Live blog: England football team in asthma spotlight, Wiggo on the water video, cycling campaigner reveals abuse from London cabbies + 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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ktache 3 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird It's quite a skill.
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@Terry Hutt good point, although while doing testing without a helmet I broke my shoulder and have suffered various other contusions. So I suggest the control should not be "no helmet" as in my experience that adds the confounding variable of your other limbs and appendages as (for some) instinct will mean you sacrifice them to protect your head...
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@mdavidford or the highly skilled cycle football / radball players...
chrisonabike 4 hours ago
@No Reply dunno about childish, but I haven't heard that one since the 90s. Can't say I miss it.
mdavidford 4 hours ago
Bit harsh on the BMXers.
mdavidford 5 hours ago
@No Reply Er, nope - there are no age restrictions on the site. As previously noted, though, if it were restricted to adults, your choice of language would seem to mark you out as someone who shouldn't be on it.
No Reply 5 hours ago
@Mr Blackbird This is an adult forum. If adults are getting so worked up over the term bum chum, then they need to get a grip. People have a right to be offended, people have a right to offend. But if someone finds offence in something, it doesn’t mean its offensive. It means they are offended. Two different things. I am as free to offend as you are to feel offended. Freedom of speech. Do you want to silence freedom of speech? Or just silence things you don’t like?
Mr Blackbird 5 hours ago
@No Reply You obviously have a lot of knowledge of cyclo cross and make a valid point, but why detract from your comment by using a phrase that is probably offensive to the majority of readers?
Terry Hutt 6 hours ago
@chrisonabike I think the important message here is that your head will fly 20% further if you are wearing a collapsible helmet. Has anyone researched how far your head will fly if you're not wearing a helmet at all? Seems worthy of a research grant.
Mr Blackbird 6 hours ago
Any cyclist caught cycling backwards (on a non-fixed wheel bike) should be jailed for at least 2 years and have their bike confiscated. Such a despicable manoeuvre is dangerously confusing to motorists and pedestrians.
8 thoughts on “Live blog: England football team in asthma spotlight, Wiggo on the water video, cycling campaigner reveals abuse from London cabbies + much more”
“Jayne Thompson will set off
“Jayne Thompson will set off on Monday and hopes to have cycled between all 270 London Underground stations by Good Friday to raise aawareness of mental health issues.”
She must be mad.
(It worked.
)
Is Sir Brad the one pulling
Is Sir Brad the one pulling his hands over his knees?
I can imagine the England
I can imagine the England team finding themselves at the centre of considerable drug-related scrutiny over the course of the World Cup…
Great Asthma meds in Russia!
Great Asthma meds in Russia!
“With the House of Commons
“With the House of Commons Digital, Cultutre, Media and Sport Committee’s damning report on Team Sky……”
Please stop repeating the lie that this report was “damning”. It wasn’t. It was anything but, it was as weak as water and calling it damning is giving it credibility it no way deserves.
Irish police taking dumbos of
Irish police taking dumbos of the week award there. Just chuck the bike in the back of that massive Audi estate and be done with it.
I’d be pretty pissed off if a tailback was caused by them being that thick.
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
You know there isn’t any room at all in the back of those estates right? The police have to carry so much shite for health and safety there’s no room for anything else..
I can get a bike in the back
I can get a bike in the back of an Audi TT with wheels off. Pretty sure they’re be room somewhere in that thing.