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60somethingcyclist 12 minutes ago
This is our local petrol station's prices today. If anything they're going to get a lot worse. Diesel is forecast to hit the £2 mark very soon. I'd be very surprised if we don't see refinery blockades like those in 2000. Let's see how anti-cycling they feel if that happens.
Paul J 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris Interesting thanks. We do have to go back to the fundamental issue here. It is a _race_. And the GC is meant to reflect who is the best rider overall, over a range of conditions, over the 3 weeks. And part of that is using their judgement to navigate the course. I mean, riding in a big, tight, bunch on a straight road is dangerous too. See Pogacar. Should _all_ of the Grand Tours be neutralised, bar the uphill sections and TTs? Where are we going with this? I definitely agree with the many comments - ranging from commentators on TV, to road.cc journalists, to comments here and elsewhere - that this question needs to be addressed more formally within the rules of the UCI. Or else this fester and get ever more ridiculous.
chrisonabike 1 hour ago
I'm guessing he's a day-only Captain Nemo? On the other hand if he simply can't commute to work perhaps he's just a ROV pilot?
mark1a 1 hour ago
@Riggers I used to buy a lot from Wiggle, and since then, unfortunately nowhere has come close in my opinion for a one-stop shop, so for me now it's a combination of: Decathlon (clothing) Merlin (tyres, drivetrain components) Woolly Hat Shop/bikeparts.co.uk (tools, drivetrain components) Sigma Sports (clothing, misc accessories) SJS (components) BikeInn (misc accessories)
mdavidford 2 hours ago
What exactly do you think I said you said that wasn't what you said? Because you appear to be saying that you did say what i said you said - that it may provide useful information to inform the way that clinical cases should be assessed and handled when they present. Or as you put it: The issue is that they themselves didn't conclude this - they claimed that it provides information about the risks of ebiking and related behaviours, and that it could inform policy in those areas. It doesn't and it shouldn't.
mdavidford 2 hours ago
Do you work in a secret bunker in the middle of a mountain? Or a mine?
mdavidford 2 hours ago
Mountain biking does a lot less harm to nature than, er, paving trails. Also, I'm pretty sure that "federal court" has no particular sway in the UK.
Mr Blackbird 2 hours ago
I think horse riders would prefer not to ride on the roads, but they often have to use them to get between stables and bridleways. Also if one horse rode behind another the one in front can sometimes kick out at the one behind because it feels threatened. The point is that many drivers travel too fast on narrow twisty country roads and fail to allow for unanticipated (by them) events such as cyclists, horses, pedestrians, sheep, tractors, fallen trees etc being on the road and badgers, pheasants etc crossing the road.
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@Paul J More information has come out today which indicates that the riders did not believe that the conditions were fine, apparently a lot of the roads were extremely slippery (this seems to have been a problem throughout the race, presumably due to dust caused by the excessive heat) and so the many hairpins had become hazardous. Secondly the riders felt that the nature of the circuit made it impossible for any riders suffering a crash or mechanical to get back on as the peloton would be so strung out and it would take so long for assistance to reach anyone in need. Decathlon rider Sander de Pestel told journalists that in his opinion a GC rider wouldn't be able to get back on even if they had an incident at 40 km to go. Take that with a pinch of salt or not as you wish but those two sound like quite legitimate reasons for the riders to be concerned.
Geoff H 2 hours ago
@Chris RideFar ..... and the first thing they do is crank that throttle all the way! WHOO HOO!!! Look at me go!!!
10 thoughts on “Live blog: Epic finish line fail, Body painting L’Etape Colombia sexism row, new UCI approved bikes, TfL ‘Exchanging Places’ sessions invite cyclists to -drive’ HGV using VR + more”
Mikkel Conde needs to see
Mikkel Conde needs to see Lance for some testosterone patches.
Looks like a nice aero jersey
Looks like a nice aero jersey, quite light too I expect.
Christopher TR1 wrote:
Can’t get much in the pockets though.
pruaga wrote:
Am sure it would remove the need for hi vis.
Boobies!
Boobies!
Are they selling those
Are they selling those posters anywhere? Want.
Oh so ‘teaching’ cyclists
Oh so ‘teaching’ cyclists where the failings in large vehicle design is going to save lives, you blame shifting twats … AGAIN! Are these people related to the THINK wankers who like to victim blame those being killed by left turning HGVs/buses who overtake and turn in without any fucking consideration or bothering to look or a failure of vehicle line to see anything.
Get Fucked!
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
Or find yourself naively on the inside track of an HGV turning left REGARDLESS OF WHO IS TO BLAME AND HOW THAT SITUATION CAME ABOUT, and get killed.
Knowing the hazard does not remove the need to fix the problem, but general awareness of the dangers in the world around you is not an unreasonable thing to teach.
Mungecrundle wrote:
Oh so ‘teaching’ cyclists where the failings in large vehicle design is going to save lives, you blame shifting twats … AGAIN! Are these people related to the THINK wankers who like to victim blame those being killed by left turning HGVs/buses who overtake and turn in without any fucking consideration or bothering to look or a failure of vehicle line to see anything.
Get Fucked!
— Mungecrundle Or find yourself naively on the inside track of an HGV turning left REGARDLESS OF WHO IS TO BLAME AND HOW THAT SITUATION CAME ABOUT, and get killed. Knowing the hazard does not remove the need to fix the problem, but general awareness of the dangers in the world around you is not an unreasonable thing to teach.— BehindTheBikesheds
Maybe teaching the drivers, operators and designers of these vehicles (maybe MPs, police, CPS and juries too?) would be more effective in reducing road deaths to zero by the time we’ve destroyed the planet and civilisation has moved on to another solar system. Sorry, I mean the ambitious target of the year 3147.
I won’t bother taking an early lunch to pop to Elephant and Castle just to confirm that lorries have poor visibility and can easily kill people. (Even though I’m curious about the VR tech.)
VR could help dozies
VR could help
doziesmotorists appreciate what it feels like on a bike when squeezed by a lorry / nearly T-boned by a turning car / taken out by an earphone-wearing pedestrian / close passed / aggressed by cars on roundabouts.Maybe the police could require drivers to experience 30 minutes when they drive badly …