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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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Hirsute | 5 years ago
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I naively assumed a smart jacket would have radar, alert for close passes and flash up, ' don't even think of trying to squeeze past me at that pinch point - moron'. Or flash up some don Simon, btbs sweary statement.

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danhopgood | 5 years ago
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Ford Smart jacket.  Looks to me like a few gimmicky lights, with the main focus on a phone app that encourages cyclists to get off the road - presumably to free up space for proper traffic - like Ford cars.

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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Cycling whilst female is a crime in Iran?  So there is somewhere that hates cyclists more than the UK.  And they were wearing helmets.

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peted76 | 5 years ago
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I'd love to be able to do that on rollers.. or teach my daughter to do that (wearing a helmet of course)... 

 

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fenix | 5 years ago
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Ooh the danger !!  Is she on a clifftop or surrounded by crocodiles ?

 

Oh no she's on the lawn.

 

Presumably you were never a child and rode no handed or climbed trees.

 

Trolls just hatch fully formed and ready to spout rubbish even if it is about a kid...

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BehindTheBikesheds | 5 years ago
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So encouraging a young girl to do risky stuff on a bike, no hands, catching things whilst pedalling and a bunny hop to get off, get fucked! I bet she wouldn't do any of that crap nor the parent if she wasn't wearing a helmet, sorry but that's just fucked up and not clever at all.

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Aezreth replied to BehindTheBikesheds | 5 years ago
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BehindTheBikesheds wrote:

So encouraging a young girl to do risky stuff on a bike, no hands, catching things whilst pedalling and a bunny hop to get off, get fucked! I bet she wouldn't do any of that crap nor the parent if she wasn't wearing a helmet, sorry but that's just fucked up and not clever at all.

Ffs, the girl is quite famous and even sponsored by Specialized, she knows what she's doing. Also, how do you think children grow up to be professionals if they don't practice when they're young? You sound like a complete tool.

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