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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@Nigel Garage I suppose it's typical for an accountant to imagine that numbers explain everything. Numerous factors account for the Netherland's higher death rate per capita, the primary one being that 45% of the population cycles daily and cyclists, as we all know, are more vulnerable than car drivers. You can pretty much guarantee that if nearly 30% of trips made in Britain were made by bike, as they are in the Netherlands, our casualty figures would be higher. The fatality risk for cyclists in the UK is almost ten times that for car drivers/passengers, as it is in the Netherlands. I'm sure a beancounter like yourself can figure out that means that if cycling goes up, fatality numbers go up too. The UK frequently scores well on per capita road deaths because as a population we rely so heavily on cars rather than the more vulnerable forms of transport. You, with your strange autophilia (or is that autoeroticism?), probably imagine that's a good thing, but anyone with the wellbeing of the populace and the environment at heart does not.
Unsurprisingly all bikes mentioned in the conclusion sound pretty much the same…so aesthetics and ‘sale’ prices will win as usual. …does anyone remember when Canyon cost less as a direct to consumer brand?
@chrisonabike Yes! The traffic rushing over the bridge as Georg throws himself into the river. Good knowledge sir.
@the little onion I attempted to persuade my mother to to knit this one for me, preferably in a merino heavy yarn, unfortunately she refused, claimed it would be too small for me (she might have had a point...). The pattern bit would have been a bit challenging for her, but she might have given it a go, she is quite an accomplished knitter, I have many of her Arron knits, one even in Arron wool, for best like. And I inherited all of my father's when he passed.
I ride & walk across the road where the Guided Busway (yes, the one where lots of motorists go into the 'Car Trap') crosses the A1096 in St.Ives, Cambs. Red-light jumping motorists are frequent & I have lots of videos to prove the point. However, they are too short for the police! So today I've submitted a video of a driver going through a double set of red lights at this crossing point - I'm waiting to see what happens!
Oh dear, where to start... * You brought the Netherlands into it * I merely corrected you erroneous assertion * I didn't say that the Netherlands were to be aspired to * The chart that you proved is road fatalities in general, per million population, not per billon miles travelled. * The article that you linked to clearly highlights the fact that the lower drop in casualty rates for cyclists Vs those for drivers is mostly down to the drive for in-car safety and the attendant nonchalance shown by the occupants of vehicles towards the outside world (pedestrians, cyclists, other vehicles and roadside objects) You are, as ever, desperately clutching at out of context straws.
Are bike light buttons in short supply? Must we be restricted to just one which requires the skills of a morse code operator to be able to switch between steady and flashing; high, medium and low? Whilst many technological gadgets have evolved to become so intuative they no longer require a manual, the bloody bike light comes with a cartoon comic of disembodied hands describing a rhythm only available to the practiced percussionist.
I almost never fail to wear a helmet when cycling, and I've been wearing them since I saw the first Americans over here wearing the early Bell helmets. I recall being jeered at for wearing one on the Maryhill Road in Glasgow in 1976, and the Bell Biker helmet shown here: ttps://helmets.org/bicycle-helmet-history/ is still hanging on a hook at home. My only objection to the anti-helmet propaganda involves the notion that wearing a helmet makes the wearer more likely to suffer a collision and consequent head injury. I resort to common sense to dispute this. A helmet is a good place to put a headcam, and a waterproof helmet cover, and doesn't cause me any discomfort.
Video of crash mentioned above: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NfCdbwPdK9M
I do try not to enter into discussion with you on this Bert, because I know you will never change your stance one iota, but I've crashed a motorcycle at around 35 mph and hit my head on the kerb hard enough to compress discs in my spine and tear neck ligaments but above the neck I came away with nothing worse than a mild concussion. If you're going to tell me that I could've done the same thing without a helmet on and walked away with the same injuries I'm going to have to say that's nonsense. Anyone who's ever watched MotoGP will have seen riders coming off at high speed and smashing their heads and getting up to walk away. Just as an example, check out this crash from Marquez this season: up in the air at high speed, down straight on his head, got up and walked away. Screenshot below, I'll post a link to the video as a reply so I don't get stuck in link quarantine. Again, it's clearly nonsense to say the helmet hasn't worked when someone's walked away from coming down headfirst on the tarmac from a height at high speed.
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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.