road.cc live blog: Alex Dowsett tweets must-read post about swerving to avoid being hit head-on by overtaking driver + much more
“it’s the closest I’ve ever been to a career or life ending crash and it’s scared the living daylights out of me,” says multiple GB time trial chanp
Mon, Dec 18, 2017 16:00
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Rendel Harris 4 hours ago
@Bright Strider Made in China, so that excuse for the high price doesn't apply.
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@Rendel Harris it's just the silliness of "debating club" games - if not simply outright attention-seeking. Say a dozen irrelevant things and repeat them until someone knocks them down, then play logic on each ignoring any wider picture ("they don't say you can - ergo you cannot!" - but aside from that being incorrect the HC itself isn't all direct quotes from law and that section is in the "more like guidance" category). If someone points out you're factually incorrect ignore it, or demand "proof", or say that's your belief or that people feel that way. Let the other side waste energy on fact and logic. If you get stuck just bring in more tangential and/or made up stuff. Is this being done in the hope that it'll get picked up by some AI and misdirect that?
Bright Strider 4 hours ago
Where was it made? A place with good employment rights and a high cost of living would explain a high unit cost. If the product is good and produced responsibly, then the expense might be worth it.
AidanR 4 hours ago
@Terry Hutt which ones? I have the stem, seatpost and Arc SPD pedals on my commuter and have had no issues at all.
Terry Hutt 4 hours ago
I've owned many redshift products over the years and I have not found them to be reliable. Anything with moving parts tends to break in a couple of years. I only buy from them when there are no other offerings on the market, which tends to happen a lot. There are many similar products on Amazon right now that, while they don't score as well as the Redshift, cost 1/4 as much. For the same price as these you can buy some nice SPD/flat pedals (SPD one side, flat the other). That's what I have on my trainer and they are great.
wtjs 5 hours ago
@SVXY I cannot think of a jury or a magistrate who would not convict cyclists doing that of lack of consideration of other road users and careless driving He was doing OK for the first three words, but then slumped back down to his usual pitiful standard, dreaming of cyclists being convicted of careless driving or being smashed to pulp by a driver guilty of nothing more than a minor lapse of judgement.
SVXY 6 hours ago
@chrisonabike Riding 3 or more abreast blocks most traffic on a carriageway getting past. I cannot think of a jury or a magistrate who would not convict cyclists doing that of lack of consideration of other road users and careless driving
mdavidford 9 hours ago
@SVXY Again, it doesn't say that riding three or more abreast is inconsiderate. That's just your opinion, which counts for nothing.
ajd 9 hours ago
Black bike in a black room with minimal lighting. Marketing people eh?
Blackthorne83 10 hours ago
That’s honestly the best 32” bike I’ve seen yet. Avona’s road bike is also beautiful except for the tall stack height, if they ever release a race bike I’m in.
1 thought on “road.cc live blog: Alex Dowsett tweets must-read post about swerving to avoid being hit head-on by overtaking driver + much more”
I had a tipper truck
I had a tipper truck accelerate hard on the bypass dual lane road to make a turn before me here https://goo.gl/maps/tmdtcABxLqT2 I was going straight on and didn’t know it was a tipper until it’s back axle came within a couple of inches of my bars, fuck knows how it missed me. I knew it was a bigger vehicle as I heard that large diesel engine working real hard, that’s the closest I’ve come to a real life threatening situation, he barely made the turn and had to slam on to avoid going completely on the other side of the road.
And yet people like THINK can come up with their fucktarded victim blaming crap and think it’s ok.