We went to Core, and this is what we saw… Click on an image caption to see the full-size pic.
Core Bike slideshow
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Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and likes to ride increasingly long audaxes decreasingly fast as time goes by.
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Rendel Harris 46 minutes ago
@Nigel Garage ...and then everyone applauded my courtesy and I waved courteously to all the people who were courteously throwing flowers and cheering and courteously waving flags that said "Nigel is the best!"
ktache 1 hour ago
The picture from street view clearly shows give way lines from the roads to the green painted cycle/pedestrian lane.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
If I recall there is a cave or two along the route - perhaps they were sheltering from the heat in one of those having taken it for a Golf bunker?
belugabob 3 hours ago
“So if there’s a cyclist travelling down the cycle path at the moment, from this position I can’t see them because my blind spots are too big on the left hand side of the vehicle”, claims Hill. Well, there's your problem, right there...🙄
Homebaker 3 hours ago
First impression from the headline that he's likely a twit. Then the detail he was expelled from Reform makes you suspect that failing even their low bar requirements he really is. Then he clearly explains his vehicle is unsafe for the highway because he can't see to give way when turning. Any collision he now has should have that video run out explaining he drove a vehicle he knew to be unsafe. Advice for motorists; instead of thinking that pedestrians and cyclists are low risk 100kg objects, imagine them as a 300 Tonne trains that will crush you and your vehicle if you cross into their paths. You'd give way to the train, so you equally can to the others.
jackcycles 4 hours ago
I've had a brief look on Facebook, and Ed Hill (who now appears to be affiliated with Advance UK) seems to have taken some useful road safety improvements under his remit, including an initiative to help local pedestrians on unpaved roads, where the wider council won't help due to planning failures. Regarding the cycle path, I think this is linked to a wider misunderstanding about giving way at junctions and I'm afraid I cannot agree with Mr Hill's conclusion. Regardless of the suitability of the cycle path, vehicles should give way at the junction to both pedestrians crossing and cyclists. It seems to be a poorly understood rule among motorists where some believe they have priority at junctions like this, where they certainly do not. I once had a similar issue myself, while leisurely walking to Waitrose to buy some lunchtime fripperies. A driver beeped their horn as I crossed the junction, despite me having priority, and was shocked and apologetic when I explained I had priority. A polite conversation later, the driver departed, educated and updated on the rules of the road.
Benthic 4 hours ago
"A cycle lane that traverses the entrance to a side road in Exeter should be changed so that “cyclists give way to vehicles”, according to an independent county councillor" Newsflash: Bicycles are vehicles. Now what?
MaxiMinimalist 5 hours ago
Bland and overcooked spaghetti
StuInNorway 6 hours ago
@mdavidford That would seem likely.
mdavidford 6 hours ago
@StuInNorway Presumably they pulled out from the parking on the other side without paying any attention to the oncoming traffic / police car.
9 thoughts on “Core Bike slideshow”
Hairy Brooks…
I liked the strange hairy Brooks saddle on the Brooks/Fizik stand and the fact that that prototype Quintana was actually made of wood!
Those Lezyne pumps were a work of art, I already have a request in for a track pump and a road drive pump!
Hairy Brooks
yeah, ’twas mighty cool. pity you can’t get one unless you’re a top Brooks dealer… they wouldn’t give us one. I did get a Fi:z’ik (or whatever) spirit level though, not much use for me as i have my saddle pointing slightly down. anyone want it? it’s the perfect cyclist’s DIY accessory…
All I Blagged
Was some Nik Wash samples, oh, and of course lots of bits of Torq bar, Clif bar, etc etc.
I also liked the look of that Fizik Antares saddle, I even liked the bright orange of the test ones, that wouldn’t stop me blagging one if that is the intention!
I got a Yorkie!
Which I didn’t get to eat…
Someones Packed Lunch?
I assume, as I didn’t notice the Nestle performance food stall…
heh heh heh…
They probably secretly own all those sports nutrition brands… not really.
No, a lot of the distrubtors know that bike types like sweeties and they have bowls of them to give out – my kids like ’em even more though
I got a Yorkie too
and a fudge bar. forgot about that. they were to keep me going on the long journey home, though to be honest i’d scoffed them before i even got near oxford… that’s why they call me captain willpower.
I need to pay more attention…
when free food is being handed out. Although I did return to the fish and chips and mushy peas line a couple of times, followed by steamed sponge pudding and custard and then stilton and biscuits. Maybe my food radar was a little dulled by that point!
Mushy peas
Unexpectedly chalked off another life first at CORE… never had mushy peas before, green aren’t they? Deelicious too!