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Live blog: Jeremy Vine films “The most life threatening moment I’ve ever had on my bike,” 2,000 years for Santa to do his rounds by bike, pro rider’s top save, reaction to Thomas SPOTY win + more
Broadcaster subjected to shockingly close overtake on hos commute this morning
Mon, Dec 17, 2018 18:20
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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 11 minutes ago
@ceppm Wouldn't confidentiality/privacy issues put the mockers on that, unless every cyclist identified gave explicit permission? If I was cycling down a deserted country road and was suddenly mugged for my bike and it transpired that the thief had used Waze/Google to find out I was coming wouldn't the tech companies be at risk of being found liable for enabling them?
ceppm 48 minutes ago
If Waze was so worried about cyclists' safety, they could have asked daddy Google for that warning a long time ago. I'm sure there are very clever people in Google that can figure out when a person is on a bike using speed, route and position. Then just pass that data point to Waze. Suddenly hundreds of thousands more cyclists are visible on the app, without having to spend pretty £££.
whosatthewheel 10 hours ago
@andystow To just brush.
galibiervelo 10 hours ago
Bone conducting headphones connected to an AI chatbot repeating the text 'harden the phuckup and ride faster" will do it every time
Hollis Jones 10 hours ago
@a1white that actually chilled me to read - the notion that a metal box could have more value than a person’s life. Motonormativity at its finest. What a rotten society.
chrisonabike 11 hours ago
@Rendel Harris but but wasn't it a case of "only hurty words" again? Seems that that is the new "just bants". Which falls somewhere between saying you've a *very* robust belief in the right to say anything, no matter what offence caused * ... and being a (not very) crypto racist / holding other irrational hates. * Most who promote this approach appear unable to sustain it when on the receiving end of criticism - or even questions. It's almost as if people do it just for *certain* kinds of attention, and are seeking an easy win not a fight. There must be a word for that...
chrisonabike 11 hours ago
@Bungle_52 alas yet more "we're in favour of more cycle infra! We can easily bin it when we need space for anything more important..." Meanwhile in NL even for petrolhead events like a Grand Prix: "You can park your moped or bicycle for free within walking distance of Circuit Zandvoort at one of the specially designated moped and bicycle parking areas..." (And they really do have massive cycle parks, which are very well used!)
andystow 11 hours ago
@IanMK how is that cheap resin tat worth £800‽
andystow 12 hours ago
@mctrials23 that and wearing a massive golden cross.
andystow 12 hours ago
@belugabob maybe they'll get a better role model, and be the first generation to brush their teeth properly.
4 thoughts on “Live blog: Jeremy Vine films “The most life threatening moment I’ve ever had on my bike,” 2,000 years for Santa to do his rounds by bike, pro rider’s top save, reaction to Thomas SPOTY win + more”
I hope JV reported the idiot
I hope JV reported the idiot in the van, that was quite deliberate bullying “get out of my way I’m coming through” behaviour.
Great news about Geraint, and great reaction from the team.
Brilliant save by Mike Cuming, I’d have woken up in the ambulance.
burtthebike wrote:
I hope so too, he’s secured convictions with submitted footage previously, although from the posted clip I suspect it may be a challenge to read the licence plate (the original footage may be clearer).
Is that estimation of how
Is that estimation of how long it would take Santa by bike taking into account that not all households celebrate Christmas and of those households that do, not all children are on the nice list? Also, does it also take into account that he would be most likely drafting behind his supersonic reindeer?
That was a pedal strike wasn
That was a pedal strike wasn’t it? Not to belittle the save, but pedal strikes are spectacular though relatively easy to recover from. Relatively.