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Bernal's statement: I didn't realise he had a background in corporate communications. Seriously, though, he burned bright. It's strange now to think that back in 2019 we thought he would dominate the sport for years.

@mitsky shurely it was at most one driver, because the red was not "established" before then...?

A few strips of brittle and soft polystyrene that break easily are not going to stop serious injuries. They are very good at stopping low-speed crashes, bumps, and bruises, and that's it. It's amazing how many people who crash and break their helmets tell us, "Look how my helmet is broken; it definitely saved my life".

Hats off to George Hall. Great to see some inter party concord. So much resource is wasted by infighting and disagreement in UK politics. I hope he doesn't get reprimanded by the comical Reform UK central leadership when they get to hear about this shocking act of cooperation, support and putting the wellbeing of the public above party idealism.

As someone who's been nearly mown down more than once on zebras on the Iffley Road, I'm not sure that's quite the panacea suggested.

@mitsky No, because it's nothing to do with 'confusion'. The drivers are deliberately going through on red because it's a left turn, because it's only a cyclist waiting there and because they know the b*****d police will do nothing about it.

@Rendel Harris "recorded" doing some heavy lifting there. That 299W was a random training ride that Pogacar decided to make his power data public. We don't know exactly what he, or most other pros, are pushing during races. A brief google found this article, which suggests a professional in the top 10% of the professionals studied (a mix of World and Pro team cyclists) would have a 4 hour mean maximal power of around 325W. https://www.wattkg.com/power-records/ There have been a couple of cases of real power data being released. This article reports "[Mikkel] Bjerg had posted an average power of 350w [...] for the first three hours of Paris-Roubaix" https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/paris-roubaix-power-analysis-2026-wout-van-aert/ Similarly, this article reports Baptiste Veistroffer averaged 323W across a 163km stage (mostly a solo breakaway), lasting 3h 41min https://www.bikeradar.com/news/baptiste-veistroffer-shares-stats-behind-144km-tour-de-france-solo-break So whilst the upper end of the range (350W at four hours) might be optimistic for the "average" TdF rider, it's probably closer to the truth than suggesting 299W for three hours is representative of what an average pro would be able to sustain in a maximal effort. Somewhere in the range 325-350W for 3-4 hours does actually seem about right for the average, whilst exceptional riders like Pogacar would be higher still.

@mason 89i I fail to see the connection between discussing cycle routes and the genocide in Gaza being supplied by our Labour government.

That clip showing the drivers going through red when the cyclist light is green... Should the council add a filter/side cover/flap on the right side of the green cycle light to hide it from driver's eye view thus helping prevent confusion?

"Props to her for saying this - anyone who rides without a helmet is just plane stupid..."