Play nicely! CUK asks cyclists & horse riders to “Be nice, say Hi” in Surrey Hills; Outgoing cycling minister calls for big boost to active travel investment; “Quite nice” to watch Giro on TV says Froome; Cannondale SuperSix goes Dirty +Goat trauma & more
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Froome says it was “quite nice” to just watch the Giro on TV
The Criterium du Dauphine starts on Sunday. Chris Froome will be leading an Ineos team that will also feature Vasil Kiryienka, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Wout Poels, Ian Stannard and Dylan van Baarle.
The Dauphiné is a more conventional build-up to the Tour de France for Froome after last year’s win in the Giro d’Italia.
“It was quite nice in a way watching the Giro on the TV and actually not racing,” said Froome. “Also remembering my feelings coming out of the Giro last year – it’s so different to how I feel right now. Hopefully I’ll be a lot fresher now coming into this next block and more ready to race, as opposed to being on the back foot trying to recover from the Giro.”
Speaking about team-mate Pavel Sivakov, who finished ninth in Italy, Froome added: “Pavel was very, very impressive. For a 21 year old to have ridden a top 10 in just his second Grand Tour – that takes some doing and it goes a long way to showing what kind of engine he has for the future.”
Cannondale SuperX for Dirty Kanza 200-mile race
The EF Education First riders who raced Dirty Kanza last weekend – Alex Howes, Taylor Phinney and Lachlan Morton – did so on Cannondale SuperX cyclocross bikes but modified to suit the rigours of the 200-mile gravel race. The trio used Vittoria Terreno Dry file tread tyres in 38 and 40mm widths and fitted to FSA AGX gravel wheels.
Course tracking and navigation were via Garmin Edge 1030 computers with backup batteries, and as tracking devices are required for all riders each had a Garmin inReach Mini stuffed in the Rapha frame pack. The frame pack was the preferred choice for carrying all the essentials after testing by the team, along with a saddle bag for spare tubes.
Even with the frame pack there was space for two larger water bottles. Taylor Phinney instead preferred to use a hydration pack to meet the demands of staying hydrated for the long race.
£5,400 spent on concrete blocks to keep cyclists off Leicester path
Local cyclists say situation will only improve when nearby cycle lane is finished.
NZ cyclist had bike stolen while rescuing a goat
Rogue goat rescue happening in Sandringham on fowlds ave @NZStuff community members have banded together and captured the devil, but it’s pretty scared and we want to look after it and return it home. Please help! pic.twitter.com/WsNmKj8NN4
— Jessica Rose for Whau (@jessicarose_LTF) June 6, 2019
So I stopped to save a goat in Sandringham, and in those moments some bugger stole my bicycle. Not very cool. @AklCouncil @BikeAKL @NZStuff mine is the little one (also still waiting for animal control and I want to go home) WTF is wrong with people #merxx pic.twitter.com/dpcB6pFItE
— Jessica Rose for Whau (@jessicarose_LTF) June 6, 2019
Full story over at Stuff.
E-bike use predicted to grow by almost 40,000% by 2050, according to Halfords research
While you may expect a retailer that sells bikes to be optimistic, the latest forecasting from Halfords suggests that UK e-bike sales, if they continue on their current trajectory, could jump from around 50,000 in 2019 to a whopping 1.5 million by 2050. Full story over on eBikeTips.
Outgoing cycling minister calls for huge investment in sustainable transport
Then comes Item C: a massive investment in sustainable transport, raising cycling and walking spend to £15/head p.a. by 2022, creating a new low-cost domestic light rail industry, maintaining heavy rail investment, expanding EV charging networks, as in https://t.co/SdXGCz0BB0 8/
— Jesse Norman (@Jesse_Norman) June 6, 2019
Click here to read the full thread.
UCI to roll out further mechanical doping measures
An upgrade to their magnetic scanning technology plus a ‘tracker’ that can be attached to bikes.
Horse riders and cyclists encouraged to “Be Nice, Say Hi” in Surrey Hills
Visitors to the Surrey Hills are being encouraged to “Be Nice, Say Hi”, in a joint campaign from Cycling UK and The British Horse Society (BHS).
The two charities are encouraging cyclists to drop their pace and call out a greeting, giving the horse and rider time to react before overtaking wide and slow.
Duncan Dollimore, Cycling UK’s head of campaigns said: “Every time a cyclist encounters a horse, there are three brains involved: the cyclist’s, the rider’s and the horse’s. Many people aren’t familiar with horses, and there can be confusion on what they should do when overtaking on a bike.
“Cyclists may already know to pass wide and slow when it’s safe to do so – but they could still startle the horse unless the horse and rider are made aware of your presence.
“Generally, if a cyclist startles a horse, it is due to simple lack of awareness that a horse needs more time to react, which is why Cycling UK is pleased to be helping the BHS promote the consideration and courtesy message of ’Be Nice, Say Hi’ and is delighted to see it adopted in the Surrey Hills.”
The Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is the first area in the South East to take up the initiative.
US rider denies deliberately causing crash after being disqualified from race
“A career in crashing people out is not what I’m trying to do. It doesn’t pay very well and you don’t get on very many teams for that skill, and you don’t get to finish very many races.”
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@Hollis Jones as Rendel said, the key difference here is there were two strong pieces of evidence distinguishing this from "we all *know* they were aware of the cyclist, one of them a human witness. Outside that it's simply "but they honestly didn't notice..."
Having experienced this in Anglesey and most of it is unnecessary, it does give the driver a big lesson in 'looking extra', as travelling slower does that !
It's true, you aren't feeling yourself any favours wearing black/dark colours, BUT you've got to look, soo many dont and the campaign should be for motorist - look, simple as, it's not hard and drop the speed to, maybe if the police where actually outside rather than on Facebook looking for the naughty words/viewpoints, drivers would be caught speeding, not looking, pulling out, not braking in time, going through red lights, overtaking at a bad time, cutting up cyclists and a lot more..
@Rome73 There are still too many motor vehicles in the central Oxford Street area. There should be zero, except for delivery vehicles at proscribed... prescribed times
@Hollis Jones The crucial difference is the fact that Richardson stopped, exited the vehicle, tried to pull Mr Mullins free and when he couldn't got back in and drove on. He knowingly, actively and voluntarily engaged in the harmful behaviour that caused Mr Mullins' death, which is what made it murder. The hit and run driver hasn't deliberately hit a cyclist and although driving away is of course utterly reprehensible it's only covered by the laws regarding failing to stop at the scene of an accident, which only attracts a six month prison sentence maximum. It's high time the law was changed so that firstly the penalties for failing to stop and render assistance are far higher and secondly so that if the medical evidence is that the victim would have survived with prompt assistance then the driver can be charged with manslaughter or murder. However as it stands murder requires evidence of malice aforethought with an intention to kill or to cause GBH resulting in death. Richardson clearly displayed this by resuming driving even though he knew Mr Mullins was stuck under his car; the hit and run driver in an "accident" didn't have that intention so can't be charged with murder however atrocious their behaviour after the event.
@robgru76 "I am gobsmacked by the number of cyclists I see" So you had no problem in seeing them, what's the issue?
@jaymack I know, sorry! I do accept they deserve some credit for not trying to pass it of as a DBDD but the evidence is so clear it would have been s scandal even by British justice vs cyclists standards if they'd gone for anything below manslaughter.
@Rendel Harris yeah but it could have been spent on widening a few metres of road...
I have worked and socialised around Oxford street for decades. There has been major change in that time - as you would expect in a major metropolis. When I was young you could drive down the whole of Oxford St. When that was stopped everyone screamed the world was going to come to an end. Then it was narrowed in parts to a single lane, the pavements widened and New Oxford Street and Charing Cross road were closed to cars. Everyone screamed the world was going to come to an end. Then Tottenham Court Road was made two way!! And yes, you guessed it, the world was going to come to an end. Then cycle lanes were built all along Gower Street down to Shaftesbury Avenue and the taxi drivers went mental with rage, and the world was going to come to an end. Soho, where I worked for over 10 years, was slowly purged of through vehicles and every time a road was closed or made one way - the world was going to come to an end. But the pedestrian and cyclists increased and so did retail and bars. Thinking back to it, it’s crazy to remember how soho was once clogged with cars, all stuck in self imposed traffic, belching fumes and poison into the narrow streets - until ULEZ and road closures reduced all that. There are still too many motor vehicles in the central Oxford Street area. There should be zero, except for delivery vehicles at proscribed times.
@slc Just read that comment to Mrs H, worryingly she looked thoughtful and said, "Mmm...how nice a bike are we talking here?"
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RE :EF’s dirty Kanza bikes, I
RE :EF’s dirty Kanza bikes, I thought there was a moan they had tri bars attached? Can’t see any in those pictures.
AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
The winner had tri-bars. Makes sense but also seems a bit risky on bumpy roads.
The winner has used tri bars
The winner has used tri bars in the past as well, risk vs reward seems very worth it if you want to win.
“a massive investment in
“a massive investment in sustainable transport, raising cycling and walking spend to £15/head p.a. by 2022” Jesse Norman, outgoing cycling minister.
If only he’d had the guts to do it while he was cycling minister, he might have garnered a tiny bit of respect. Saying that when you’re leaving is adding insult to injury.
burtthebike wrote:
Bear in mind that as a minister he may have been carpeted / bollocked / humiliated for saying publicly what he has said now.
When your boss is Grayling, and DoT for the vast majority of people (and 99% of Tory MPs) means spending money on roads and doing stuff to favour car drivers, then one’s personal opinions are probably next to worthless. Since he’s no longer in that post it’s nothing more than the opinion of a single MP.
It may be better to ask: What do you think motivates him to say it now? What purpose does it serve?
Although when his one mention of food is a complaint that local burger joints can’t serve half-cooked burgers
one wonders whether he cares about any of the far bigger issues around food – agriculture, health and so on.
burtthebike wrote:
Edited my post to add a line but it somehow created a second post.
Simon E]
He must be planning to stand for the leadership, and knows that being outspokenly pro-bike will guarantee millions of votes from the loyal Tory faithful desperate to be freed from the joint tyranny of the motor car, the road-building lobby and the petroleum industry with all their filthy money.
ConcordeCX]
Of course! All those totally selfless, humanitarian, socialist tories will leap on his bandwagon.
burtthebike wrote:
Exactly. Like Theresa May now calling for the abolition of university tuition fees. If only there had been some way of making that happen in the past three years. Like being the fucking Prime Minister or something.
Goat? Another bike stolen
Goat? Another bike stolen because of kids.