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Live blog: Aqua Blue team manager suggests 3T bikes are “costing results”, Saudi man cycles over 5000km only to see his team lose 5-0, Beirut bike barber, Dave’s 400km epic (+ more)
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Fri, Jun 15, 2018 13:55
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mdavidford 3 minutes ago
It also tells you NOT to overtake on the approach to a junction or a bend, and specifically and repeatedly admonishes cyclists to take great care passing vehicles near junctions. The driver may well have seen the cyclist on the approach and reasonably assumed that they wouldn't make a suicide dive up the inside of the turn. They should have indicated, but I'm not convinced it would have made any difference to the situation.
mitsky 10 minutes ago
The clip states that Ben Cabango pled for mercy as the ban would require him to move his family. This is an "exceptional hardship" plea. Which was ignored. That is the most serious one I've heard of (having to move family), alongside others such as "losing job" etc. So if that sort of plea can be disregarded, why can't other lesser pleas?
wtjs 30 minutes ago
@the little onion Should have gone to Lancashire!
eburtthebike 43 minutes ago
"Ben Cabango has been hit with a six-month driving ban and over £1,000 in fines" Good. Every infringement of traffic law while driving a lethal weapon should be treated that seriously. Drivers routinely do things that they know are illegal, reinforcing the habit until it becomes natural, and aren't punished until they kill or injure someone. While punishment is part of the solution, as another thread on here says, we should make such behaviour socially unacceptable. As well as banning and fining criminals, we should also require them to be retrained and to pass a more stringent test. But, as ever, society loves their cars, and not much changes. Reminds me of the closing scene in 'How to get ahead in advertising' when he's riding a horse and listing the things that they can sell the gullible, especially cars. Great movie.
the little onion 2 hours ago
On the footballer being 'banned' after being caught on the phone - as I understand it, a straightforward phone offense is just 6 points* on the license, insufficient for a ban. In other words, the man has previous, so it can't be blamed solely on so-called 'vigilante' cyclists (i.e. upstanding members of the public). *cue football joke about the easiest 6 points that Swansea FC will get this season.
mdavidford 4 hours ago
I refer the Honourable Squirrel to the discussion of August 31st in Another Place.
mitsky 4 hours ago
@Smoggysteve Based on the clip being old, having been reported on previously with no apparent new information making it worth re-reporting now, and the "reporters" knowing what the resulting online commentary would be... Could they be sued/tried for incitement to violence?
bensynnock 4 hours ago
Highway code rule 182 specifically says to look out for vehicles coming up from behind when turning left. The van also did not indicate. The arrow on the road doesn't remove those requirements from the van driver, just because he has to turn left doesn't mean it isn't a left turn. Also rule 170 says: Take extra care at junctions. You should watch out for cyclists etc. Still, I would have expected the van driver to completely ignore the rules of the road and held back until after the junction.
12 thoughts on “Live blog: Aqua Blue team manager suggests 3T bikes are “costing results”, Saudi man cycles over 5000km only to see his team lose 5-0, Beirut bike barber, Dave’s 400km epic (+ more)”
Not bad for two days, but
Not bad for two days, but probably about average for most UK cities. Riding a bit farther from the kerb might help, the drivers are much more likely to see you.
burtthebike wrote:
Seconded.
A lot of it comes down to motorists not realising the likely speed of a cyclist, and then when they do (finally) notice the oncoming cyclist, thinking “Meh! He’ll avoid me” (OK, some of them probably do think, “Meh! F- ‘im!”…).
And the one with the car turning right through a traffic queue… That comes down to the turning car being flashed or otherwise let through by a queuing motorist and taking their word on it that the road is clear rather than taking the time to check for themselves.
burtthebike wrote:
I love how the comments immediately start giving a professional(?) cyclist cycling advice! With the exception of the very first clip, Matt was well out in primary position, and for that first one I don’t think being a few inches over would have made any difference at all.
A lot of it sadly looks like
A lot of it sadly looks like typical modern traffic… I suffer similar bouts of invisibility in the car!
I am generally quite circumspect approaching junctions in traffic when there is a gap, as it is likely a car may turn across from the opposite way.
And on the P2P topic- Go Dave!
“Mmmmm bread rolls with icing
“Mmmmm bread rolls with icing and cream filling!”
Everyone else calls them cream buns.
“This underground bike
“This underground bike parking station in Utrecht has 6,000 spaces” – my local city centre shopping area (Broadmead, Bristol) has, I think, four multi storey car parks within a five minute walk.
Two are dedicated shopping mall car parks (Galleries 1000 spaces and Cabot Circus 2500 spaces). And there are another two NCP car parks (Rupert Street and ‘under the Holiday Inn’)which must each be over 1000 spaces.
At the same time, there’s probably bike parking (ie. sheffield stands) for no more than a couple of hundred bikes.
And the bike parking is always rammed full – why don’t these places consider posh bike parking? I’m sure we’d even be willing to pay if we weren’t treated like second-class citizens and got proper indoor secure parking…
What exactly was the
What exactly was the mechanical, I wonder?
I can’t say I’m surprised they are possibly underwhelmed by the practical use of 1x for pro racing. GCN showed the 3T builds and they looked a little bodged, with headset dust caps not properly covering the bearings, various cable ties holding cables out the way etc, etc.
Canyon48 wrote:
I read he dropped a chain.
Sniffer wrote:
Ouch!
Boss Hogg wrote:
That’s rather disappointing! 2x drops chains too, but I wonder if 1x is more prone to. If so, it’s interesting they aren’t using chain catchers.
Canyon48 wrote:
Not really the proneness of dropping of the chain being the problem, it shouldn’t be more prone. The problem is having to get off the bike to get it back on the chainwheel.
Canyon48 wrote:
I read he dropped a chain.