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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Would you like to take another run at that?
That's what Big Brother tells you...
Can only go on what's in the article myself - can't actually read the report itself as none of the links on that page seem to work - how did you get to it?
1984 was written by George Orwell not Orson Wells.
Very brief look at this but I'm not sure it says anything much new, or particularly useful. Yes, they point to "some women who rode a hire bike possibly didn't ride before but might ride after". OTOH the *number* of women vs men surveyed didn't appear to be stated (except for one graph with a n=... - which was a lot less than the 5000 mentioned, and there only about half as many women responding there). Otherwise I think it just covers what regularly comes up (albeit perhaps it has to be repeated): - much fewer women from minority ethnic backgrounds. - Women care about socially safe parking locations far more than men do. - Women feel less safe on the roads due to external issues that they have no control over: traffic, road conditions and infrastructure, and harassment.
Interesting counterpoint to the 'hire bike menace' narrative (obviously with the caveat that the report authors have a vested interest in selling the benefits, but...) Appears hire bike schemes go some way to addressing the cycling gender imbalance and, given the point about parking immediately outside the destination, dockless schemes particularly so. https://micromobilitybiz.com/forest-report-finds-shared-e-bikes-are-helping-close-london-cycling-gender-gap/
@chrisonabike True, things went back to normal once the pandemic was over. In this case, however the problems are still ongoing, and aren't likely to be resolved in the near future. If anything, they're going to get worse. Food shortages are predicted because of the effect that the heatwave has had on crops. This is bound to push prices up. The Straits of Hormuz aren't likely to reopen anytime soon and the strategic oil reserves are running low. Russia is having to import petrol because its own refineries have been badly hit, so that's even more competition for an even more scarce resource. I think that more and more people are going to see cycling as a way of cutting household bills.
I think if "grown up" cyclists * are quibbling about ASLs we've very much missed the road safety point anyway. (Not to mention the wider "better transport choices" picture). ASLs are poor-to-useless "cycling infra", even for their design intent. If the idea is "for less confident cyclists" then a design that requires that you re-position in front of the motor traffic - waiting to accelerate - seems unhelpful. Of course they're only designed to help when traffic is stopped, and you can reach the front in time and if vehicles aren't already occupying them. As we're noting here drivers frequently ignore them - whether that be deliberate, a lack of road craft, because they were concentrating on following the vehicle in front, or because the paint has rubbed off. * Aside: shouldn't cycling also be safe and accessible for kids? Or should they only be allowed to do this when accompanied by sufficient qualified adults? Or be limited to parks and otherwise being driven around by their carers? Perhaps there is another way...?
Hi Bungle, I saw you follow-up comment. I can't imaging there's a tolerance of 4 seconds on camera enforced lights, seems an odd decision - an offence is committed if a vehicle starts crossing on a red, any tolerance is discretionary. There does seem to be some odd thinking about 'advanced stop lines' where the rules relating to them are identical to a regular stop line, as explained correctly elsewhere in the Highway Code. It does seem a regular offence. Where I live it doesn't help that some of them are very faint and disappear in rain.
@ktache Not sure he's totally ruled out of the worlds yet (though I think it would be best if he doesn't), normal recovery time is about eight weeks but surgery can halve that...depending on the nature of the break he could be just about fit to ride by the time of the elite men's race, but he'll have missed a lot of training. Hopefully his managers and team will persuade him to wait until Lombardia, if not just to knock it off for the rest of the year.
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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