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Live blog: Team Wiggins becomes Team WIGGINS Le Col, a hardcore commute, Geraint Thomas wins Welsh Sports Personality of the Year award +more
Is G a dead-cert for the UK gong after scooping the Welsh SPOTY award? Meanwhile, the government said they want to double cycling in the UK by 2025 at the Cycling and Walking Innovations conference today
Wed, Dec 05, 2018 15:23
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Jack is group editor across road.cc, off.road.cc and ebiketips, overseeing all three sites in the F-At Digital group to make sure everything’s up to scratch. He’s been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of road.cc including tech, news and video, and also contributed to ebiketips before being named editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town, and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master’s degree in print journalism, and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it’s a long story).
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AidanR 21 minutes ago
Great piece, thank you Emily
Rendel Harris 37 minutes ago
@Nigel Garage Then sanity returned and he said, "Hang on, are you suggesting that we leave our beautiful Victorian flat in the middle of the greatest city on earth to go and live in some nasty Barratt Homes newbuild in a place so boring that for entertainment the residents constantly troll websites from which they've been banned a dozen times, with a creepy accountant who cyberstalks people's Facebook photos to get material to use for his silly posts on said websites for a neighbour?" "Yes, on second thoughts let's stay here," she said, and they lived very happily ever after.
DavidKK 45 minutes ago
If drivers find it too hard to give way then maybe it should be a stop sign. That will give them enough time to look.
Inthedark1 1 hour ago
Just turn your head Ed. Perhaps you've gone so far to the right turning left is the problem?
stoofer77 1 hour ago
“Between 2020–24, collisions involving a single pedal cycle and pedestrian resulted in 9 pedestrian deaths and 738 serious injuries in Great Britain. This isn’t anti-cycling. It’s pro-safety and good road design. If London can do it, Exeter can too.” In the same period there were around 6000 fatalities and 115000 serious casualties on the roads generally. Bicycle users are therefore demonstrably less dangerous than other road users, and perhaps if Ed is "pro safety" he ought to look to at the other 99% of road users. Maybe he could start with people making a social media posts while driving.
Beryl 2 hours ago
If the man can't turn his head to check his blind spot he shouldn't be on the road
GravelIsNothingNew 3 hours ago
Follow the road rules. Why is this even a discussion? Because the road rules are not adequately policed. …Solution: how about £100 fines for everyone flouting the road rules / risking cyclists lives on social media and in council chambers, as well as on the roads? That should stop this ongoing waste of time.
jackcycles 10 hours ago
@Rendel Harris you've painted a rather alluring picture of social harmony there, but unfortunately you've got my name wrong. I'm Jack, not Nigel. However, to return the compliment, I must think of a story for you. I imagine you sat outside a pub, real ale and pipe propped on the adjacent table, in a similar fashion to Nigel Farage at his populist best. You turn to your wife. "You know what dear? I think I've been a bit harsh in my time. I've shunned the politeness and wisdom of others for too long and want to change my ways.* "There there Rendel", says Mrs Harris. "You're not a bad old stick, it's just living in London that's emptied your soul of kindness and compassion. I've found a lovely new place where we can settle down in our later years. It's on a leafy cul de sac, surrounded by friendly neighbours and smiling faces. There's a guy a couple of doors down, a remarkable man. As well as his towering intellect and rapier wit, he's also a keen cyclist, holding severa local KOMs. Don't be perturbed dear - he'll ride with anyone provided they show other road users the kindness and courtesy they deserve." Rendel turned emotionally, voice shaking. "Oh my dear, thank you for this second chance", and with that the rest of the pub goers turned and applauded the couple, throwing garlands of petals in their wake. The end.
mattw 10 hours ago
As a Councillor, Edward needs to be paying some attention to all that parking obstructing visibility and manoeuvres at the junction, and sorting out those radii.
mattw 11 hours ago
Ed Hill was chucked out by Reform in 2025, though TBF to him it was about how to run it rather than ideology I think. He is now reportedly closer to Advance UK, which is distinctly more extreme than Reform. I'd call this Alan Amos style attention seeking.
12 thoughts on “Live blog: Team Wiggins becomes Team WIGGINS Le Col, a hardcore commute, Geraint Thomas wins Welsh Sports Personality of the Year award +more”
Thought near misses on bikes
Thought near misses on bikes were bad?
Yes, as the consequences are far worse.
Oh, and by the way Jack S, – none of this ‘previously worked for 220 Triathlon magazine’ nonsense! I know you still write for 220, ya little tinker!
KendalRed wrote:
If there were consequences it wouldn’t be a near miss, I was more referring to the initial wince-factor in some of these examples – though I’m not doubting if there were consequences involving a cyclist it’s likely to be worse (first-hand experience of this).
I do still do some freelance work for a UK multisport magazine yes, but I’m typing this at you from my full-time place of employment!
That’s TFL budgeting is
That’s TFL budgeting is hardly a surprise to anyone who works in projects or infrastructure. That’s how infrastructure spending works. The 17/18/19 budget will be for planning, writing PIDs, submitting and reviewing bids and ramping up to delivery. You don’t just go out and start digging up roads or implementing changes at random. These things take time.
Its not a scandal, it’s standard program delivery.
Some shocking driving there,
Some shocking driving there, but then again that’s no shock. My particular favourite was the impatient overtaker who had to stick it in the verge on the far side to avoid a head on.
Marjority of these are ‘oh,
Marjority of these are ‘oh, the guy in front has gone so it must be alright for me to go too, no need to check…’
“The Government want to
“The Government want to double cycling by 2025.
They have identified the barriers;
safety, and poor infrastructure are the top two”
No. The top two are the government, closely followed by the government. And the rest of the top 100 are the government too.
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But they want to do it without paying any money, without changing any aspect of the built environment, and without having to restrict the activities of motorists in any way, shape, or form…
brooksby wrote:
But they want to do it without paying any money, without changing any aspect of the built environment, and without having to restrict the activities of motorists in any way, shape, or form…
Can’t they just change how it’s calculated?
That bloke who ran the route
That bloke who ran the route of the tour de france.. 30 miles a day for 68 days…. he’s a nutter!
Interesting about cycling
Interesting about cycling being the fastest growing sport in the British Army. I work in Defence and was quite surprised to see the number of officers who are keen cyclists. A couple of the blokes even did the Alpe d’Huez stage last year.
Eton Rifle wrote:
Any chance of using their expertise and the accessibility of weapons to dole out some very rough justice? I’m thinking of a challenger tank running over a few cars, and I’m sure quite a few people would chip in to crowdfund it, as long as they were given sufficient warning to be there to video the driver’s face as he rushes out of his house to see his crushed car and a tank disappearing into the distance.
burtthebike wrote:
Who needs a tank? This is the Army’s replacement vehicle* – it has all terrain capability, low fuel consumption, low radar footprint and very quiet weapon discharge…
(* this may not be quite true)