Live blog: Greg James forced to pause Sport Relief efforts, Armstrong helps test autonomous drone + your pics of cycling in the snow and more
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Thu, Mar 01, 2018 18:27
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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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mdavidford 5 minutes ago
Or they take it round the corner and bung it in the back of a mate's van, or ditch it somewhere it can be picked up later.
mdavidford 8 minutes ago
I'm not sure the tens are going to make a great deal of difference, to be honest.
Rome73 11 minutes ago
@Defblade yes, but they have to ride the stolen bike back remember. To their manor. And they don’t want to be exposed to arrest for too long by being out and about. You nick it - and it disappears pronto. Plus, they might actually see a 10 mile cycle as a real challenge. Most crime, like this, is localised.
Rome73 16 minutes ago
@open_roads where are these ‘antisemitic marches’ and banners? Do you mean things like Stop the mass murder and geniocide in Palestine?
mdavidford 17 minutes ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm86xn6775z3o This actually seems like potentially quite a cunning scheme - seize the vehicles, resell them, then have someone waiting outside to stop the buyer as they ride away and seize it again - rinse and repeat...
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
Gold top personality disorder.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
Do you mean the anti-Israeli government/anti-genocide marches? In which case they very much have been a Met police priority, e.g. 523 protesters arrested in London April 11 this year, 77 protesters arrested July 29, 190 protesters arrested September 6 last year, 522 arrested August 8 last year, 492 arrested October 4 last year and so on. One assumes from your chosen description of such marches you approve of such arrests, and that's fine, you are exercising your right to free speech (it would be nice if that right were to be afforded to everybody, of course), but to claim the police are ignoring them is ridiculous.
bathcycleguy 1 hour ago
The council clearly showing how it is prohibitively expensive to accommodate private vehicle drivers and maintain safe travel options.
slc 1 hour ago
Personally I am quite looking forward to the day (in 2027 apparently) when AIs & their drone assistants take over all the dull stuff and we get to ride our bikes all day.
tomlew 2 hours ago
Ironically, I am writing this under an article by one of my favourite and most (for lack of a better word) "personal" cycling journalists. So, Liam, please do not take this personally. BUT. You, cycling media, are part of the problem. You propel the frenzy for the new, the latest and the hunger for undeliverable promises, and virtually earn commission with each item sold. And what better and more convenient way to make an undeliverable promise than to create its image with AI? Every day you repeat whatever BS is pushed by manufacturers, replicate their (often AI-made) materials, and then everyone is surprised that bike prices have gone through the roof, while bikes themselves have become less and less accessible or even understandable for the average hobbyist or even human being in general. AI is not the problem. It is but a new means to boost the transformation we have found ourselves in.
23 thoughts on “Live blog: Greg James forced to pause Sport Relief efforts, Armstrong helps test autonomous drone + your pics of cycling in the snow and more”
Snow day for me, woke up at 6
Snow day for me, woke up at 6, a wall of red cancellations on the live train board, went back to bed. Thing is the ride part of the commute has been fantastic all this week. On Monday the mud had frozen and it had not been that dry since June. Got a bit sketchy on Tuesday evening so fitted the spike tyres. After a hearty brunch I’m off for a big off road ride.
Getting some use out of the
Getting some use out of the IceSpikers this year.
Drinfinity wrote:
that looks nice. Where is it?
ConcordeCX wrote:
Cadshaw farm to The Strawbury Duck. Just off the A666 Bolton to Darwen.
It’s part of my regular off-road short loop. There’s a whole set of bridleways and farm tracks that link up to form decent circuits, and access the PBW feeder routes.
A good long freeze and spikes also makes the top of the moors accessible. Most of the year it’s bog, but when frozen solid extra circuits open up.
Drinfinity wrote:
lovely round there. Spent many a fine summers evening at or outside the Strawberry Duck in my youth before moving away
Drinfinity wrote:
thanks, that’s near my ancestral homeland. Looks good on the OS maps too. PBW is on my list of things to do.
I’ve just got a road bike
I’ve just got a road bike with 28mm semislick GP4000s. Remember discretion is the greater part of valour; have the weekend off, Mother Natures free rest day. It’s going to be a long summer.
Leviathan wrote:
Also riding a road bike with GP4000s. Around the same area (Manchester). Don’t know what the fuss is about. Bit of white stuff on the side streets but once on the reasonably frequently used A & B roads its fine.
CygnusX1 wrote:
Oh yeah. Do you know Rufus Brunt? I wonder if you are one of my Velofrenemies. As easy as it is the quote Rule 5. I’d rather not take a needless spill and be off the bike for days or weeks when it will take literally one day to melt this lot if the wind turns. I’ve lots of shopping to do and haven’t seen Black Panther yet.
And my work site is closing
And my work site is closing from tonight and all day tomorrow. Double snow day, Yeah!
ktache wrote:
Me too. Paid leave. Awesome. Long may it continue!
RE those drones, they could
RE those drones, they could be a godsend for cycling coverage in years to come. No need for a road full of motorbikes.
Turbo @ 6am and then a(nother
Turbo @ 6am and then a(nother) day of WFH 🙂
“The drone pursues him like
“The drone pursues him like an Irish journalist.”
Hmm.
“The drone pursues him like
delete
“The drone pursues him like
delete
Lance who?
Lance who?
CygnusX1 wrote:
Armstrong.
His name’s Casey Neistat not
His name’s Casey Neistat not Casey Neustat. At least get his name right!
greenphotos wrote:
yeah we know – slip of the finger, but you can’t edit an embed on the live blog unfortunately
Warming up after a 20 mile
Warming up after a 20 mile off road snow day adventure.
Spike tyres, Yeah!
ktache wrote:
Yes, they are great aren’t they? I got to work through heavy snow shower and packed snow on the minor roads no problem. In fact I would have struggled to get to work in the car on wednesday.
Then two hours later they shut the workplace down (University campus) so I did it all over again! Great fun knowing you can keep rubber side down in these conditions.
Having said that, I don’t think we in South Cumbria have had it that bad, compared to the rest of the UK – still hasn’t stopped work closing the campus until next monday.
I’m with you on this 110%
I’m with you on this 110% Leviathan. This’ll be gone in a couple of days and no point risking 6 weeks off the bike with a broken wrist. PS. It’s rule #9
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