Live blog: Scrap TUEs, urges Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas, Sarah Storey withdraws from Para-cycling Track World Champs due to Yellow Fever outbreak + much 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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mitsky 7 minutes ago
@Mr Anderson Agreed. Perfect example is this parent doing an, approximately, 700 METRE school run. I worked t out by finding where the vehicle was parked on the residential road when I first encountered it. Whilst I can't be 100% sure, I am certain the children had no physical disability that would prevent them walking. https://youtu.be/R-dp-G6W8Jk
quiff 10 minutes ago
"Old Man Mountain kit is built tough, and comes with a lifetime warranty – which really matters, when it may well be subject to being battered over many tens of thousands of miles of awful terrain, carrying the equivalent weight of a small-ish child." Obviously it depends how the manufacturer applies its warranty, and OMM might be great - but worth noting that "lifetime warranty" is often less generous than it initially sounds - it's the reasonable lifetime of the product, and only warrants against manufacturing defects. So being battered over tens of thousands of miles is not necessarily going to be covered.
mdavidford 30 minutes ago
0.8m of cycleway does seem an extremely selective focus. Do we know which side of the junction those 80cm fall on?
bikercub 56 minutes ago
I'd like to see some reviews of the IGPSport cycle computers & smart lights which are available on Amazon in the UK. They appear to be well equipped with GPS models in the £150 - £200 price bracket offering great features and very good value for money. If they are good enough to be supporting the Groupama-FDJ United World TourCycling team, we should be looking at them as a contender. It would be interesting how these compare to the Garmin and Wahoo models that are considered the industry standard.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
Happens on a regular basis - seems to be one of the many exciting new 'features' of the new platform.
kinderje 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris Thanks for that - every day's a school day. I had actually put 'Pedant mode off' under my comment but it didn't post and then as we all know, and are frustrated with, we can't edit posts any more. I will not correct anyone again - however, -ize still looks too American English for me. Cheers
HarrogateSpa 1 hour ago
We also have a greater volume of traffic, including on residential roads which were once quiet. Spending billions on infrastructure such as protected cycle tracks and modal filters is the only thing that will lead to mass cycling. Look at London. Why is there mass cycling there? Infrastructure. The Netherlands? The same reason. And often the only way to achieve meaningful change is reallocating some space and priority from motor vehicles, which is why the government's 'don't scare the horses' attitude is concerning.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
You think there might be a clue to that in the name "City Light Set"? Marking it down because it's no good for fast riding on unlit roads seems somewhat akin to buying a micro-hatchback and then complaining that it's rubbish at pulling a plough.
quiff 1 hour ago
This is like something from a kids' activity book. "The editor has a bit of a hangover this morning. Can you help him match the headline to the correct story?"
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@kinderje Are you aware that -ise endings are actually the newer form, having supplanted -ize (as used by Shakespeare, the King James Bible and Jane Austen, amongst many others) in the mid 19th century? Etymologically there is a far better argument for -ize endings for words with Greek and Latin roots than the -ise ending which arose from Victorian publishers imitating French verb endings. Both endings are now regarded as acceptable in British English, although the Oxford style guide recommends -ize. It is most certainly not incorrect.
16 thoughts on “Live blog: Scrap TUEs, urges Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas, Sarah Storey withdraws from Para-cycling Track World Champs due to Yellow Fever outbreak + much more”
Most people are aware of the
Most people are aware of the ‘might, maybe and possibly’ in the report and the fact that there is no concrete evidence provided by either side to confirm or refute accusations.
Maybe Team Sky can encourage Dr Freeman to attend and offer his side of things. He is undoubtedly a key witness who, to date, has not answered any questions.
Even if this happens the fact remains that technically no rules were broken and that morally there is a debate to be had but that will always be between moralists and absolute competitors over the ‘interpretation’ of rules.
Does anyone else get put off
Does anyone else get put off cycling by just the amount of salt on the roads, which then means having to do a full bike clean after each ride?
I can handle really cold weather and don’t mind rain too much but the amount of salt spreading has increased a lot this winter / spring (obviously because of the temperature being lower).
First sportive of the year coming up this weekend and I’m not where I wanted to be in terms of fitness.
NorthEastJimmy wrote:
Ever heard of turbo trainers?
NorthEastJimmy wrote:
Yep, in exactly the same position. 1hr on turbo is nothing like 3hrs plus actual riding.
Yorkshie Whippet wrote:
Well indeed, but there’s nothing on the fitness side (endurance, core etc) that couldn’t have been done inside. Long hours in the saddle are very good at teaching your arse to deal with long hours in the saddle though…
Yorkshie Whippet wrote:
Yes, it’s much much harder.
NorthEastJimmy wrote:
No. I put mudguards on and rinse it down after a ride. Or go off road, with less salt. Spiked tyres required though.
Drinfinity wrote:
Is that Winter Hill in the background?
carytb wrote:
It is! You win a pot of black peas!
The bit of the moor ahead is only any good when frozen solid, or (very rarely) dried out.
Drinfinity wrote:
Is it the path coming over Anglezarke Moor?
don simon wrote:
No. There’s a clue in the path coming down from the mast…
Drinfinity wrote:
In that case coming over from Egerton, but I can’t think which path it’d be.
Edit: If it’s usually boggy then it has to be up by the Darwen Tower.
Err yes I think I’ve heard of
Err yes I think I’ve heard of a turbo! Thanks.
I have some rollers instead of a trainer because I feel I need to improve my cadence instead of power output, mostly down to the amount of hills around me. However I’d get really bored putting long hours on the saddle inside and wouldn’t want to throw money at something I’m not crazy about.
I also have full length, well fitted mudgaurds on my wet weather / winter bike. They do save a lot of time and trouble when it comes to cleaning the bike but it still doesn’t protect the most important part of your bike that’s vunerable to salt when your cycling in road spray. Dry roads with salt on, even slightly damp, you can get away with but that has been quite rare over the last few months.
That’s it
That’s it
GT – self righteous nob.
GT – self righteous nob.
Cozz wrote:
He’s got every right to be self righteous; he certainly has no history of injecting steroids like the disgraced cyclist Mr Wiggins.