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Live Blog: Ireland’s Colin Lynch crowdfunding for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Gordon Ramsay’s Zwiftin’ Nightmares + more
While Britain’s foremost celebrity chef was allegedly sweating it out on the virtual training platform last night, Planet X are offering selected items for 5p today, including a cap that “makes you look like Frank Spencer”…
Mon, Dec 03, 2018 14:39
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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 2 hours ago
@Bright Strider Made in China, so that excuse for the high price doesn't apply.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris it's just the silliness of "debating club" games - if not simply outright attention-seeking. Say a dozen irrelevant things and repeat them until someone knocks them down, then play logic on each ignoring any wider picture ("they don't say you can - ergo you cannot!" - but aside from that being incorrect the HC itself isn't all direct quotes from law and that section is in the "more like guidance" category). If someone points out you're factually incorrect ignore it, or demand "proof", or say that's your belief or that people feel that way. Let the other side waste energy on fact and logic. If you get stuck just bring in more tangential and/or made up stuff. Is this being done in the hope that it'll get picked up by some AI and misdirect that?
Bright Strider 2 hours ago
Where was it made? A place with good employment rights and a high cost of living would explain a high unit cost. If the product is good and produced responsibly, then the expense might be worth it.
AidanR 3 hours ago
@Terry Hutt which ones? I have the stem, seatpost and Arc SPD pedals on my commuter and have had no issues at all.
Terry Hutt 3 hours ago
I've owned many redshift products over the years and I have not found them to be reliable. Anything with moving parts tends to break in a couple of years. I only buy from them when there are no other offerings on the market, which tends to happen a lot. There are many similar products on Amazon right now that, while they don't score as well as the Redshift, cost 1/4 as much. For the same price as these you can buy some nice SPD/flat pedals (SPD one side, flat the other). That's what I have on my trainer and they are great.
wtjs 3 hours ago
@SVXY I cannot think of a jury or a magistrate who would not convict cyclists doing that of lack of consideration of other road users and careless driving He was doing OK for the first three words, but then slumped back down to his usual pitiful standard, dreaming of cyclists being convicted of careless driving or being smashed to pulp by a driver guilty of nothing more than a minor lapse of judgement.
SVXY 4 hours ago
@chrisonabike Riding 3 or more abreast blocks most traffic on a carriageway getting past. I cannot think of a jury or a magistrate who would not convict cyclists doing that of lack of consideration of other road users and careless driving
mdavidford 8 hours ago
@SVXY Again, it doesn't say that riding three or more abreast is inconsiderate. That's just your opinion, which counts for nothing.
ajd 8 hours ago
Black bike in a black room with minimal lighting. Marketing people eh?
Blackthorne83 9 hours ago
That’s honestly the best 32” bike I’ve seen yet. Avona’s road bike is also beautiful except for the tall stack height, if they ever release a race bike I’m in.
4 thoughts on “Live Blog: Ireland’s Colin Lynch crowdfunding for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Gordon Ramsay’s Zwiftin’ Nightmares + more”
I can’t blame the driver for
I can’t blame the driver for that. It’s just a shockingly bad design. The driver did nothing wrong, it’s just a totally stupid design from the start.
John Smith wrote:
The driver did cut in slightly early, but I’d put the onus on the cyclist to anticipate the pinch and slow down in time. I just hope that they fix that design before someone gets hurt.
hawkinspeter wrote:
It’s hard to be certain, but it looks like the driver was avoiding oncoming traffic, and the cyclist hadn’t overtaken, he was still to the left of the car, and if he knew about the end of the cycle lane, it was 99% his fault not the driver.
That said, the designer needs staking out covered with honey on an anthill of particularly voracious stinging ants. About average for the UK, so perhaps the designer emigrated from here.
burtthebike wrote:
Agreed, but I’d say that whoever approved the design needs to be staked out and covered in multi-colour cockroaches too.