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imajez 2 hours ago
@ChrisA the surface make up of a path bears zero relationship to it being a footpath/suitable. I once got lectured on why I shouldn't be riding a footpath by a driver of a Range Rover on a lovely tarmacked road. Another time I was lectured by someone blocking my way on a singletrack path that was built by cyclists, who said I should only be on large wide paths. The parallel wide path was a footpath. But these are very rare exceptions. I ride sensibly and most folk are usually entertained by my polite presence. Also most footpaths would have been paths used by horses in ye olde days, they often conveniently got mislabeled/demoted by rich landowners who failed to get path denied altogether when rights of way were being drawn up.
imajez 2 hours ago
@SecretSam Hence the rise of gravel bikes, which are just less capable drop barred bikes.
miksmith 4 hours ago
You state for the audio for the baofeng that they use an in ear design however they don't ship with any headphones with a mic. What did you use for this?
Rendel Harris 5 hours ago
@eburtthebike One of my best mates, a former rugby teammate of mine, is a Kiwi and a teacher (over here). I can imagine him making precisely that joke and he's a mad keen cyclist! Honestly, if this is the whole story it's a hell of an overreaction to a remark that deserved a mild reprimand about appropriate conduct if that (different if it was coming from a police officer or a driving instructor or similar, maybe). Having worked in a number of schools it's my experience that when senior management take agin someone they'll grab any excuse to get rid of them, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the situation here.
Andrewbanshee 6 hours ago
Hi I wasn't implying the ramps were equivalent to a pump track. I was saying many forestry trails are pretty hairy rather than a well designed pump track. The ramps are definitely not suitable and need replacing, but they are replacing with a new design. I suspect much more tame.
eburtthebike 9 hours ago
Oh dear! With my sense of humour, I should have been sacked a dozen times: every year. The Kiwis I've met all seemed to have a reasonable sense of humour, and one was excellent, but perhaps they weren't working for a school.
ktache 10 hours ago
"neither student laughed..." Well, it elicited a wry smile from me...
Rendel Harris 15 hours ago
@60somethingcyclist Unfortunately there are a couple of problems with that: firstly in order to try to manage some of the chaos in the Italian political system, for several decades when a mayor wins an election in large towns they are automatically given a guaranteed majority of 60% of the council seats, and also if a decree of the mayor's is overruled by the council that automatically triggers a no-confidence vote which then dissolves the council and forces a new election. So in order to vote down this decree not only would opponents need to persuade a considerable number of the mayor's own party to vote against him but also effectively to vote themselves out of office with no guarantee of return.
matthewn5 1 day ago
My first road bike was a Raleigh, too. A 1976 Raleigh Record. I dragged it out of the shed a few years ago and got it working again. 14kg it weighed! A 52/42 crank and a 14-28 five speed 'cluster' at the back made hills pretty hard work...
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 …