Live blog: British rider breaks European cycling speed record, sabotage warning to Shropshire riders + more
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Tue, Jun 19, 2018 14:23
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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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mjvande@pacbell.net 31 minutes ago
Mountain bikers don't care about obeying the law!
OnYerBike 3 hours ago
It's worth pointing out that unlike cycling on a pavement (i.e. a footway alongside a carriageway), cycling on a footpath is not a crime; it is a civil tort against the landowner. That means it's not a police matter, and other people using the path have no standing to complain either (although of course you should still be careful and considerate of other people, regardless of the status of the right of way). Indeed, without going into a full lecture on the history of Rights of Way and the noble tradition of mass trespass (e.g. Kinder Scout), there is an argument that the law implicitly condones such "illegal" use of paths, given that new rights of way can be created by members of the public demonstrating that they have used the path without permission but "as of right" for long enough, without the landowner taking action to curb such use. As an additional point of information, I would note that the offence of causing injury by "wanton or furious" cycling applies anywhere. I'm no lawyer, but I struggle to see that the designation of the right of way would have much sway, but rather any case would rely on the broader context and whether the manner of the cycling was safe given the terrain and conditions.
Pub bike 4 hours ago
@Rendel Harris I get close-passed by more riders than cars in Richmond Park. Maybe I should ride faster.
Rendel Harris 4 hours ago
@perce I'm normally a big fan of your excellent posts perce but I must take issue with this one. The idea that Lord Khan of Tooting would ever, in any circumstances, have been friends with Nigel is surely beyond the bounds of even your fertile imagination?
Rendel Harris 4 hours ago
Not to downplay the seriousness of bikejacking, but Mr.Taylor might want to consider that fact that many riders have been put off using the park at weekends due to the aggressive, intimidatory behaviour of members of his own club, who are notorious for riding as if the park is a private training facility just for themselves, and that's a pretty sad state of affairs as well.
Riggers 5 hours ago
In Wiggle/CR's absence, what are people using nowadays? I've been out of it for a while, but now returned.
quiff 6 hours ago
I did a multi-day ride many years ago with someone who was a better cyclist than me by every conceivable measure but this one. I remember watching them up ahead on a quiet road trying to teach themselves - snatching brief seconds with their hands off the bars before losing balance and grabbing on again. 'Watch this' I said to the rest of my group, before I accelerated to catch them, then nonchalantly sailed past them uphill riding no hands. Very satisfying. I've been able to ride most of mine hands-free, but had a Specialized Allez that really didn't cooperate. Haven't been brave enough to try it on a Brompton or cargo bike though. And still can't do a wheelie, or any of the other things on Jo's palmares.
Slartibartfast 6 hours ago
@Hamster now that is an exciting development. I do remove/amend signs but reporting them for flyposting is much more satisfying.
Hamster 7 hours ago
@Slartibartfast If the sign-maker can be caught in the act then the council Environmental Health can get a report for littering/fly-tipping. Hours of endless fun for that person trying to explain away a conviction. Don't report unless you're prepared to go to court though. Or remove the litter and put in the nearest bin with a sticker explaining how littering is a crime.
kingleo 7 hours ago
What would make driving safer for motorists is if they stopped driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and driving faster than the speed limit.
10 thoughts on “Live blog: British rider breaks European cycling speed record, sabotage warning to Shropshire riders + more”
“Livee blog”? http://road.cc
“Livee blog”? http://road.cc/show/tags/livee-blog/161011
You had one job!
http://rustyspokes.com/facts
http://rustyspokes.com/facts.html
“Contributing to their demise might have been … the high price which ranged from $30 to $45. “
So HD are keeping tradition going in more ways than one. (I wonder how much that price will increase once Trump’s barmy tariff war starts to bite.)
“When you see a horse on the
“When you see a horse on the road – slow down to 15mph.”
Does that mean we slower riders should put a bit of a sprint on when we see a horse?
(No. No, it doesn’t.)
“You had one job.” Judging
“You had one job.” Judging by the apparently fresh material on the ground around the posts of this cycle rack, I reckon that local drivers dug it up and turned it around, creating some desperately needed car parking.
Cycle rack location- I found
Cycle rack location- I found out where it was by the incredible investigative skill of clicking the Twitter link, and the second post explained the full story behind it. Copenhagen.
Drinfinity wrote:
“It was because of the car, parked next to the site.
When the car moved, they just turned the rack, not the posts.
From 2015 in Copenhagen.”
Got to be honest, that’s an entirely reasonable and really quite boring explanation…
Quote:
Sooner or later, blockchain bollocks infects everything.
“This will really help
“This will really help cyclists know which part of the road is theirs to use. #cycling”
Cyclists already know: all of it . It’s the other maniacs that don’t seem to know
That video of the old boy
That video of the old boy getting on the exercise bike after the kid video’d his old route, beautiful
#onions
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The Spanish at the end roughly translates to ‘help the neighbour to be happy it’s one of the greatest pleasures of life. Good training.’
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
I’m impressed with the translation, especially as I believe it’s Portuguese. It certainly isn’t Castellano.