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Live blog: Zwift Companion updates, Team Sky… dildo thing, MAMILs on the rise in Oz, Vulpine returns + more
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Mon, Dec 10, 2018 20:05
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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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AidanR 7 minutes ago
Canyon are wrong. This is the safest road bike ever created: https://road.cc/content/news/florida-man-armed-cyclist-jersey-sparks-debate-303035
ROOTminus1 17 minutes ago
I get on my bike to remove myself from the world where AI is being shoehorned into everything. DO NOT WANT.
ROOTminus1 28 minutes ago
It would amount to a contravention of Article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 to sentence Mr Frewin to cleaning up similarly dumped asbestos with a rolled up £10 note and a Friday night toilets technique, as part of a community payback scheme. I make no presumption or judgement on how practiced he may or may not be at such activities.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
@quiff Well, that's the beauty of language - it's mutable and indeterminate, and a dictionary definition never captures the full nuance of practical usage. In any case, as I say, I'm not wedded to the term, and it's entirely peripheral to the point.
HLaB 1 hour ago
I've seen a few of his videos and its left me thinking the same each time. Hugging the gutter just encourages such numpties, who see a space and instantly go without thinking.
Blackhound 1 hour ago
Thanks.
Surreyrider 1 hour ago
@quiff Maybe that's where journalists should kind of do their journalisting - and check/ask questions?
Surreyrider 1 hour ago
@Blackhound No, they won't in the UK.
saw442000 2 hours ago
@steve1968smith I appreciate you being the reasonable cyclist here but it was only a matter of time before the locals started moaning about cyclists actually using the new path instead of not using it. As with most of these stories there is more background to the rage bait headline on here. The latest issue came about when the car boot organiser put a post on Facebook about how 'speeding' cyclists should be giving way. It was only when he was pulled up on this, and consulted the latest version of the Highway Code, that he edited the post to then start bleating about 'shared responsibility' instead. Councillors got involved and that led to the retrospective planning application. Presumably the marshals are sufficiently trained/qualified to direct traffic on the highway? The 14 day limit will likely have no effect either - apparently a previous organiser got round it by dividing the field into four parts and using a different bit each time! You should know as well as anyone that GCC Highways are experts in designing conflict points into their active travel infrastructure.
quiff 3 hours ago
@ mdavidford - can't reply to the relevant post because threading issues but, to be fair, most dictionaries associate 'barrelling' (in this context) with speed and lack of control - neither of which describe this cyclist.
16 thoughts on “Live blog: Zwift Companion updates, Team Sky… dildo thing, MAMILs on the rise in Oz, Vulpine returns + more”
UCI now in frantic meeting to
UCI now in frantic meeting to go through the rulebook as regards dildos. Maybe the last place guy now has to carry la dildo rouge?
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
Surely ‘Le Dildo Rouge’ – I can’t imagine it would be a feminine noun!
KendalRed wrote:
fench is very odd, more about the sound than the sex of the object.
So it’s le zizi (willy) but la bite (dick)
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
UCI have now permitted their use but have to be no bigger than 7″ and cannot contain a motor.
Simmo72 wrote:
in addition, UCI have insisted on keeping to a 3:1 ratio on tube profile, since “aero”gains are not permitted.
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
No. He has to wear a purple helmet.
All my dildos are gender
All my dildos are gender fluid.
Only doing it to get
Thomas is only doing it to get attention otherwise why post it up on social media? He’s quick to criticise Wiggins for attention seeking and then pulls this out of his arris and thrusts it onto tinternet, now he thinks he’s the big dog he’s such a media whore just like the rest.
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
They did it ot take the piss out of Wiggins. If they didn’t post it, how were they going to make their point?
While I a sure they found it hilarious, I doubt it was a wise move.
Road cycling and sexual
Road cycling and sexual perversion go hand in hand. Minority interest with tight clothes, pain for pleasure mindset and the usage of gadget and drugs to get more out of it.
I’m sure there’ll be stiff
I’m sure there’ll be stiff opposition to this from other teams.
Is Durex Sensations the new official lube for team Sky?
Team Dimension Data rumoured to be following suit, and now “powered by Duracell ”
I’m considering carrying one
I’m considering carrying one with a sucker to stick on the roof of the next driver to cut me up.
In the forties and fifties my
In the forties and fifties my father always referred to traffic lights as ‘robots’ probably a common description on countrywide installation.
fixation80 wrote:
they’re still called robots in S Africa.
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I’m not Froome’s biggest fan, but come on…!
Maybe it’s not a dildo but
Maybe it’s not a dildo but just a phallic shaped sealent applicator to be thrust into a punctured tire?