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Live blog: Rafa Nadal jumps on bike to go shopping in Wimbledon, Greg Van Avermaet riding yellow BMC Teammachine + more
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Circles 7 minutes ago
Yet another case of planning agreements made but never fulfilled, nor checked by the LA. Developers can do what they want, it seems
HarrogateSpa 32 minutes ago
Yes let's see action. The draft CWIS3 was unambitious, and I don't expect the final version to be much better. The funding for active travel is disappointing, and there is little or no political will for meaningful change. I'm in favour of making cycling to school safe by building proper cycle facilities in towns and cities for everyone - not by putting in a few metres of cycle track to a school entrance then giving up.
60kg lean keen climbing machine 33 minutes ago
I personally don’t see any reason in not going straight to Byrton if you are not a Garmin or Wahoo fan, or you want a value alternative to the big two. I currently run a Bryton 420 and in 4 years of owning and using it has been fab, if I had some cash or needed to replace then I now would not hesitate to buy a Bryton again.
mdavidford 34 minutes ago
@Didsbury Which, of course, means we secretly want to be French.
HarrogateSpa 46 minutes ago
It's unclear what is being proposed - just 20mph and traffic calming, or modal filters too?
chrisonabike 1 hour ago
All good and I agree with the drift but how does this actually work in an effective way? Phone use is *endemic* - because so many people simply don't see the issue with "just looked at my phone for a second" and we are all being *actively trained* to do this by the app sellers! In theory app, phone and vehicle purveyors could work together to help dissuade this, but the current system suits all and everyone can say "but we put a warning on our product and certainly don't force anyone to do anything illegal..." and point at the others. How do we change behaviour? It seems unlikely we can catch enough drivers with phones in their hands to do that (not because it's hard to spot, just having enough people to collect and process the evidence). If we sort that out we then have another constraint - making it stick. If a small fraction of those say "wasn't me, see you in court", as others note ATM the process is slow AND very expensive. Also given costs and limitations of road policing currently how would driving bans help? They're also minimally policed, and with little effective punishment?
Didsbury 1 hour ago
@chrisonabike Moustache, please, we are in the UK after all!
BroomBroomBroom 1 hour ago
@chrisonabike Tramway used to run to the top of Whiteladies then all the way along to Westbury
jamesha100 2 hours ago
There really should be more crackdowns on phone use as the danger is well established by now. The six points and £200 fine for drivers who are caught should be effective but I think an instant one month ban as well as those would be a good thing as it would show drivers what they stand to lose.
the little onion 2 hours ago
Wow - some warm words and enthusiastic goals from the government about active travel https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/ministers-pupils-england-active-travel-school-cycing-walking-heidi-alexander Now, let's see some ACTION!
13 thoughts on “Live blog: Rafa Nadal jumps on bike to go shopping in Wimbledon, Greg Van Avermaet riding yellow BMC Teammachine + more”
Well actually, the real blame
Well actually, the real blame lies in the massive lobbying of our government by the haulage industry who are against anything that puts their costs up in the name of safety… they fought like heck with side bars for lorries, eventually selling them to companies outside London when the deadline came in. Same with mirrors… and no doubt high vision cabs and camera systems.
BJ has built a whole career
BJ has built a whole career out of transparent bullshit. It’s a deep criticism of this country that that absolute wanker has had the power and authority he is apparently granted.
I’m sure that if Boris had a
I’m sure that if Boris had a superior safety system to the EU offering, the EU would have looked at it and incorporated it if it were indeed superior. They are kind of good like that.
don simon wrote:
The EU has all the strengths and weaknesses of a collection of 28 members with sometimes complementary and sometimes competing interests. Lots of extensive discussion, horse-trading and compromise.
On a related safety issue – longer cabs with better visibility – France and Sweden opposed the proposals on behalf of their truck manufacturers. But the case for change was a good one, supported by most, so a compromise was reached (IIRC) which meant the change would happen, but a few years later.
Of course, once outside the EU, Johnny Foreigner will just do whatever we tell him
Borris is an idiot and will
Borris is an idiot and will say whatever suits his own agenda at the time. Let’s stop taking him seriously.
harragan wrote:
Parallels with Jeremy Clarkson…?
Slides? They look like
Slides? They look like sandals to me. These are slides (I think these are by United Colors of Benneton)…
de Pfeffel Johnson has always
de Pfeffel Johnson has always been a self-serving tosser. (I never refer to him as ‘Boris’ because hes no friend of mine)
He only started to do somehting about cycling provisions in London when there was a cluster of 6 cyclist deaths in a 2 week window and he knew that would be his legacy. Prior to that he had argued against it for nearly 6 years, even going as far to suggest prosecuting cyclists wearing headphones not long prior to the death cluster.
The much missed Twitter account @BorisWatch put it most succinctly in 2015:
If Boris gets run over we
If Boris gets run over we should give the EU credit for it.
What a self serving prick.
“Shimano show off Greg Van
“Shimano show off Greg Van Avermaet’s yellow BMC Teammachine he’ll use to start TDF stage 3”
It’s amazing that BMC knew he’d be in the lead before they started the time trial. And they even had the confidence to give him a road bike to ride it!
dst wrote:
“Shimano show off Greg Van Avermaet’s yellow BMC Teammachine he’ll use to start TDF stage 3”
It’s amazing that BMC knew he’d be in the lead before they started the time trial. And they even had the confidence to give him a road bike to ride it!
— dst
Often “special edition” frames are painted, delivered overnight, and then built first thing in the morning in Grand Tours.
Rapha Nadal wrote:
Often “special edition” frames are painted, delivered overnight, and then built first thing in the morning in Grand Tours.— dst
That may be the case, but my point was that he didn’t use that bike for stage 3 (the team time trial stage) as the artical headline suggests.
Ref: Rapha Slides.;
Ref: Rapha Slides.;
What do you call a French Pro Cyclist wearing sandals?
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