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@wtjs Vote Keir get Mandelson - which ultimately led to the downfall of both of them. Obligatory cycling content: Mandelson was once seen riding a Brompton in London in October 2009 according to the Telegraph. This could of course just been an attempt by the Telegraph to smear him with another "crime" (of being a cyclist).

@cardch V v tempting Do you seriously want to be associated with people like this?

@dave atkinson Thats my point about loose rules, its possible to have two attempts with massively different routes which change the actual feat by a huge margin and yet the two attempts are considered comparable for the sake of the record. I don't understand it. You wouldn't have that in almost any other record. I understand that ultra distance events are a little different but it still feels like there could be more constraints/categories.

@mctrials23 the rules aren't really that complicated: - at least 18,000 miles - pass through one set of antipodal points - travel in one direction - only use scheduled transport that's basically it. what makes the whole thing a mess in my opinion is that there aren't *enough* rules, so me trying it on my own with panniers is effectively going for the same record as lael is with a full crew

A few years ago cars were being designed with low front ends to minimise injury to pedestrians; causing them to be rolled over the bonnet rather than struck by a slab front or dragged beneath the vehicle. Every new car you see these days, large or small, has a square slab fronted bonet. EVs seem particularly prone to this design style.

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Yawn - more sloppy, lazy journalist nonsense about bottom brackets - but hey let's follow all our other journalist mates. "Happily, Ribble has gone for a BSA 68mm threaded bottom bracket".

@JohnnyBiking and the "taller bonnet" type of car/truck is also not helping safety. So it might still be "best" being hit by a cyclist. (Still wouldn't want to end up under one of those visiting Sumo wrestlers plus Santander bike though.)

@Surreyrider agree with the drift ... ... but one should consider if it would be even worse without them? Especially given car technology has advanced to take the bumps out (and the shake / rattle / wind in your hair / engine and road noise and other indicators you're going quite a clip). There are also quite a few who feel that speed limits are nonsense and it would be safer if drivers were left to manage their own speed. (Because roads have "natural" speeds ... well, they do have design speeds, but IMHO often those are too fast for the most safety-critical functions of the road...) Some have even posted here...

@Jetmans Dad That and fitting vehicles with speedometers doesn't exactly improve road safety.