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Live blog: man wearing cycling gear and helmet goes on rooftop rampage in Cornwall, Lazer Helmets show support for Rachel McKinnon, Trek-Segafredo update on Steven de Jongh’s condition + more
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Tue, Oct 16, 2018 14:57
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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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Rendel Harris 51 minutes 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 1 hour 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 4 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 12 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 13 hours ago
Riding a bike is green. Pro cycling is not. Don't greenwash us by confusing one with the other.
Rendel Harris 14 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 14 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.
tomlew 15 hours ago
@Rendel Harris "ultimately football at every level is played on roughly the same size to pitch, the goals are the same size and there are eleven players on each team." Except they don't. In a senior team a 16-year-old plays against adults, under tougher competition, plays more matches and under greater mental strain. If your argument was vaild, I could easily counter it by sayng that riding the very same bike on the same roads as in training, 150 km a day, should not be such a big deal for a pro cyclist.
MaxiMinimalist 16 hours ago
The TdF yearly circus generates human and atmospheric pollution. Big time. Airplanes, choppers, trucks, cars for teams, media, VIP and other involved parties. But pro cycling is a profitable business, ask ASO. Don't spoil the party with questions about carbon footprint, side-road waste, recycling (pun intended). Also, why does ASO not have a plan B case of high temperatures - earlier departure times, shortened stages, ... ? Based on this week's weather forecasts, several stages are likely to be cancelled. Quote of the day : "But as cycling continues to feel the full force of climate change, ..." In what ways?
Pub bike 17 hours ago
@Podc I heard that Scunthorpe CC's experiment with wrapping the name around the jersey under the arm to make it fit didn't go too well either.
17 thoughts on “Live blog: man wearing cycling gear and helmet goes on rooftop rampage in Cornwall, Lazer Helmets show support for Rachel McKinnon, Trek-Segafredo update on Steven de Jongh’s condition + more”
I am actually in favour of
I am actually in favour of punishing cyclists who are using their phones. In Copenhagen, there are far too many people texting or calling while cycling, and it is very obviously making them terrible cyclists.
As well as being a distraction, it makes it much harder to keep control of the bike itself by having just one hand on the bars. They drift around in the bike lane and are a hazard to people overtaking because they aren’t paying attention to what’s going on around them. If you absolutely need to make a call, at least use earphones so both your hands are in control of the bike (even if you’re still not listening to what’s going on).
fixedwhip wrote:
Yep, phone using cyclist is a bad cyclist. No excuse for it, especially when pulling over and stopping is a hell of a lot easier on a bicycle.
I hate those mats. Send the
I hate those mats. Send the wrong message – personal experience from a close pass “discussion” – “You’re not supposed to be more than 75cm from the kerb mush, get the fuck out of the middle of the lane” (this on a country lane not wide enough for two vehicles to pass side by side, when I was doing 27mph according to Strava)
kil0ran wrote:
That was my fear when they introduced these mats. That without the police officer explaining the inconsistancies with the measurements, they’d end up being prescriptive.
Both the 75cm and the 1.5m measurement are wrong but Cycling UK went ahead with the mat anyway.
kil0ran wrote:
Many of us CUK members told them that, they ignored it, I’ve seen an Australian version that was made up and it stated the word ‘minimum’ for both the 75cm and 1.5m part. This distinction is massive in terms of the message it would portray.
Also the distance is only suitable up to 30mph, for 40 and over it should be minimum of 2metres, i.e. overtaking in the opposite lane for most scenarios.
Cornwall police want to speak
Cornwall police want to speak to this man.
pockstone wrote:
Ah…that would explain…
“I just wish sometimes I could control these FUCKING MOOD SWINGS!”
Well, the Rachel McKinnon
Well, the Rachel McKinnon debate is over, then. If Katie f-ing Hopkins opposes something, you know that ‘something’ is alright
brooksby wrote:
Bollocks
The bloke below competed in the womens weightlifting, now tell me again that anything Katie Hopkins opposes is alright.
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
Am I showing my age/privilege/*something* if I do admit how difficult I find the current trans debate? My only comment to that picture is, “Errr…”
(But I do still think that you can generally work on the safe presumption that Katie f-ing Hopkins is wrong about everything
)
brooksby wrote:
It’s ok to find it difficult – it is difficult. The problem is that you’re not expected to rule on it, but the Internet expects you to have an opinion on it, and it better be a strong one, and you need to be real angry about it.
brooksby wrote:
I don’t think she knows what febrile means – it makes no sense in that phrase.
brooksby wrote:
I’d normally agree with you about Katie Hopkins.
But this example does make me scratch my head a bit about the point of having separate male and female sporting events if the line between male and female is increasingly blurred.
Do Brisbane police charge the
Do Brisbane police charge the same if a motorist is using their phone? Although its presumably more difficult to pull over a phone-using motorist…
“Dorset Police smash
“Dorset Police smash misconceptions about cyclists and the law”
Clearly not. Just click on the link and read the comments; every single driver myth about cyclists is paraded. Every. Single. One.
burtthebike wrote:
Gave up reading after the first 5 or so. They need their license taken away asap. Depressing as usual…even when they’re told something by the people who are upholding the law they make up their own shit and carry on…
Interesting that the QLD
Interesting that the QLD police state that cyclists should obey all motorists laws if they wish to cycle on Queenland’s roads, so operating their vehicle without a helmet is okay then as that is what you allow motorists to do. Basically you want them to obey other rules which doon’t protect them, has a hefty fine attached to it for not obeying said rule so by definition is discriminatory as you aren’t applying it to the other vehicle operators and from that your enforcement of such breaks your sworn oath you bent criminal cunts. No wonder cycling is going backwards numbers wise in oz!