner, that's being compensated, though only for the bike and not the inconvenience. The rider doesn't appear to be getting anything for their time and trouble.
mdavidford 3 hours ago
Balance is a bit off-brand for Musk, isn't it?
lycralout 3 hours ago
They only need to pop over to the Netherlands and have a word with the Dutch police for suitable roadside test equipment, but of course they won't or invest in such tech. https://road.cc/ebiketips/content/news/dutch-police-have-a-roadside-device-for-identifying-illegally-fast-and-powerful-e-bikes
eburtthebike 3 hours ago
Good to see the police admitting their mistake, and that they will be deleting the charges and compensating the owner. Will CUK and Birmingham Bike Foundry that spent a lot of time and some money getting this ludicrous decision righted be getting compensation too?
Jaijai 3 hours ago
Absolute morons and its us the taxpayers that foots the bill for their stupidity to replace a perfectly legal bike There is never any accountability with these muppets
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/
http://newsthump.com/2012/10/11/lance-armstrong-launches-livestrong-yellow-rubber-tourniquet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Newsarse+%28NewsThump.com%29
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”.