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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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Rendel Harris 29 minutes 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 51 minutes ago
@Rendel Harris Go and bother somebody else with your opinion.
jaymack 54 minutes 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 55 minutes 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 2 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.....
IanMK 2 hours ago
I saw a similar incident a few years back at the British Champs. Dad and son crossing the road ar the bottom of Saltburn Bank, presumably to get to the beach. Dad made a dash for it leaving the son in the middle of the road. Top parenting. Luckily it was just a solo breakaway rider so easily avoided disaster. It's not like there's not enough warning. Police motorcycles whizzing past sirens blaring. It's just impatience / entitlement.
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
Very poor from the organisers, as the resident said, "There's always one" and yes, there always will be one, often a confused elderly person lacking the capacity to understand the consequences of their actions, and so you have to fully barrier crossing points in that sort of situation and have marshals in charge of opening and closing. It's very lucky we're not talking about serious injury or death.
Didsbury 3 hours ago
Mr Loophole doesn't understand physics or how to drive properly. Speed, as all cyclists know, is related to the amount of power being input and gear selection. If only drivers could understand this.
Tazwaz 4 hours ago
“What about all the trade that was lost because people could not get to park?” What about all the extra visitors that arrived just for the race? Maybe thats why there was also a lack of parking. Skeg vegas is hardly the most popular out of season destination
tomlew 7 hours ago
I used to say that mechanical shifting was so much better because it was serviceable on the roadside and you could buy a spare derailleur or shifter in the remotest shop on the continent. Oh, how wrong I was proven later, with all the recent standards and pull ratios...
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?