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@tomlew Amen.

@Pub bike Ah - forget being knocked off by a pedestrian wandering into the road without looking. That's still only 7.

I could only think of six things. 1. being rear-ended by a car 2. being t-boned by a car pulling out of a junction as you pass 3. being t-boned by a car turning into a side road across your path 4. head on collision in a narrow section you were already in because the car did not yield 5. being close passed/side-swiped by a car 6. Being knocked off by a passenger throwing an object at you Were the other two made up?

Only the brainwashed still watch television.

"The brakes and wheels also mirror the Mk I. I find this a little surprising. A traditional titanium fork was replaced with a carbon one, while a rim brake stayed in situ." I think Brompton have decided that adding disc brakes compromises the famous compact fold, which is really its USP. If you want discs, they also make the G-Line. Though some might say that distinction is a deliberate marketing decision rather than an engineering one. Kinetics do disc brake conversion kits for Bromptons, but fitting them requires both a new fork and a new rear frame, at which point you're not left with much original Brompton (or money), and the end result doesn't fold quite as small.

I considered replying to the 8 things that cause cyclist injuries post, but then decided if I did that I'd be feeding Meta/Facebook. In my experience facebook is just as happy to push hatred towards cyclists as the Mail/Telegraph etc. Replying to such posts just feeds the beast that pushes more hatred on to us.

RE: bus stop bypasses again. Daily Mail? That well-known accessibility-campaigning paper, which regularly demands streets have motor diets to better protect those with disabilities, children and the old? That Daily Mail? In a sense you can't really fault the campaign of the "National Federation of the Blind of the UK" - they're a tiny group eg. compared to the RNIB and yet they've managed to get massive prominence for their rather odd take... Anyway - councils and other groups working with RNIB hopefully can move things forward positively for all.

When ice is liquid, don't we usually call it 'water'?

Yes let's focus on the negatives shall we rather then celebrate what a magnificent career he had and became a great ambassador for the sport.

You forgot to include giving yourself a dose of heatstroke by riding all day in mid-40s temperatures.