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Live blog: Lance Armstrong’s mega-successful Uber investment; another near miss with a cyclist on the same Dutch level crossing; flawed Salbutamol test could be replaced by ‘passport’ + more
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kil0ran 18 minutes ago
I was a few bikes away from the fatal collision during Ride London a few years ago, I barely avoided the victim's dog which was running loose. Definitely one of those slo-mo adrenaline fuelled moments and I was only doing about 40kph. At lead out speeds it really doesn't bear thinking about.
open_roads 21 minutes ago
@Xenophon2 "That’s a lot of batteries to keep track of, to the point that I have a dedicated charger with 3 m USB-C cable in my office, another one at home. Can’t imagine having to deal with another battery such as on the Flight Attendant." Top tip: In reality most of the SRAM stuff lasts a month or two even with pretty heavy usage. I just charge all the batteries on the last Sunday of every month and have yet to be caught out. The SRAM batteries are so cheap / small / light it's also worth keeping a spare in a saddle bag or similar.
ajuk.uk@gmail.com 53 minutes ago
@chrisonabike There does seem to be evidence that 20 mph limits work on roads that already lend themselves to such low speeds, and I do think the lack of a 25 mph limit option is an issue for some roads. Speed limits should especially not be set very low in the hope that many or most drivers will only exceed them by a set amount because, not only is it not true that many people drive like that, the opposite can happen. Instead of targeting the drivers most likely to cause harm, you're putting the prohibition onto the behaviour of more sensible drivers and forcing the police to target them. The DfT guidance used to have a paragraph calling out this presumption. The extent to which road design and conditions at the time dictate traffic speeds is too stark to ignore. I've seen urban roads with signed 40 mph limits have lower average speeds than some roads with posted 20 mph limits. And yes, that road in Gloucester has signs openly inviting drivers to go faster, and almost none of them do: the non-compliance was about 2%. Compare that to over 99% non-compliance on some roads in Wales. What I'm mainly talking about is the increasing imposition of 20 mph limits on much higher-standard main roads. That's where you see extreme levels of non-compliance. In some cases, the average speed has even been known to go up after the limit has gone down. Showing such contempt just brings speed limits into disrepute and my contention is that drivers should take speed limits seriously.
ajuk.uk@gmail.com 53 minutes ago
@chrisonabike There does seem to be evidence that 20 mph limits work on roads that already lend themselves to such low speeds, and I do think the lack of a 25 mph limit option is an issue for some roads. Speed limits should especially not be set very low in the hope that many or most drivers will only exceed them by a set amount because, not only is it not true that many people drive like that, the opposite can happen. Instead of targeting the drivers most likely to cause harm, you're putting the prohibition onto the behaviour of more sensible drivers and forcing the police to target them. The DfT guidance used to have a paragraph calling out this presumption. The extent to which road design and conditions at the time dictate traffic speeds is too stark to ignore. I've seen urban roads with signed 40 mph limits have lower average speeds than some roads with posted 20 mph limits. And yes, that road in Gloucester has signs openly inviting drivers to go faster, and almost none of them do: the non-compliance was about 2%. Compare that to over 99% non-compliance on some roads in Wales. So no, when speed limits match the road, compliance is much higher, but speeds are not. What I'm mainly talking about is the increasing imposition of 20 mph limits on much higher-standard main roads. That's where you see extreme levels of non-compliance. In some cases, the average speed has even been known to go up after the limit has gone down. Showing such contempt just brings speed limits into disrepute and my contention is that drivers should take speed limits seriously.
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
@jaymack Yes...to an extent, and I'm happy at the moment with my twelve-year-old Dura Ace mechanical, but I must admit when I had Ultegra Di2 I did notice not so much the ease of shifting but the perfect trimming of the gears after every shift so that the chainline was always absolutely perfect and that did enhance the simple pleasure of being outside, for me anyway. At least until that day I forgot to charge the battery which died at the turnaround on an eighty-mile ride and had to ride a very lumpy forty miles home stuck in 50x14...
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@Daclu Trelub Well no, given that I object to the use of derogatory slurs against people with mental health issues I think I'll "bother" the person who's using derogatory slurs against people with mental health issues. Have a little think, if capable: if your mother or someone else close to you had dementia or mental health issues, would you be happy for people to be pointing at them mockingly saying, "Looks like she's a few chips short of a fish supper"? Stop it.
Daclu Trelub 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris Go and bother somebody else with your opinion.
jaymack 2 hours ago
I'm sure electronic gears, pedals, seat posts etc. are each a modern marvel but they all seem to solve a problem I've never encountered. However I have encountered others faffing while searching for batteries, cables and even a firmware update. All of which just gets in the way of cycling's simple pleasure - being outside
Rendel Harris 2 hours ago
@Daclu Trelub Yeah...that sort of expression is OK when being jocular about someone who's a bit dense or slow on the uptake, is it really appropriate for someone who quite obviously has mental health/dementia issues?
Xenophon2 3 hours ago
I'm a bit on the fence. Currently riding a gravel bike with a Force AXS XPLR groupset, Favero assioma pro powermeter pedals, Garmin varia rear light, lupine front light, Edge 1040. That's a lot of batteries to keep track of, to the point that I have a dedicated charger with 3 m USB-C cable in my office, another one at home. Can't imagine having to deal with another battery such as on the Flight Attendant. BUT....everything's dead easy to set up, no cables to route through the frame, no cable stretch, no derailleur adjustment.....
19 thoughts on “Live blog: Lance Armstrong’s mega-successful Uber investment; another near miss with a cyclist on the same Dutch level crossing; flawed Salbutamol test could be replaced by ‘passport’ + more”
From the BMJ abstract:
From the BMJ abstract:
“However, a recent salbutamol case from the 2017 Vuelta a España, “
Froome
“The method is demonstrated with data from a cyclist competing in the 2007 Giro d’Italia.”
Pettacchi, by any chance? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-suspended-for-one-year/
“Since the observed test falls within the 95% prediction interval, the result would not constitute an AAF.”
So, reading between the lines, I think they are saying Petacchi should not have been banned.
It appears that in both the
It appears that in both the videos the train is clearly visible before the cyclist started crossing (well, in the first one it was hidden by another train, but if they had waited rather than assuming it would have been visible).
John Smith wrote:
You can’t fix stupid basically. Was the rider drunk/stoned?
Providing Lance’s investment
Providing Lance’s investment (share holding) hasn’t been diluted along the way, that makes his $100k worth nearly $3.5 billion on IPO valuatios of $120 billion for Uber. That just feels wrong.
madcarew wrote:
Why?
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
Because it shows that doping does indeed pay.
Rapha Nadal wrote:
Guess you’ll be giving the likes of perennial dope cheat Merckx the same treatment, I think he’s done rather well for himself on the back of a dope fuelled cycling career? What about Moser, another self confessed doper, or maybe the Badger who refused to take tests, or any of the other successful riders BITD, or is it that you and like many others have a special reserve of rules and finger pointing when it comes to Armstrong?
he was a bully you say, well get out of bed, so was Merckx (net worth circa $20M btw), as well as a liar too, Hinault wasn’t exactly a saint either, in fact a total two faced, lying backstabbing wanker! Oh and Hinault happens to be loaded, he too invested his drug fuelled winnings, just like Armstrong.
So, just stop already with your ridiculous ‘doping’ bullshit, all the top/most successful pros were on it, you know this already. Yet you’ll only ever point the finger/villify one, why is that?
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
Roid rage?
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
What the actual fuck are you on about?
Man makes money from an investment which was funded by a higher salary and/or endorsement money earned due to succesess fuelled by doping. You asked “why” and there’s your answer. What on earth possessed you to bang on like you did? Can you read things that haven’t even been written down? Good Lord, man.
madcarew wrote:
No. He invested $100k in a fund that invested in Uber. I’m sure it would be easy to calculate exactly how much he has returned, but estimating for what % of the fund was in uber, dilution, tax, and any cashing out by the fund over time, he way i think $20-30m is a better estimate. No mean feat, but once again this is imo Lance being Lance – he didn’t have to share this info, but he did. Consider it a metaphorical middle finger to the haters.
I trust Mr Vine has reported
I trust Mr Vine has reported that driver. Couldn’t be a clearer case of “it’s only a cyclist so I’m gonna pull out”.
burtthebike wrote:
There’s also an element of “That car has stopped to let me out, so I don’t need to check for myself that its clear…”
Lance, I’ve always stuck up
Lance, I’ve always stuck up for you. Can I have a bike for xmas?
It never ceases to amaze me
It never ceases to amaze me that people make up their own rules of the road. The twitter feed is full of people claiming you should show “courtesy” and let people pull out in free moving traffic. That’s not a cyclist/car thing, it’s a morons who can’t drive thing.
John Smith wrote:
Had a few people pull out on me in London like that last night, I was driving a car. The idiots assume you will stop for them if they force a collision situation. Doing it to someone on a bike is a higher order of c*ntery.
ChrisB200SX wrote:
Honestly I don’t think they even think it’s a collision situation,they just think “there is plenty of room for them to slow down” and that if you don’t it’s you being rude and not playing by the rules. As evidence of this I was riding my motorbike to down a main road in to Oxford a few years ago. There was a lady in the road waiting to turn right on a bicycle shouting abuse at cars for not stopping to let her cross. Another example, my mother in law pulled out on someone and when they flashed their headlights at her she said “what’s his problem. He had loads of room to see me”.
Clearly you’re delusional and
Clearly you’re delusional and lacking comprehension. You accused Armstrong of profiteering from doping, so has every other top cyclist in history, you and others target armstrong but ignore other top cyclists who have doped/cheated their way to a fortune.
You’re not very good at this are you, go ask an adult to explain it to you!
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
Please do point out where I’ve denied that other cyclists have profited from doping? I’ll wait.
You asked a question which was answered. The subject in this discussion is Armstrong & not the rest of the peloton. Keeping up yet? Had the subject matter been the rest of the peloton profitering from doping then that would’ve been addressed as part of the conversation. Jesus fucking Christ you’re stupid.
BTBS is right, ok Armstong
BTBS is right, ok Armstong was a cheat but essentially he was just king of the cheaters. Pantani’s look of ‘wtf’ when he got chased by Armstrong probably translated to ‘what gear is he on that I’m not?’
Isn’t Indurain the most ludicrous of the cheaters with an average power of 455W all day for 3 weeks? I guess when you let others win stages then you never get called out.