Something for the weekend: Blackburn Airstick SL

If pedal manufacturers are going to brag about stack heights, are they actively going to do something about the angle it interfaces with the shoe? Every bike fit I ever had recommended and fit wedges under my cleats which add at least 3mm of stack height. And if you put it on one shoe you need to counter it on the other or you get a mismatch in your stack height. 3mm is quite alot and if you think its not shut up about 170mm vs 165mm crank arms cos its amounts to the same thing overall.

@Mr Blackbird Also the one who claims Britain is being "colonised" by Islam, wants to restore the death penalty, defends far-right rioters, opposes net zero, et cetera et cetera et cetera. Doubtless the sort of pillowtalk that gets our Nigel salivating…

It's that feeling again

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I thought road.cc was more careful these days about wording when describing fatal collisions. Saying "he was tragically killed in a collision with a parked lorry" implies that there was an external actor who was doing the killing, which seems unjustified (or at least has not yet been determined); a more neutral phrasing would be "he tragically died in a collision ..." Keeping it neutral until some blame has been attributed would seem to be the better policy, IMO.

Maybe this is a naive question. But why does it cost £26m to upgrade an A road junction? There must be so much waste and bureaucracy in publicly funded projects

"Gusto is a Chinese brand, and a big enough deal that the frames are proprietary rather than open mould." Gusto are not Chinese, they are Taiwanese. If you're going to call them Chinese are you calling Giant and Merida Chinese too?

@jackcycles Oh! Is that the Michelle Dewberry that won "The Apprentice", one time Brexit Party ( now Reform UK) candidate and host on GB News? The one that questions whether benefits, free school breakfasts etc are a good idea? Lovely girl. I bet the pair of them have terrific post coital chats : "Oh Simon! You're terrific. So cute. Just like a hybrid of Kenny Dalgleish and Shane Warne. It's amazing when you do that thing!" "Bloody cyclists!. The roads should have a priority lane for top earners in a hurry, like myself!" "Yes. And I get really angry about people who can't work because of illness and expect benefits. I mean what is the point of them if they're not working for entrepreneurs like us?"

@mdavidford indeed - while the charity formerly known as Sustrans went through a "get cosy with the councils" effort, they are still just a charity. A maintaining some distance from councils would be a good idea also... (Yes, we do have some very tightly integrated charities - RNLI / mountain rescue spring to mind).

@mdavidford thanks for the tip on replying to the thread! It would seem odd for his brother (thank you for the correction) to mention that he wasn't able "to brake in time" because he was in the TT position if he otherwise would have been able to apply the brakes. Perhaps it wouldn't have avoided the crash entirely, but it seems likely that it would have at least lessened the impact. It therefore seems entirely reasonable to conclude from this that TT bikes are more dangerous. That takes no blame away from the driver, as a rider should not be forced to brake to avoid a collision caused by a driver turning into their path.