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ktache 7 minutes ago
And there will be a +1 option, which the highlights on ITV4 never had, meaning that if there are problems on the train or I have to stay a bit at work I won't be as bothered. Quest had it, but not DMAX. But both suffered from the aforementioned unexplained no-show.
andystow 9 minutes ago
@mdavidford it was ice moments before the photo was taken. Those guys make a lot of watts.
chrisonabike 21 minutes ago
@sheridan Does "road diet" work better?
TrainWalkWheel 43 minutes ago
The constant misconception with closs passing relates to the view that 1.51m is legal and 1.49m is illegal. It isn't. The government considered a minimum distance offence (and Tim, quoted in the article, pushed heavy for it in the consultation) but the conclusion of the consultation was that a minimum distance offence would result in no prosecution as the forensic evidence of distance would not exist. Instead s3 was the sensible fall back. Tim and a few other cyclists push the narrative that 1.5 is a legal requirement and police forces receive criticism if they apply the law of careless driving rather than the imaginary law of close passing. As time passes police forces understand that 1.5 is a fallicy, as more separated cycle lanes demonstrate this as they are themselves less than. 1.5 m from passing traffic despite having a physical separation. This distinction makes closs pass prosecution very "dodgy" without clear carelessness. But that message is lost in the fog of twitter.
ktache 48 minutes ago
According to the commentators today the french police can and have. They were chatting about temporary powers so that it's an offence to disobey an order from the police, concerning preventing spectators because of the wildfires. There were however far more fans than I was expecting. Yesterday's flare was over the border of course.
griggers 53 minutes ago
Nothing wrong with large chainrings - in fact, big to big is way more efficient so, use a big chainring and bigger cassette sprockets - it'll freak out your mates and allow you to pedal more smoothly and replace your chain less often!
ktache 55 minutes ago
Having recently purchased a month of TNT, and waiting for the start of the TTT, I caught some of the men's downhill, might have been the winner, but this lad did particularly well and decided to fall off after crossing the line. His airbag went off. I still think a bit of aramid in the weave on hip and shoulders wouldn't go amiss,
ktache 1 hour ago
I liked it. I will watch it. It's essentially the TNT coverage, highlighted. So the same coverage that would have been on Quest or DMAX, but with the singular presenter, maybe less chat and maybe more racing. Hopefully less chance of the weird no coverage and no explanation days. Unfortunately no rest day recap, one of those lovely itv things. And no Chris.
MaxiMinimalist 1 hour ago
Being knocked-off by a driver who makes a beeline to exit a roundabout without signal lighting
11 thoughts on “Live blog: “Run him over, Greg mate”, Sagan not slimming down for GC wins – “why change something that is working?”, Valverde says he “shouldn’t be asked about Operación Puerto”, Is it a bike is it a bike box? + more”
There’s a rumour that James
There’s a rumour that James Murdoch could go to Tesla. If he takes the team sponsorship with him… it would be quite funny if Sky ended up being sponsored by an electric motor company.
rkemb wrote:
He’s already on the board and a director, has been a while.
Nearly as funny as the Tour
Nearly as funny as the Tour of California being sponsored by Amgen, maker of EPO.
You’re about 18 months behind
You’re about 18 months behind the times, that aero bike has been doing the social media rounds since April last year, there is another very similar design and a few from back in the day.
Here’s a bottechia labelled
Here’s a bottechia labelled machine
You’re about 18 months behind
Bianchi design
‘LOOK’ design
Old skool ‘LOOK’ design
And lastly a ‘Gitane’
And lastly a ‘Gitane’
Owwww! My eyes!
Owwww! My eyes!
These aero bikes all seem a
These aero bikes all seem a lot more sensible than the crippled bikes that UCI demands.
The bianchi and modolo bikes
The bianchi and modolo bikes look nice.
Wouldn’t like to ride them past a farm gate on a windy day though.