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@mitsky Presumably it was a company van with the logo/name and contact info on the back Police haven't worked out how to do this in Lancashire, even if they're at their usual position sat around at the police station. Transit HN21 VXB has Marcus Wright's Joinery phone number, Facebook details etc. all over it, but 11 months after the first report with photos they still haven't managed to talk him into getting MOT and VED.

@mitsky Ahhhh! So it wasn't blurred out IRL?!

@steelhead I have wide feet, and have tried QUOC shoes, and I can confirm they are on the narrow side. My preferred shoes are Lake wide fit race last.

@arowland Presumably it was a company van with the logo/name and contact info on the back.

@mitsky Um, how did they know his number?

Mostly. Isn't part of the problem also that decades of mass motoring have: a) eroded the difference between "place/ destination" and "route/corridor". So the "local (high) streets" are now *also* expected to shift volumes of through traffic. And some of them have *become* part of the "strategic road network", so... b) ...As it has made places "closer together" (less time to drive longer distances on the "bigger roads") so it has also made them farther apart for active travel. That's both by allowing centralisation (people across a wider area are served by an out-of-town shopping estate) but also by physically severing direct routes. So maybe now you *can't* follow a reasonably direct desire line - there's now the dual carriageway in the way. And perhaps the "shortest reasonable *local* route" may now be a longer one partly on "strategic infra"? There's still a lot of "but cyclists can use the quiet streets" / go round ideas about. But there's a reason why the route into town is a stroad: and perhaps getting there otherwise would more than double the distance and involve orienteering skills. London may be especially blighted by being so large and not very dense outside the centre. But I note in NL while they're keen that modes have their own networks they see value in providing connections along at least some of the "strategic road network".

"all this white shit" (what Pidcock actually said in the full quote) is somewhat different from "all sorts of white shit" (how you've quoted him in the headline) - the former is clearly referring to a specific substance that's supposed to help, whereas the latter makes it sound rather as if they've just grabbed various different things they found lying around at random and chucked them on.

"The machines we are seizing are not bicycles”. In the same vein, SUVs ain't cars.

"If we want the race to visit beautiful parts of France and have beautiful stages, it means that sometimes there aren’t five-star hotels everywhere,” Prudhomme told French radio station ICI. Obviously, tempted to add - in a typical French way, Prudhomme can't stand negative comments on his team's underperformance. It's actually the race organisation's job to deliver great racing in breathtaking landscapes (this means good audience and juicy TV rights) while sourcing the best accommodations for pro teams and their entourages (this means rested cyclists and competitive racing for 3 weeks). Based on this year's performance, ASO procurement manager should be fired or demoted.

Yes TNT. Just wait until October after the Tour Of Lombardy. I will be saying goodbye for 4 or 5 months.