Oakleys – are they worth it?

Sick of this. You expect it from the Telegraph, since they are heavily pro-motorist and waste no opportunity to stir up sentiment against cyclists. But what is the BBC's excuse? Simple ignorance, or deliberate shit-stirring? Neither deserves to be publicly funded.

Leaving aside lots of questions about the purification (I've also got by fine so far without purifying my bottle after each sip), it seems curious that this was even reviewed. It doesn't appear to make any claims to be a cycling water bottle, so was always going to fall short on the fairly important "does it fit in a bottle cage" and "is it easy to drink from on the bike" tests. Looking at road.cc's other bottle reviews, they all look pretty bidon-like, for good reason. Well, apart from one hip-flask - but at least that came with its own dedicated flask cage.

I'm pleased Mr Hamilton is doing this - it's about time the media in general got the facts straight on "e-bikes" and "electric motorbikes". I used to be a little sympathetic when it came to the food delivery / Deliveroo type bikers - unfortunately their road-sense and behaviour does little to help cyclists. We cyclists get tarred with the same brush - time after time.

@KnightBiker Thanks. I've looked at the Ryet saddles and here in the USA, the model I'm interested in is well north of $100 which is approaching the price I paid for my SQLab 612 saddle. I have no real gripes with my existing saddle, but my tooshie keeps saying there's no such thing as "too comfortable" :-D

The really difficult part is uncorking a bottle of wine while riding through a city, or on a mountain descent.

@PoorInRichfield - 3D saddles are super comfortable, don't have to be printed for you specifically and cost next to nothing (from 50 euro's) on AlieXpress and the likes. Well worth a try, i have them on all my bikes. (Mine are Ryet - there are several models - i recommend to pick one with a cut out)

@mdavidford The Specialized BG Toupé that came on a Langster I bought years ago was distinctly 2D - flat and barely any padding at all. Ouch.

Yes - it's all a bit mealy-mouthed and obfuscatory throughout - I should perhaps have said *implied* in the article.

This is road.cc we're talking about - I suspect you may be projecting. ;o)

The BBC article says: "The cost of payouts has been a major contributor to increases in annual premiums for ordinary members of the public, experts say." So taking your £2.50 figure - it may not be major to the average £750 premium, but could conceivably still be a major contributor to the year on year *increase* in that premium (though I thought the trend was downward premiums)? But from that line alone, it's not clear if they're saying the contributor is the cost of payouts *for illegally ridden e-motorbikes / escooters only* or the cost of all MIB payouts.