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Tour of Flanders contender blames Champagne celebration for bronchitis that might keep him out of the race
Sporza reports that AG2R La Mondiale’s Oliver Naesen is suffering from bronchitis and reckons he contracted it after getting drenched with Champagne after Gent-Wevelgem last Sunday.
Naesen finished third in the race and celebrated in customary style with winner Alexander Kristoff and second-placed John Degenkolb.
It doesn’t seem like the Belgian is too bad though. He finished 19th at Dwars door Vlaanderen earlier in the week.
The Tour of Flanders is on Sunday.
Check out this cool clip from Canyon about Mathieu van der Poel's rich cycling heritage
With racing embossed into his family’s DNA and raw, boundless talent on any bike he rides, @mathieuvdpoel’s arrival in the top echelon of cycling is being played out right before our very eyes. #MyCanyon #PureCycling pic.twitter.com/9SFgcnnLL9
— Canyon Bicycles (@canyon_bikes) April 5, 2019
Dutchman van der Poel comes from a family of super successful cyclists, and the video intersperses his journey to the World Tour with clips of his Vuelta-winning grandfather Raymond Poulidor and father Adri van der Poel. Mathieu will be looking to emulate his old man this weekend at the Tour of Flanders – Adri won it in 1986.
Actor Christopher Biggins has phone stolen by a thief on a bike
The actor and TV personality, best known for playing Lukewarm in Porridge, told BBC Wiltshire that he was mugged of his mobile phone outside of a Covent Garden restaurant on Wednesday night: “I was calling an Uber. It was quarter to midnight and I was on my phone.
“I was looking down towards Trafalgar Square and I was seeing where he was, how far away, and suddenly a hooded cyclist came by and stole my phone – just took it out of my hand.
“The terrifying thing is now, in London, there are so many stabbings, so many thefts. Apparently this happens all the time but it was such a violation.
“I shouted very loudly because I have a very loud voice. But it was quarter to midnight and no-one was around really. So he got away.”
Video: Dublin motorist needlessly cuts up cyclist carrying two kids on cargo bike
The turn’s for a shopping centre. Watch it here and ask yourself why.
E-cargo convoy
First London cargo bike convoy! The times they are a changing. @TeamLondonBdg @ecargobikes @Jesse_Norman #Cargonauts #CleanAir pic.twitter.com/rbjn2Ywp3M
— e-cargobikes (@ecargobikes) April 4, 2019
While the previous post is extremely disappointing to see, here’s some more positive cargo bike news.
Guardian reporter contextualises the (highly stupid) bike licence debate
Amid the endless, nonsense debate about licenses for cyclists, this is the everyday reality on the roads: scary, illegal, utterly pointless close passes.
This was my ride to work yesterday. It’s a 20mph zone. Driver could have waited two seconds to have more space. pic.twitter.com/yf1j3LpDQB
— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) April 5, 2019
It's why people get so irritated about TV and websites being full of things like cycle licensing. If you regularly experience events like this, the idea that *cyclists* are some kind of mortal peril in need of reining in and regulation can only prompt a hollow, bitter laugh.
— Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) April 5, 2019
First to the top of the Kwaremont on Sunday will win €5,000 for charity
The first rider to the top of the Oude Kwaremont during the men’s Tour of Flanders on Sunday will win €5,000 to donate to a charity of their choice.
The new initiative between Flanders Classics and the Belgian National Lottery is a tribute to Belgian rider Stig Broeckx who spent six months in a coma after a crash involving two race motorbikes at the Tour of Belgium last May.
As well as the €5,000 for the first rider to the top, the Lottery will be providing an additional €5,000 for a charity of Broeckx’s choice.
Welsh Gov't proposes legalising cycling on footpaths
A step towards fairer access for bikes?
So much no...
Cycling shorts served to add an aerodynamic burst of downtown cool to crisp tailored blazers and super-starched shirts https://t.co/eJr6ztGcmX
— British Vogue (@BritishVogue) April 4, 2019
Chamois-less ‘cycling shorts’ for people trying to be hip just won’t go away, and it seems some of the biggest names in fashion are trying to convince women with too much money that they’re bang on trend again. While the subject of the article on British Vogue’s website is hideous we will reserve our appreciation for its writer Ellie Pithers, who has managed to shoehorn in an impressive number of cycling references.
Fiday's Indicative Vote - A New Name for Cyclists
Got a better suggestion? Leave them in the comments below or head over here where you’ll also find the poll but with more words about it
Careless driver who caused cyclist's death loses appeal after arguing she was only 19 and didn't know the road
The judge said that an early guilty plea “might well have made the difference”.
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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.....
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.
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.
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.
“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
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...
20 MPH speed limits: Killing pedestrians and cyclists is bad for their brains.
@AidanR He'd already got a full house ("only where it makes sense e.g. outside schools" / "blanket limits" / "unsafe") BUT not only didn't he call but he went for another round! And with a fascinating new angle: Totally on-trend there! Reducing the maximum speed in some places in urban areas is psychological discrimination! Won't you think of the neurodiverse? Don't you know you can literally measure the rise in cortisol due to the presence of cyclists? In fact unfairly favouring active travel is literally sucking the dopamine out of everyone's lives...
@Mr Blackbird I see the pro-cycling crowd is out with false plates - further confusing the locals. I thought that was because they were all taking the knee or being used to ferry illegal asylum seekers between crimes and/or sex reassignments? Keep up!
"TfL has now suspended more than £2 million in funding towards the borough until it pays back the £234,917...." I wonder if Mayor Jason Perry will be making a video about him having a ceremonial handing over of a comedy cheque for £234,917 to TfL? That'll really impress the voters. Not to mention how much it cost to remove the cycle lanes, still, it's only taxpayers' money, not his. The tories seem intent on proving that they're even stupider than Refuk, and given the news yesterday, that's a pretty high bar.
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FIDAYS indicative vote…….
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Actor Christopher Biggins has phone stolen by a thief on a bike
Really slow news day today is it?
grumpyoldcyclist wrote:
Appropriate username
It’s not a good pic of
It’s not a good pic of Biggins.