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Live blog: Jenny Graham smashes round-the-world record, protest organised against lack of police action over spate of bike muggings in Manchester, new 3T Exploro + more
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Thu, Oct 18, 2018 14:34
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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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Shades 11 minutes ago
I commend the Lib Dems for taking on the car problem; long overdue, but given the amount of bike infrastructure going in (roadworks) and whether a dedicated bike lane was needed in a park, I hope they haven't created an electoral problem for themselves. There are more bikes about, especially ebikes as it's pretty hilly. Given that I was tailgated by an impatient driver, in another part of the park, on my way home the other evening, they can kick the cars out of the park as far as I'm concerned. I'm getting fed up with all the 'on-line rabble rousing' over this as it's just fuelling anti-cyclist sentiment. Primarily it's right wing and Labour people seeing it as an opportunity to bash the Lib Dems, backed up by the usual 'flat-earth' brigade who just oppose any change in Bath. A nice place for cycle-haters to pedal their trade. Took 30 years to get the green light to improve the rugby ground (in the centre of Bath) that brings hordes of people into town (spending money) on match days. They moan about tourists and hate the Christmas Market (more people spending their cash in the city).
Empty 24 minutes ago
@jaymack Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time, and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. There you go, bit of Shakespeare for the kids. Not perfect, but I think it fits the situation enough.
Miller 1 hour ago
@webbierwrex Can't you just tell from metrics like, um, the time it takes you?
jaymack 1 hour ago
@eburtthebike - Q: What do we want? A: More pollution! Q: When do we want it? A: Now...and tomorrow...and the day after tomorrow...
Miller 1 hour ago
They look like Crocs.
kingleo 2 hours ago
Cycle lane protesters: Selfish people who believe the roads should be used for their cars and only their cars.
mark1a 2 hours ago
@webbierwrex They have, it's called Garmin Connect+.
eburtthebike 2 hours ago
@mitsky The media in this country is almost universally anti-cyclist, and will take any opportunity to criticise them. The fact that the thief's mode of transport was irrelevant to the theft, unless they were riding a bike. Wasn't there a report a few years ago which analysed media coverage of cycling and found it to be overwhelmingly biased?
Velophaart_95 2 hours ago
Those protesters need to give their collective heads a wobble - and get a life. Their children will be far safer with less cars on the roads, but it completely passes them by. I don't know how we break the cycle of motornormativity......I'm not sure it's a battle that can be won - but really hope it can.
eburtthebike 2 hours ago
"Around 200 people gathered outside the council offices, many brandishing placards calling for the removal of the Lib Dem councillors behind the proposal, criticising the proposed loss of car parking spaces, and discussing protecting children." Mountain, meet the molehill. In this ultra-motornormativity society, nothing counts as much as car parking. Just to show that they aren't really caraholics, they conflate the safety of children into the mix. As we've seen in so many cases, with today's story about a driver being found guilty of murder because a cyclist touched his car, nothing matters more to some people than their car: not even their kids. Is it time that car addiction became a recognised illness and appropriate treatment devised?
17 thoughts on “Live blog: Jenny Graham smashes round-the-world record, protest organised against lack of police action over spate of bike muggings in Manchester, new 3T Exploro + more”
I’ve always wanted my bike to
I’ve always wanted my bike to ride itself, leaving me to watch tele and get fat while notching up all those verifiable Strava miles
MarkiMark wrote:
it gives the autonomous cars something to aim at
From the Irish Article…..
From the Irish Article…..
“He told me he saw the cyclist ahead of him. He told me he saw the cyclist turn his head but the cyclist did not alter his position on the road,” Garda Vance said.
Ms Harrington, who was in the front seat, heard a bang and her husband realised the car had collided with the bicycle as they passed.
Mr Carney was not wearing a helmet or high visibility clothing, the court heard.
Forensic Collision Investigator Garda John Culleton said both the car and the bicycle were travelling in the same direction at a similar speed along Butterfield Park when the collision occurred.
“Both parties were travelling alongside and either could have encroached on the other. One moved towards the other and contact was made.
“I cannot say who made the contact between these vehicles. There was contact between both parties but I can’t say who made the manoeuvre that resulted in contact,” Garda Culleton said.
The jury of three women and three men returned a verdict of accidental death and made a recommendation that all cyclists wear helmets.
FFS!
Deeferdonk wrote:
Quite staggering. What else can be said?
Regarding the inquest verdict
Regarding the inquest verdict, despite the driver admitting he saw the cyclist and that the cyclist didn’t alter direction (read – didn’t get out of the way), the cyclist ends up dead despite what’s practically an admission of fault the old victim blaming should wear a helmet nonsense appears again. Not a word about drivers taking more care and overtaking safely.
The three men and three women of the jury should be made watch the effect of a ton+ of metal rolling over a foam hat (I’m not completely sadistic – I wouldn’t insist their heads be in it at the time) to see what utter pointless shite that is as a verdict
JMcL_Ireland wrote:
Clearly the three men and three women of the jury haven’t been told what a bicycle helmet is – and isn’t! – designed to help protect the wearer from…
brooksby wrote:
Spot on there!
77 years old, eh? Probably
77 years old, eh? Probably been driving the thick end of 60 years without any further scrutiny. Eyesight could be shot as well.
vonhelmet wrote:
In a fair and reasonable society, they would obviously have checked his eyesight at around the same time they checked that he wasn’t drunk etc.
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What is the possible relevance of this given that the motorist and his wife both admitted having seen him?
I saw the cyclist ahead of me
I saw the cyclist ahead of me and decided to run him over anyway.
On what informed basis, having regard to all the benefits and cons of a helmet did they come up with that recommendation?
How about recommending that drivers don’t run cyclists over? That drivers give an appropriate amount of room? That drivers don’t drive right next to a cyclist, maintaining the same speed?
Oh on their lack of facts basis, drivers of that age need to pass a retest and eye test before being allowed to drive.
hirsute wrote:
Ah, but remember: “the cyclist did not alter his position on the road“. Clearly his fault, then…
You wonder how it’s possible
You wonder how it’s possible to have a fatal accident on a residential street like this…
Until you look at google maps and see how it’s a great little rat-run parallel to a main road. Perfect if the rush hour traffic is bad and you’re running late on your way to the train station. Maybe…
Surely the police can tell
Surely the police can tell where the car hit him ? If the damage is at the front he’s just run him down.
If it’s the side it’s more complicated.
RIP fellow cyclist.
We’re not sure if he forced
We’re not sure if he forced his penis inside of her or whether due to his close proximity she fell onto his exposed penis, so accidental ‘relations’, the rape cannot be proven. The victim was wearing a low cut top, short skirt and was walking down a street minding her own business, we recommend long dresses, big baggy tops and chasisty belts for all women.
Fucking cunts.
Hopefully this gets taken to
Hopefully this gets taken to a court of appeal, with expert witnesses for the deceased. That summary of facts sounds like an admission of guilt to me
Professor Mingguo Zhao, who
Professor Mingguo Zhao, who led the team that developed the bike, said:“Our project is about how a bicycle can keep its balance like a human. We chose the most similar method to a human, making use of centrifugal force produced by controlling the handlebar to keep balance,”
Nope. No such thing as centrifugal force. What sort of professor makes that statement?