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Live blog: STOLEN BIKE ALERT (a VERY expensive pee-stop), Rapha back in UCI WorldTour with EF Education First-Drapac, Brailsford supports local hill climb + more
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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chrisonabike 19 minutes ago
@timscottellis given the "anarchic by design" organising principle what Critical mass is "for" will vary (even between participants). I believe part of the original idea was to be "critical" - direct activism against motorists by reclaiming space. Whether it's a good idea to annoy people who mostly will have no clue why you're doing that is a question of course. It certainly serves a community building and awareness raising function. And for some (perhaps like yourself?) showing them that they *can* ride on the streets. Albeit some would never do so outside of such an event.
chrisonabike 26 minutes ago
Money's *always* tight - or rather it's always tight for active travel because in the UK that is very low on the priority list *. The vast majority of money goes on apparently unrelated stuff - health and adult social care. But I think active travel could make a minor but positive contribution here. And a large amount of that money compared to active travel spend goes on things that overall have a negative impact there (indeed are a net cost) - providing for the level of motoring we have. Including repeatedly pouring money into (pot-) holes in the ground. Could we reallocate some of that? * For some parties - maybe even governments - it's actually something they're against. If only because they're more keen on motoring which will effectively work against it.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
I don't understand why the police can't crack down on those bloody idiots forcing the riders to inhale the smoke from powder flares, not as if it's a sort of guerrilla action, interfering with the riders then disappearing back into the crowd, they couldn't be any easier to spot as they stand there holding them but I don't think I've ever seen police, authorities or other fans intervening to stop them in a road race. Seen the police doing a good job stopping them at cyclocross, obviously on a long road stage it's not as easy to have an officer on the spot at the right time but yesterday's flareup (sorry) was on the finishing circuit, there must have been a few coppers in the vicinity who could have dealt with it.
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
Bit confused now Tom, you said that "AFAIK nobody said he’s going to ride to win the GC", I gave you an example of Seixas himself talking about going for GC, now you're saying there you are, there is evidence that he's talking about the GC? I know that, it was me who shared the quote.
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
Couldn't have a much more perfect example for a certain poster of how cycling continues to feel the full force of climate change...
tomlew 6 hours ago
@Rendel Harris Oh, and by the way. "But I will not take risks for something other than the GC." - this could just as well be read as "I won't take any risks unless it's really, really worth it." They're not even talking about snatching the maillot jaune for a day, but about the GC. Who wouldn't, if they had a opportune shot at that?
Miller 13 hours ago
Here's a photo I took on Alpe d'Huez at TdF 1991. L to R: Gianni Bugno, Miguel Indurain, Luc Leblanc. They would finish the stage in that order, Bugno winning. Yes, colour film was available in 1991 but that day I chose to use black and white knowing that many years hence it would look epic.
tomlew 14 hours ago
Riding a bike is green. Pro cycling is not. Don't greenwash us by confusing one with the other.
Rendel Harris 15 hours ago
The first 750 words of this article comprise a detailed explanation of the ways in which cycling continues to feel the full force of climate change. Perhaps more time reading what's actually written before rushing to spaff nonsense everywhere might help your comprehension.
60somethingcyclist 16 hours ago
Sadiq Khan and TfL cannot be accused of neglecting cycling. They have greatly improved provision in London. Yes there is a lot more that could be done, but we need to be patient. The public finances aren't in good shape, so things are going to b e tight for some time.
10 thoughts on “Live blog: STOLEN BIKE ALERT (a VERY expensive pee-stop), Rapha back in UCI WorldTour with EF Education First-Drapac, Brailsford supports local hill climb + more”
Looking forward to the Rapha
Looking forward to the Rapha/EF films, Mitchelton Scott have done a great job with the backstage pass videos so hopefully this will be something equally good, could be really useful for getting more sponsors interested
Hi-viz, headlights and even a
Hi-viz, headlights and even a noisy exhaust didn’t prevent me getting knocked off my motorbike last month.
But I’m glad I was wearing a helmet, as, even at low speed, it is obvious where the back of it hit the ground and made the difference between walking away and being carried away.
LastBoyScout wrote:
I know, a similar thing happened to me. Came off and the helmet was ruined. I was fine though.
I don’t know why people would even think that helmets aren’t a necessity.
nigerian prince wrote:
….aaand in 3…2…1…
PRSboy wrote:
… something, something wear one whilst walking, something head injuries something something car passenger.
..3…2…1…okay, just let
..3…2…1…okay, just let me get my popcorn.
Got popcorn (salted? I asked for sweet, ass-hat!), so now we can begin!
Squirrels!
Squirrels!
alansmurphy wrote:
You’ve had more than enough squirrels.
I might spray some of this around these web pages:
I can walk through the centre
I can walk through the centre of my living room safely normally. But if i walk across the room with my bike helmet on i always bash into the lightshade hanging from my ceiling. It doesn’t hurt me because i’m wearing a helmet, but i wouldn’t have bashed the lightshade in the first place if i wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Should i make it compulsory to wear a helmet in my living room?
Dagnammit! Too late!
Dagnammit! Too late!