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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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Surreyrider 2 minutes ago
Please remove this from Road CC. I go on the website to read ROAD cycling stories. Stop padding your content out with irrelevant stuff.
capedcrusader 3 minutes ago
Vollering conveniently forgetting that her own SD-Worx DS and teammates left her high and dry after she crashed 2 years ago in the Tour de Femmes, and that it was her own fault she crashed, putting that on Niewiadoma is taking the Michael. Plus it wasn't as if the crash was 40-50km out it was 6 km from the line and the peleton was naturally setting up for the sprint which Vollering's teammate Blanca Vas won. Slowing down was never an option. Sour grapes. As for the stage 8 last week, Sisteron-Nice, there's little doubt Gery put the squeeze on Niewiadoma which while allowed and 'part of the game' is bad sportmanship but I don't think that Niewiadoma could have kept up with Vollering regardless, as was made clear the following day on Col d'Eze.
matthewn5 9 minutes ago
Every day on my ride to work I am held up by a column of slow-moving motorists. Not one of them ever pulls into one of the many driveways, laybys etc on the way, meaning that stretch of road instead takes me 10 minutes to cycle instead of about two. They simply never think about how their choice of vehicle inconveniences other road users. I think your article completely misses the point. If drivers want to be in front, they should get out earlier.
Wales56 49 minutes ago
Summerhall - Council facebook post - worth a look for laughs https://www.facebook.com/edinburghcouncil/videos/right-turn-in-two-stages/1575447567327117/
ChrisA 55 minutes ago
The problem with Mr Loophole & his ilk, is their ability to ignore the facts whilst still knowing which buttons to press. The cyclist, in the volvo case, probably went poorly prepared to defend his corner (he probably assumed, like most here, that the case would be 'thrown out' by the magistrate), and was overwhelmed by a prosecution using numerous & emotive arguments to bamboozle the opposition.
DaveSpokes 1 hour ago
I am with George on this one. There is no excuse for or legitimate reason behind the levels of hate aimed at Cyclists. Fuelled by the many morons on Social Media. However if we don't treat other road users with respect and ride within the rules of the Highway Code then can we expect others to respect us? Its a 2 way street and everytime a cyclist does something stupid it puts another stick on the fire. Its not right just a reality. It is no excuse for the appallingly low standards of driving and that is not my point. As the old phrase goes people in Glass houses.....
pockstone 1 hour ago
Meanwhile...https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/aug/13/victims-commissioner-road-crime-england-wales
mdavidford 2 hours ago
Perhaps you consider posting them occasionally?
DaveSpokes 2 hours ago
I was not excusing the "hate" out there, it is fed by social media and the morons that use it. I was simply saying that if we want the hate to die and reduce then we must individually treat other road users with the respect we want back. I live up a single track road. On more than one occasion I've had cyclists sail past passing places coming towards so we've both had to stop whilst the brain donor on the bike squeezes past on the verge...if they'd have slowed by the passing place I could pull in and they could have accelerated past. Its that sort of twattery that really ticks off the non-cyclists. Its not riding within the Highway Code etc. I fully expect some Road Warrior to answer this with some moronic comment which just proves my point. I despair of a small percentage of our number but we can mitigate at least some of the hate by riding properly and courtesly.
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?