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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What gets me is the people who, after I've been stuck behind them for a while having to ride slower than I normally would, when I eventually get to a point where I can overtake then decide they want to have a race.
"Accessible Ayr scheme" Accessible only by drivers and dinosaurs. “We sat here in January and were told no cycle lanes in Alloway Street or in the Sandgate. I reported this good news to all my community councillors. They were all beaming and smiling and saying great news." It isn't good news, the community councillors don't care about the community if they're beaming and smiling and saying great news: they are out of touch and car obsessed. Just how many schemes like this have to happen to show that they work, they make the community better, they increase trade at the shops and people like them? A thousand? A million? I've just realised that it probably doesn't matter how many times such schemes are successful the 'it won't work here' neanderthals will never accept it in their back yard. Depressing. I've only visited Ayr once, and was glad to leave. Don't think I'll be going back.
@Nigel Garage Funny that, because I have worked with many disabled people both professionally and as a volunteer, mainly helping them to navigate the complexities of the grant system. Oddly enough, not one of them has ever said to me. “I don’t want to be treated like this, I want to stand on my own two feet“ and not applied for the assistance to which they were entitled. If you end up disabled through accident or illness and need very expensive special equipment to help you live as normal a life as possible, and indeed to make a contribution to society, are you going to refuse the assistance on offer? I suggest when you clearly have no experience and no knowledge in an area it’s best for you just to shut up rather than assume that you can speak on behalf of disabled people.
@belugabob I think the (conservative!) Baron John Bird @ Big Issue puts it well: a hand up, not a handout. I think a fairly narrowly focused tax break on specific assistance vehicles should fit that ideal very well! Of course "but rich people can abuse tax breaks". But ain't it the case that the rich are not infrequently rich (or richer) by sharp practice, and that has been true since at least the start of history?
@belugabob following Chris Boardman's rule of "those most affected get to make the decisions but also own the consequences" ... ... I hope they leave a couple of quid from the grant to buy them a card which says "you chose 'do nothing' - your right. But therefore no right to extra cash to try to sort out any congestion, the crumbling road infra which we just can't keep up with, and the health and economic consequences of declining activity in the population".
I feel sorry for the staff whose jobs are at risk.
@sclarke3@talktalk.net there's a bit of a vanity thing going on with a great deal of Walmart money. They are very into their cycling, bikesnobnyc has written a bit about the very cycling company town. My better half got me some leg and arm warmers for my birthday. I look forward to wearing them when the going gets much colder. I did manage to punch myself in the face, twice, when trying to get the right arm one on, a lesson learned and I will try not to do it again.
Drives me mad at the Westminster end of the Embankment cycle lane, where there will often be enough cyclists queuing that you might, shock horror, have to wait for two traffic light cycles before you get through. So many cyclists just jump to the front and expect you to make space for them. Worst example I saw was a pedicab driver who overtook the 50 odd queuing cyclists and then sat blocking the cycle traffic in the opposite direction.
Re: the snarky Geraint Thomas caption "sunglasses that peaked probably a decade prior" - to be fair, that became a bit of a personal brand.
@jackcycles so...disabled people don't want any help....? if you dig any deeper, you'll hit the bedrock
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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.