road.cc live blog: Cyclo-cross 2017-18 annual, motorpacing with Alex Dowsett, Yodel driver “nudged” cyclist, and more
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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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CyclingInGawler 1 hour ago
Apologies, double post!
CyclingInGawler 1 hour ago
@Aluminium can Ref. Radavist hipsters and 1980s lugged bikes, well they can’t have mine, I haven’t finished with it yet 🙂. On the question of cashflow, we had a similar case with a Gawler furniture company 15 years-or-so ago. They’d been in business for the best part of 100 years, made (by modern standards) lovely furniture, and expanded to a 2nd showroom and a new factory. Unfortunately a minor downturn then struck, and with the reduction in their order book they went bust. We did add a nice piece of furniture from their closing down sale to the other pieces we’d bought previously, but I’d much rather have seen that local business be able to continue (just as I would with Temple).
Bungle_52 1 hour ago
@mdavidford They could start by moderating my post on the forum. Still waiting since 30th October!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Velophaart_95 12 hours ago
I can't remember too many reviews of their bikes from their home country's well known media/channels. Yet they flood timelines with yet another WT race bike for £10K........The British cycling media don't do enough to support home businesses - yet lap up the big companies. Not good enough.......
Dexter H 13 hours ago
I quite enjoyed the article, not too weighed down with' technological advances' that are imo ruining the road riding scene, making it all about the cash. The best line is there are no rules....just enjoy it, or stick with what you know. Personally its taken me back to the early 90s xc trails I rode as a teenager, just fantastic.
mdavidford 13 hours ago
Carefully setting a low bar for yourselves to clear there, I see. 😉
DS2025 15 hours ago
This seems a little unfair Jo! You clearly ripped off AI and didn't give it any credit ;) You can't have your cake and eat it.
will r 15 hours ago
⁴I know this is ROAD cc but a huge shout out for Cam Mason for pure dogged determination. ( and enormous skill of course)Well done!!
galibiervelo 15 hours ago
Without much bias......this is a great jacket. Much....
wtjs 15 hours ago
Good effort by all concerned! But for entertaining and evocative mental images of barmy events it can't exceed one of a competitor battling on in the Netherlands Headwind Cycling Championship
5 thoughts on “road.cc live blog: Cyclo-cross 2017-18 annual, motorpacing with Alex Dowsett, Yodel driver “nudged” cyclist, and more”
Very impressive Wattage for
Very impressive Wattage for such a long ride @300W average.
Can someone explain to me
Can someone explain to me what the point of motorpacing is… Surely the draft effect makes the effort easier… why not just do a normal ride at speed? Or is it to simulate the effect of riding in a fast group?
PRSboy wrote:
This. Training the muscles to work at paces achieved in the slipstream effects of a peleton.
Regrding the yodel van tweet.
Regarding the yodel van tweet. I believe thats the commercial road entrance to the Rotherithe tunnel. It’s 3 lanes with the left lane only for the tunnel – the cyclist is in the middle lane (correct) and the van is jumping a red light due to being in the wrong lane and because he wants to cut the queue (like many hundreds every day) whilst happily jumping the red light (the 2 ‘ahead only’ lanes go green a fair bit after the left lane goes green).
I’ve seen the same happen a fair few times before. Drivers get very aggressive with 2 wheeled riders obeying the law and being in their way, even against motorcyclists. Was rear ended myself there once due to an unobservant red light jumping driver.
Mentioned it to a police officer a couple years ago during their operation safeway/punish cyclists for minor infractions thingy. He was 200 foot max. up the road yet couldn’t care less (of course) about the blatant red light jumping and aggression, he had an empty and barely used pedestrian crossing to patrol…
BBC North East just reported
BBC North East just reported a suspended sentence for a road rage assault on a triathlete. Van driver rugby-tackled female rider after she undertook him to avoid a dog.
Story here.