Live blog: Tao Geoghegan Hart claims second victory at Tour of the Alps; Police in Leeds catch 11 drivers in one hour during close pass operation; boys lend officers their bikes for (successful) police chase; motor that stops bikes falling over + more
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Boys lend officers their bikes for (successful) police chase
The Northampton Chronicle reports that two boys have been thanked by Northamptonshire Police after they lent officers their bikes for a police chase.
At about 12pm on Monday, three men broke into a builder’s yard in Carisbrooke Way, Daventry, and tried to steal a dumper truck by driving it into the back of their transit van.
A member of the public called it in and after the suspects abandoned their van, a foot chase ensued.
Various members of the public pointed officers where to go before two boys lent them their bikes to continue the chase.
Two men were caught and charged.
Police Sergeant Matt Bailey, said: “The public support during this incident was fantastic and led directly to the capture, arrest and charging of these two individuals.
“I would like to thank all of them for their help but especially the two boys who lent me their bicycles – it was great to know how much they wanted us to succeed in catching up with the suspects.
“These two young men have been written to and invited to spend a day with us on response, which I hope they’ll take up as it’ll be great to spend the day with them and show them a day in the life of a response officer.
“This incident was a great example of how effectively the public and the police can work together and with the teamwork displayed on Monday, the thieves had no chance.”
US cyclist charged after being hit by police officer turning right on red
Covering the Corridor reports that a Virginia cyclist has been charged with not paying attention after a police officer drove into him while turning right at a red light.
In most parts of the US, motorists are allowed to turn right on red.
Here’s the incident from the police vehicle’s perspective.
And here it is from side-on.
Campagnolo trickle 12 speed down to Chorus level
New groupset, more sprockets, plus 48/32 chainset and 11-34 cassette options. Read all about it here.
Here's a stat for you...
Julian Alaphilippe has won every one-day race he’s started this year except for the ones where Mathieu van der Poel was also riding, which were all won by Mathieu van der Poel
— The Road Book (@CyclingAlmanack) April 24, 2019
A stat that won’t be particularly welcomed by Julian Alaphilippe, we’re guessing…
Dutch innovators TU Delft and Gazelle have made a smart motor that stops bikes falling over
The motor offers steering assistance, propping the bike up straight again if it senses you are leaning too much and are about to fall, and keeps the bike stable at speeds of over 4km/h. It’s a prototype at the moment, and TU Delft have been researching how and when bikes do and don’t fall over for the past 15 years.
Will it work on a mountain descent at 50mph, we wonder?
Suspended sentence for impatient driver who knew he'd caused cyclist's crash but said it was 'karma'
Ralph Keemer was held up, so he drove in front of Laura Fidler and braked. She needed surgery. He failed to stop and showed no remorse.
Great Britain teams confirmed for Tour de Yorkshire
A men’s and women’s team in GB kit will take to the startline of the Tour de Yorkshire, taking place between 2nd-5th May. Here are those teams:
Men
Jim Brown
Sean Flynn
Ethan Hayter
Dan McLay
Joe Nally
Will Tidball
Ben Turner
Women
Rhona Callander
Dani Christmas
Anna Docherty
Lauren Dolan
Nikki Juniper
Jess Roberts
Leeds Police warn drivers over close passing cyclists as 11 are caught in one hour
Leeds Police South have revealed the results from an hour of observing motorists on the A63, and close passing on cyclists appeared to be rife. 11 drivers were caught in one hour passing too close, and a further five were dealt with for not wearing seatbelts and two more for speeding. They say: “This initiative isn’t about picking on or penalising motorists, it is about making sure our roads are safer for everyone. With the success of Tour de Yorkshire we support our partners in wanting to get more people to feel confident in cycling in the county by making sure the roads are safer for cyclists and all vulnerable road users.”
Transfer Rumor - Nibali's Trek Segafredo Deal is Done
We’ve got no confirmation yet, but word is that Vincenzo Nibali will be a Trek Segafredo rider from next year. Bahrain Merida yesterday announced that Mikel Landa will be their leader for the Grand Tours in 2020, leaving Nibali, winner of all three Grand Tours, without dedicated team support. These rumors aren’t new. We first heard whispers in January. But it seems that the transfer will be confirmed today. Even more interestingly, Nibali is currently throwing down continuous attacks in the Tour of the Alps. Maybe he’s letting his legs do the negotiating?
Thousands of Ineos fracking protesters expected at Tour de Yorkshire next weekend
You can expect plenty of ‘land art’ for the helicopter shots.
What are cycle lanes like in your town?
Graham from Bournemouth sent us this video.
“The traffic here is awful,” he writes. “Most days it’s actually the cars holding up the bicycles. I dont appreciate being told to use cycle lanes (which has happened multiple times) when quite clearly there’s a reason behind not doing so.”
Graham wants the council to do bike lanes properly.
“At the moment all they do is stick pretty pictures of bikes on pavements.”
Tao Geoghegan Hart claims his second victory of the week at the Tour of the Alps
Can he hold on? Of course he can. @taogeoghegan outsprints Vincenzo Nibali to take another memorable #TotA victory pic.twitter.com/9OK0RU6M5d
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) April 25, 2019
TfL to pilot continuous green man at ten pedestrian crossings
Capital’s transport body confident its vehicle detectors will pick up oncoming cyclists.
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"All that's required is an to roads policing" - that's a big all... Although no doubt the "idiots just keep coming" aspect does apply: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9lel2wz93o "Man charged after car crashes through bowling alley" - luckily they only skittled over skittles.
Almost any change to roads and streets is accompanied by a period of heightened danger, and in the UK "look out for cyclists" will need to be learned... practically. And over the time it takes for cyclists to become a regular feature. OTOH once (if...) good designs are in and frequent enough such that drivers encounter them AND the cyclists on them regularly (another big if) I don't think they should be much more difficult than a footway to deal with. These things are all over NL - don't have the collision stats but they should. (NL isn't perfect but collecting info on the safety of designs to feed back into better designs as required is part of the "sustainable safety" philosophy - if they're really a killer I think they'd be altering these.)
I'm in the happy position of agreeing with everybody here! I've never considered a bike with a stand, yet I'm impressed by the ingenuity and adaptability of this axle. I tow a Yak Bob with a Robert Axle, employing my El Cheapo Vitus gravel bike and I just have to be very careful where I stop. Hedges are generally a dead loss, and I seek walls, telegraph poles and signposts and generally lean the widest part of the Bob against it. One very awkward task is removing the two steel pins which lock the trailer arms onto the special mounting slots on the Robert axle, and when you have one out, the sodding weight in the trailer can twist the whole caboodle and bend the Bob fitting before you can get the other out and unhitch. I doubt if a stand would help with that. You can imagine that this combo is a real pain when you have to get it over the bridge at railway stations, and it nearly resulted in Merseyrail nearly parting me and the trailer on the platform from the bike on the train. It's a long story for another time. Another axle example recently featured on here, with a 12mm front axle bearing the Herculean weight limit of a monster American front rack.
This has nothing to do with the type of bike - it's the type of behaviour that's the problem. Banning the sale of such bikes will not curtail the behaviour. They'll just find another type of vehicle and continue to drive dangerously as there's such a lack of enforcement. I'd sooner see them ban the bally. But really, all that's required is an improvement to roads policing.
The EAPC Bill is welcome, but full of holes. What's to stop an overpowered but temporarily limited e-bike being sold and subsequently delimited? This is often a trivial process.
@KiwiMike Yeah, in my over four decades of riding all over Europe I've never 'been for a ride in the countryside'. That must be it. Or, and I know this is a wild concept, you just accept that I just voiced my personal experiences and never missed a kickstand, like I wrote. Anyway, what's the big horror of laying your bike on its side for the very few occasions where there is nothing to lean your bike against?
They may have looked, but did they see?
Ds2025: where they are going wrong is that they are crushing the motorbike rather than the person sat on top of it. If they did the latter this issue would be solved in less than 24 hours.
I came this way today with the car boot sale in operation. There was a marshal at the entrance, who stopped a car turning right across the cycleway as I was approaching. So that certainly works. I think it necessary for the marshal to be there, I couldn't say if the driver would have turned if he hadn't been there but you always have to suspect the worst. Unfortunately there is no marshal at the exit, and there was certainly a car stopped across the cycleway as I was approaching it. But he pulled onto the road before I reached it, and the following car stayed off the cycleway as I went through. Ideally there should have been a marshal there too. On the whole, though, it's a really high standard piece of infrastructure. Just a pity it doesn't extend a bit further.
“absolute carnage” So right! Just look at the bodies piled up, blood running in the gutters and injured people limping away. It's a bit of a problem with a road, delaying some people for minutes at a time: it isn't carnage, let alone 'absolute carnage'. Anyone who exaggerates so ridiculously really shouldn't be allowed to comment in public, unless they want to demonstrate their idiocy to all and sundry.
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Crime fighting cyclists!
Crime fighting cyclists!
hawkinspeter wrote:
Disgraceful example. 3 pictures and only 1 helmet and that wasn’t being worn!
Rick_Rude wrote:
You’d be surprised at the cushioning effect of 80’s hair.
hawkinspeter wrote:
Is that Nicole Kidman with her original nose?
brooksby wrote:
Yes, but how does she smell?
hawkinspeter wrote:
Well, wearing all that early eighties nylon…
Criminals – should have
Criminals – should have number plates and insurance!!!
Well done West Yorkshire
Well done West Yorkshire Police.
ktache wrote:
Exactly (I don’t think there’s such a police force as “Leeds Police”).
So the cyclist in Virginia
So the cyclist in Virginia was charged with not paying enough attention after being run over by a police officer…who presumably wasn’t paying enough attention?
This world is screwed up isn’t it?
Plus – don’t read the comments from the WY Police tweet, it’ll only make your blood pressure worse!
Kendalred wrote:
American junctions are weird though. In most cases although they are traffic light on red, the right turn lane is actually a give way to traffic coming across from the left junction. If a cyclist or pedestrian moved across a giveway junction like that as a car had the opportunity to pull out it would be the crosser who was probably more at fault.
American law enforcement is also built more around “the car is the star” then over here as pedestrians can be ticketed for crossing the road anywhere but designated crossings (Jay-walking).
Motorists – should have
Motorists – should have number plates and insurance …. Bollocks!
Motorists – should have
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