University of Groningen adds special bicycle rack for Nobel Laureates because they deserve their own parking spaces

Bike, helmet, lycra. That's all most people see and it inevitably ends up as lowest common denominator because all that gets discussed is the bad stuff, true or not.

Bike, helmet, lycra. That's all most people see and it inevitably ends up as lowest common denominator because all that gets discussed is the bad stuff, true or not.

It's only natural that they'd try to use the huge active travel pot as we all know that there's never any money available for new roads etc.

From what I remember of it, it was plausible that it could have been a balancing reflex, but from the timing of it, it looked more deliberate to me. Personally, I wouldn't stick my knee out for balancing, but would be using my upper body as it's more effective for that due to it being heavier and further from the ground, thus a longer "lever". Certainly, the cyclist's actions immediately afterwards and with the legal action suggest that they're not the nicest person.

Not sure what ebike you have but specialized ones are much easier to use above 15mph. I can do 20 on the flat if the wind is not against me.

“The worst thing is the funding to do this, which will increase danger to cyclists, is coming from the active travel pot,” cycling writer Edward Pickering, the vice-chair of the Exeter Cycling Campaign, told road.cc on Friday." How can it be that funds to make cycling safer will be used to make it less safer? I hope Active Travel England will be casting a very sharp eye on this, and demanding that the money is used for what it is intended for, not the opposite. If it is used to make cycling more dangerous, they should demand that it is returned, so that the cost falls on the tax-payers of Exeter. The article doesn't mention whether there has been an examination of the economic case, which I suspect would show that there wasn't one, with re-opening costing more in the long term than leaving it closed to motor traffic.

I was reading in the Harlngey local rag this week that a copper was sacked after going into a local pret, taking a sandwich, leaving without paying, getting back into his (illegally) parked car and driving off. It was all caught on camera.

I have not seen the video (maybe I did when it first went viral?), but I see that knee as possibly an automatic balancing reflex. He moved onto fresh snow with a slight drop towards the side to get around the child standing in the path, so I would find it entirely plausible that it was not an intentional act to hit the child, Even so, it was totally unacceptable to go past as any speed, and to not stop having made contact.

Recently I managed to get my TERN up to 24 mph - that was going down a very long decline from Hampstead. The road was clear and wide so I thought I’d give it a go. It didn’t feel comfortable at that speed either. To sustain 20mph on an e bike is very difficult, unless it’s downhill - 30mph is impossible.

I forgot to mention one thing. The article provides a link to the GCN piece, which in itself extends their range. That may not have been your best move if what you wanted to achieve was to reduce their impact.