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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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Rendel Harris 16 minutes ago
@Terry Hutt Thing is, I've yet to come across a silent ebike, so all you have to do to check legality is ride it, keep an eye on your own speedo and listen to hear if the motor's still running when you get over 15 mph.
Terry Hutt 27 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris This would probably be better than their current "tests" if the e-bike has a cadence sensor and a non-GPS speed display. If it has a power sensor (proportional assistance) or no speed display you're back to square one. Mind you, if the bike is doing 30mph on the flat and the rider isn't pedaling furiously, I say crush it with the rider still attached.
chrisonabike 40 minutes ago
@the little onion AFAICS the notional cycling network is best seen as a "national sign network". An impressive mapping effort to catalog what infra there is and *suggest* places for cycling. But no guarantee it will be suitable for all cyclists. Or even any specific cycling purpose. Unless possibly you're into a kind of "adventure racing". It certainly bears little resemblance to the numbered junction network ("knooppunt") in NL. *That* is a genuine "help you navigate" system - but that goes everywhere, on at least "good enough" infra.
chrisonabike 41 minutes ago
@the little onion Yes. One of the many great features of cycling-as-transport is that you can start local. Then concentration (of money, then infra and cyclists) is effective. That's how eg. Seville did it. And (I think) Paris. And much of how NL has got there I suspect. OTOH there are some potential blockers at bigger scales. Perhaps a Reform regional mayor decides they *will* implement the national policies - win the war *for* the motorist? Or good infra or transport reorganisation gets tangled up in national legal regulation. Or the money is suddenly shut off (or redirected to fill half-a-mile of potholes for motorists for a year).
the little onion 1 hour ago
@mdavidford I get your argument, but why spread it thinly on stuff that plainly doesn't work, rather than concentrating it on good stuff which does, in the right place? If given the choice of a national network of rubbish, or small localised patches of well-maintained excellence that does a great job within individual towns and cities, I'd go for the latter every time.
OldRidgeback 2 hours ago
Like a lot of CPFC fans, I take anything Simon Jordan says with a pinch of salt. Jordan took over an ailing football club, got it into the premiership and then his ego got even bigger, followed by him running the club downhill fast. He's not remembered fondly by many down at Selhurst Park. He might actually know his wines as he did own a restaurant for a while. But he can stick his views on cycling up his behind.
smallbeer 2 hours ago
@didsthewinegeek He can explain it to you but he can't understand it for you.
ktache 2 hours ago
@RayG Respro now do an additional silicon seal, and it works.
Wales56 2 hours ago
2.31% of the 'summer' £4.5b cycling 'Strategy aims to deliver', for England vs £27b 'will fund major schemes to upgrade and future-proof England's roads' over the next 5 years 'aims' vs 'will'. - let's see
mdavidford 2 hours ago
This is a bit of a Catch-22, though, as they can't possibly commit to that currently because... they don't have the funding (as well as other restraints, like the ability to acquire land to close gaps). And, as pointed out in the article, what's being provided isn't nearly enough to close that gap. And on the flip side, while it is hugely frustratingly fragmentary, and contains sections that are certainly rubbish, there are also odd sections near me that are genuinely useful and do see plenty of 'ordinary cyclist' use, and it would be a real shame if those fell into disrepair for want of funds.
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.