Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash; Giro bike chucking saboteur arrested; road.cc in-house NMoTD; Pink Giro Canyon for Carapaz, Adam Blythe shirts + more
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Pink Canyon for Carapaz
Another angle on that incident yesterday where a spectator threw a bike in the path of the Giro
— Sacha Modolo (@SachaModolo) May 30, 2019
Yesterday we featured the incident above when a spectator ran across the road to clear a bike left in the path of oncoming riders, today we got a much clearer view (in the second video clip) of what actually happened. The man in the hoodie has reportedly been arrested.
Adam Blythe's shirts
If you’ve been watching the Giro on Eurosport (or the highlights on Quest) you’ll have noticed Adam Blythe’s shirts.
So have his co-presenters.
Trek reveals two new Madone SL Disc models
Trek has unveiled two new Madone models that become the cheapest disc brake Madones in the range. The Madone SL 6 and Madone SL 7 are made from a lower grade of carbon than the existing SLR models and feature a traditional-style handlebar and stem rather than a single-piece design.
road.cc in-house Near Miss of the Day + bonus slo-mo swearing
Our man Pat shares a moment he had out on the bypass on this morning’s commute. One of those that demonstrates that the camera doesn’t always give a true impression of how close a pass was – though it’s pretty close and fast. It takes quite a lot to shake up an experienced rider like Pat, but a stiff drink (coffee we think) and he’s back to his usual composed self now.
GT Grade 2020: Davey Arthur gives his first ride impressions
The first incarnation of the GT Grade was possibly the ultimate Marmite bike – some thought touched by the ugly stick, while others though it touched by genius… we’ve not met anyone who rode one that didn’t love it. So what’s the new version with adjustable geometry like? Find out here
Team Ineos 'strangling the sport' says Bradley Wiggins
He argues that the future of cycling is all in one team and says Ineos will ‘park the bus’ at the Tour de France.
Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash
This video, from Victoria in Australia, shows a ute driver pass six cyclists before braking and turning off the road.
A Message from the Council for Ill informed and Opinionated Bicycle Aesthetes
Oops! A quick gander at the road.cc bike rack reveals we’ve gone seriously off-message on this one… the wrong one just looks so right.
Lovely
Postcard from #Giro pic.twitter.com/Q4Vah7WZz4
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 31, 2019
Mood music: Heavy metal makes drivers too agitated, but classical makes them too cool
You’re better off with Taylor Swift, apparently.
Holyrood committee rejects default 20mph speed limit
British Cycling says 20mph Restricted Roads Bill would make streets safer pedestrians and cyclists.
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"in --substantial-- slight excess of a speed limit considered to offer reasonable safety to vulnerable road users *from two tonne metal boxes*." FTFY
I think we have forgotten that cars do way more damage and we still haven’t got a comprehensive-lasting solution to deal with dangerous drivers
What's wrong with that? Most of the best comments here are silly ones. More often than not involving squirrels.
@Robert Hardy hard to evaluate that - what are you comparing to? Motor vehicles? But things are quite different: Obviously there are fundamental differences of speed (and acceleration) / size and audibility / visibility. Then there's behaviour - most people aren't trained (by experience) to expect cyclists. Most of us are educated then trained or perhaps to look for the *motor vehicles* though - sometimes such that people look straight through/past the cyclists. And of course even on roads cyclists aren't cycling exactly like drivers drive. But there are other things which make collisions more likely: given where people mostly cycle vs. where they drive I think it's far more likely that cyclists will "interact" with pedestrians. That factor only increases when you think that much UK "infra" is in fact simply signs legitimising the use of unchanged *pedestrian* infra by cyclists. And of course the UK also hosts other sub-optimal infra which may make things more problematic. Like cycle lanes at the side of the road (compare eg. a standard Dutch signalised crossing with a UK one). And in general "non-standard" designs which even if they aren't actively increasing danger aren't good because it may be unclear who is to go where and what they will be doing. Currently many people in the UK get so little exposure to cycle infra and cyclists they wouldn't get much chance to "learn" even if the designs were more standard.
@Bikebeer77 American Fork police being an example of the worst of USA police. Some interesting stuff on line.
I should know, I was one Must be why you're so good at writing bollocks, especially pro-police bollocks
the excuse that cycles are not fitted with speedometers seems very lame in this day and age The police just love their dodge that no cyclist speedometer is anything other than a worthless child's toy, rather like the bike it's monitoring, so I'm not keen on the idea that the b******s can suddenly choose to accept them when looking to victimise cyclists. LancsFilth initially said they couldn't do anything about offences like this because I 'might have been travelling at less than 10 mph which would make the manoeuvre legal '. https://upride.cc/incident/t27gjh_astra_dwlcross/ This was before they hit on the Master Dodge of just ignoring all reports of driver offences from cyclists.
Well done for doing the research. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/20/suv-risks-warnings-road-safety-buyers-uk-study
Not as rare as they should be after taking milage into account. Clearly part of that equation is better education of pedestrians , but I have no issues with making cyclists subject to the speed limits. The majority do not exceed 20mph, except for the rare occasions they have a good breeze or an incline in their favour. Those that have the capability are often already recording their data anyway, the excuse that cycles are not fitted with speedometers seems very lame in this day and age.
But then there would would have been grounds for prosecuting the driver in that circumstance as he would have been substantially exceeding the speed limit. The cyclist was innocent under the law but I consider him profoundly responsible for that death. We ask for considerable consideration by motorists and we have now been given legal backing for it, it does not become us to defend hairing round public park roads in substantial excess of a speed limit considered to offer reasonable safety to vulnerable road users.
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what, a rim braked bike
what, a rim braked bike leading the Giro, oh for shame for the disc brake lving road CC, I see you haven’t mentioned that have you yet when it’s the other way around you’ve got your crusty socks out!
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
what does brake system have to do with some one winning the giro? road racers generaly don’t use the brakes as often as you think!
tsarouxaz wrote:
You’ve not been reading the hype over disc brakes for the last 5 years or so then? Everytime a cyclist wins a stage/event on a disc braked bike Road CC are all over it like a rash singing triumphantly over their superiority, yet when a cyclist with rim brakes wins, nothing. The promotion of discs as an essential tool in road cyclists armoury is massively pushed everywhere, yet as you’ve said pros and even top amateurs use their brakes fairly infrequently comparative to your average and even then discs are simply not necessary in any road conditions.
I’ve never seen a bike with a
I’ve never seen a bike with a front disc and rear rim brake. Attention to detail please!
Butty wrote:
I’ve got one!
Chris wrote:
Yep, Suspension fork at front with post mount disk, and regular rear with V-Brakes…granted it was an XC MTB… but still a bike with front disc and rear rim brake
Maybe not the best bit of
Maybe not the best bit of driving by the ute driverq who could have waited, perhaps they weren’t sure where the turn was, but it seems the lady caused the crash by touching the wheel of the rider in front. The leading 2 were able to pass the ute on the inside easily enough.
So WTF was going on with the
So WTF was going on with the bloke dumping his bike ahead of the oncoming peloton?
The close pass- Did you see
The close pass- Did you see the driver try and keep inside the line of the left lane. Riding central would of made the driver think about the overtake
That close pass was terrible,
That close pass was terrible, no excuse, nothing in the outside lane stopping them pulling out.
Please tell me it was reported
Pat certainly tried, but that
Pat certainly tried, but that bit of road falls under the jurisdiction of the Wiltshire Police and the upload for video reporting on their site wasn’t working earlier when he tried. Not that, he won’t try again I’m sure