Live blog: “Empty” cycle lanes; Student to try and everest Dundee Law; UCI introduces sock height rule for 2019 + more

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1. UCI introduces sock height

   UCI introduces sock height rule for 2019

   I think it’s great that the UCI have solved all the important problems in regulating pro cycling and can now move on to trivial stuff like this

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2. Yep I saw that about sock

   Yep I saw that about sock heights on the Cycling Weekly website, what a load of horseshit. I mean, the excuse about riders getting marginal aerodynamic gains comes across as utter drivel with regard to socks.

   In BMX we have other stupid rules foisted on us from the UCI, like racers not being allowed to wear jeans any more.

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   • OldRidgeback wrote:

     Yep I saw that about sock heights on the Cycling Weekly website, what a load of horseshit. I mean, the excuse about riders getting marginal aerodynamic gains comes across as utter drivel with regard to socks.

     In BMX we have other stupid rules foisted on us from the UCI, like racers not being allowed to wear jeans any more.

     — OldRidgeback

     The aerodynamic gains from long socks are well documented and the UCI are just making sure riders in time trial stages don’t end up looking like a lot of the UK’s domestic testers with socks up to their knees!

     Mark.

      

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       The aerodynamic gains from long socks are well documented and the UCI are just making sure riders in time trial stages don’t end up looking like a lot of the UK’s domestic testers with socks up to their knees!

       Mark.

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       But long socks are available simply and cheaply to anybodt that wants them, so it’s not like they’d be getting an advantage that others wouldn’t be able to get such as with custom made handlebars etc

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3. That tree is First Street,

   That tree is First Street, Manchester outside Junkyard golf. It’s quite short but is was quite handy for turning left from Whitworth St onto Albion St (especially when lights at the junction are on red!).

   I used it all the time when commuting to/from Piccadilly (well, from – its useless from the other direction)  

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4. Now we sorted socks out I

   Now we sorted socks out I think we need to move on to sunglasses.

   

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5. Just been looking at the

   Just been looking at the plans for the Chorlton route. Slightly annoying that there isn’t a zip file with all the PDFs rather than multiple clicks to get to each one in turn, but…

   Initial thoughts are that its promising. One comment I have is that the ramps on Copenhagen style bus stops need to be less severe than the one in the example photo.

   

    

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6. Would the student’s Everest

   Would the student’s Everest attempt qualify if he’s riding a circuit rather than up and down the same hill?

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   • MrB123 wrote:

     Would the student’s Everest attempt qualify if he’s riding a circuit rather than up and down the same hill?

     — MrB123

      

     I’d hate to see this young man waste his efforts on an attempt that won’t be ratified so let’s hope he’s read the rules.

      

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     • mike the bike wrote:

       Would the student’s Everest attempt qualify if he’s riding a circuit rather than up and down the same hill?

       — mike the bike

        

       I’d hate to see this young man waste his efforts on an attempt that won’t be ratified so let’s hope he’s read the rules.

        

       — MrB123

        

       Proper everesting can’t be done in a circuit, you have to go up and down the same hill, but if it’s for charity who cares!

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     • mike the bike wrote:

       Would the student’s Everest attempt qualify if he’s riding a circuit rather than up and down the same hill?

       — mike the bike

        

       I’d hate to see this young man waste his efforts on an attempt that won’t be ratified so let’s hope he’s read the rules.

        

       — MrB123

       He wouldn’t qualify for the grey stripe if he was doing circuits up the hill and down the other side

       – Rides must only focus on one hill or mountain per ride (e.g. you can’t base yourself in one location and ride multiple hills). You cannot ride different routes on the same mountain. If there are 4 routes, that means there are 4 possible ‘everestings’ (think of it like the North and South face of Everest).

       – Rides cannot be loops. The descent must be via the same road unless you are prevented from doing so (e.g. one-way street or one-way trail). This is to prevent kinetic gain sometimes afforded by a loop, or an ‘easier’ descent.

       — everesting.cc

       but he might just be interested in the donations and the challenge. Agree that i’d hope someone’s had word with him if he does want it to count officially as an everesting though, i’ll have a look and see if I can find him…

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       • fukawitribe wrote:

          

         I’d hate to see this young man waste his efforts on an attempt that won’t be ratified so let’s hope he’s read the rules.

          

         — fukawitribe

         He wouldn’t qualify for the grey stripe if he was doing circuits up the hill and down the other side

         – Rides must only focus on one hill or mountain per ride (e.g. you can’t base yourself in one location and ride multiple hills). You cannot ride different routes on the same mountain. If there are 4 routes, that means there are 4 possible ‘everestings’ (think of it like the North and South face of Everest).

         – Rides cannot be loops. The descent must be via the same road unless you are prevented from doing so (e.g. one-way street or one-way trail). This is to prevent kinetic gain sometimes afforded by a loop, or an ‘easier’ descent.

          

         — everesting.cc

         Given there’s only one road up “The law” itself he has to go up and down that, but depends where he’s starting from and I would guess that to get height that may be down at almost sea level by the river Tay.. Dundee is known as a veritable rats nest of one way systems thet they build (from memory) in the late 80s and early nineteys . .  it’s rumoured some locals that went shopping in 1994 are still trying to find their way out the one way system in the centre of town.

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     • mike the bike wrote:

       I’d hate to see this young man waste his efforts on an attempt that won’t be ratified so let’s hope he’s read the rules.

       — mike the bike

       You mean his socks might be illegal?

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7. Shouldn’t that tree have a

   Shouldn’t that tree have a sign “Merry Christmas to all cyclists”?

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8. UCI obviously just ratifying

   UCI obviously just ratifying “The Rules”

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