Live blog: Specialist bike shop Ubyk reportedly ceases trading – but has it found a buyer? Team Sky sacrifice aero gains for festive spirit; County Down cycle lane cleared by ‘bloke with shovel’ + more

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1. Well done Terry, is there

   Well done Terry, is there some sort of award road.cc could give him?

   Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

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   • burtthebike wrote:

     Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

     — burtthebike

     The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

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     • scrapper wrote:

       Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

       — scrapper

       The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

       — burtthebike

       Nice one.

       I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

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       • HawkinsPeter wrote:

         Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

         — HawkinsPeter

         The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

         — scrapper Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.— burtthebike

         Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

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         • burtthebike wrote:

           Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

           — burtthebike

           The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

           — HawkinsPeter

           Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

           — scrapper

           Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

           — burtthebike

           Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you’d have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible – ex-juggler here).

            

         • HawkinsPeter wrote:

           Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

           — HawkinsPeter

           The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

           — burtthebike

           Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

           — HawkinsPeter

           Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

           — scrapper

           Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you’d have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible – ex-juggler here).

           — burtthebike

           Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

         • burtthebike wrote:

           Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

           — burtthebike

           The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

           — HawkinsPeter

           Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

           — burtthebike

           Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

           — HawkinsPeter

           Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you’d have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible – ex-juggler here).

           — scrapper

           Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

           — burtthebike

           Tough crowd!

            

         • HawkinsPeter wrote:

           Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

           — HawkinsPeter

           The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

           — burtthebike

           Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

           — HawkinsPeter

           Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

           — burtthebike

           Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you’d have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible – ex-juggler here).

           — HawkinsPeter

           Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

           — scrapper

           Tough crowd!

            

           — burtthebike

           Oh no it’s not!

            

         • CygnusX1 wrote:

           Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

           — CygnusX1

           The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

           — HawkinsPeter

           Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

           — burtthebike

           Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to

           trim a hedge anymore.

           — HawkinsPeter

           Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you’d have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible – ex-juggler here).

           — burtthebike

           Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

           — HawkinsPeter

           Tough crowd!

            

           — scrapper

           Oh no it’s not!

            

           — burtthebike

           Is this some kind of joke to you?

            

         • HawkinsPeter wrote:

           Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

           — HawkinsPeter

           The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use… weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

           — burtthebike

           Nice one. I’m kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself – one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

           — HawkinsPeter

           Juggling them surely?  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don’t have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

           — scrapper

           Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you’d have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible – ex-juggler here).

            

           — burtthebike

           All a bit soft really that, a real man juggles chain saws in a ring of fire

            

   • burtthebike wrote:

     Well done Terry, is there some sort of award road.cc could give him?

     Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn’t even bother wasting my time asking the council.

     — burtthebike

     Please send that man my road.cc socks, which I am going to win of course.

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2. Elf and Safety gone mad,

   Elf and Safety gone mad, innit?

   If its not safe for a council worker to walk along with a broom then surely it is not safe as a cycle lane / pedestrian footway either. Ciouncil effectively admitting that the infrastructure they built is not fit for purpose.

   Or if its safe enough for pedestrians and cyclists surely a bloke with a hand cart and broom or even a snazzy little pavement sweeper EV could manage to negotiate it without dying a gruesome death?.

    

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3. Astonishingly, are not liable

   Astonishingly, councils/authorities are not liable for “accretions” on the highway, and councils hide behind this to avoid keeping roads clean.

   (Section 41(1) of the Highways Act 1980).

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4. I wonder if tory Cllr Susan

   I wonder if tory Cllr Susan Webb also considers the billions spent on building more roads to encourage more people to drive everwhere “vanity projects”?  Or is that particular epithet only applicable to schemes to get people out of their cars.

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5. ^^ forget the ring of fire,

   ^^ forget the ring of fire, real men wear a neckerchief and no shirt ^^

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6. Ubyk saga on STW. Long read

   Ubyk saga on STW. Long read but the new owner appears to discuss the situation in more detail.

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   • hopster wrote:

     Ubyk saga on STW. Long read but the new owner appears to discuss the situation in more detail.

     — hopster

     Aside from the shittyness of losing money to a fraudulent company, that’s an amusing thread in the typical STW competition for stupid prize and other internet stalking (for the wrong person, obvs) wankery.. Hat off to the new owner, even after the demands that he pays out for the previous owner’s shenanigans, and suppliers stepping in.

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7. Head down TTing kills. Not a

   Head down TTing kills. Not a great advert really. Plus, his helmet with the head down is so un-aero that he is being overtaken by a lovely lady on her shopping bike! Pahhh!

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8. The old Ubyk owners seen like
   The old Ubyk owners seen like scam artists after reading stw. New owner seems daft wanting to use a name with much bad will associated.

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