road.cc live blog – Pinarello’s e-bike marketing not really proving a roaring success

@Nigel Garage I saw on the rolling ticker that you had commented on this story and I thought surely even he can't be such an utter petty spiteful little dick as to object to disabled people being given assistance to purchase mobility aids. Sorry to say that I was wrong. An adaptive bike, for these narrow tax purposes, is anything that the government chooses to put on the approved list. In any case, many/most tandems purchased for use by visually impaired people will have some form of adaptation, making them literally adaptive bikes as well as for the purpose of the list. You really need to take a good look at your life. Not only because you have been banned from this site dozens of times and yet you still insist on coming back and trolling it, which is desperately sad in itself, but because you are so mean minded, selfish and greedy that you object to disabled people being given a small exemption when buying mobility equipment (equipment, incidentally, which will help them to keep fit and quite probably reduce the burden on the NHS, and therefore the taxpayer, by far more than the value of the exemption), apparently on the grounds that you wouldn't get the same exemption. You're not a good person.

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32" is yet another marketing hype that we don't need... what next??? Bigger wheels are better.... so let's all go back to riding "Ordinaries"🤣

I do enjoy our resident trolls double speak. The last sentence suggests he has paid tax to Lizzi. I definitely approve of the concept of trolls paying extra tax. I am off to see a production of 1984 at the theatre tomorrow night. I think our Nigel on this forum is probably a room 101 possibility.

@Smartstu Totally agree with you.. We should be promoting "normal" bikes for "normal" people at "affordable" price points... Encourage people to cycle to work instead of using the car, you don't need Lycra, or "aero" equipment, don't need electric assistance if you're fit, don't need stupid bike packing bags, don't need to be chasing Strava! Just need more people on bikes😎😎

@Velo-drone Well, I think it's best for them to be honest and look at all sides of cycling, not just promote positives and pretend there aren't some problems. Note that this isn't a cycling organisation choosing to promote this message, it was just a paper presented at Cycling Scotland's annual conference, they aren't running a "Cyclists wear masks" campaign. As the late great Richard Ballantine said in his Bicycle Book (from memory from many years ago so forgive any errors), I want you to cycle and I think the benefits far outweigh the dangers. I know some good places for scuba-diving that have sharks as well, I would encourage you to try them out but I would be irresponsible if I didn't warn you about the sharks.

@Velo-drone Well, I think it's best for them to be honest and look at all sides of cycling, not just promote positives and pretend there aren't some problems. Note that this isn't a cycling organisation choosing to promote this message, it was just a paper presented at Cycling Scotland's annual conference, they aren't running a "Cyclists wear masks" campaign. As the late great Richard Ballantine said in his Bicycle Book (from memory from many years ago so forgive any errors), I want you to cycle and I think the benefits far outweigh the dangers. I know some good places for scuba-diving that have sharks as well, I would encourage you to try them out but I would be irresponsible if I didn't warn you about the sharks.

If mentioning excellent names surely U23 ITT silver medallist Nienke Vinke should be put forward?

Never trust a DM reader... How can this guy ever get his job back as a driving instructor?? But I expect that after his ban ends he will be back instructing new drivers how to drive safely! What a complete Tosser and a two year ban is no way long enough.

Yet another useless British company that's discovered if you go woke, you go broke. Fat Mike should buy them when they enter administration, he knows how to turn a profit and how to call a spade a spade. Would be an excellent brand for the sports direct stable alongside his other cycling brands so makes sense, although Rapha IMO are trying to fill a niche which is already overpopulated with other brands.