BMX bike tops list of retro “toys”; Poll: Strava app ditches Bluetooth and ANT+ support – but are you bothered? Sunweb U23 rider Edo Maas left paralysed after Piccolo Lombardia crash; Police seek thug who pushed cyclist into hedge + more on the live blog

As Raleigh relaunch their 80's classic BMX the Super Tough burner, they've also fed us some interesting stats about the current 'economic revival' for all things retro. BMX bikes make it to seventh on the list of the best 'nostalgic comebacks' according to web searches...

...while it's the number one most popular 'toy'. BMXers might argue that it most certainly isn't a toy, but in any case Raleigh are anticipating plenty of festive demand for the latest version of the Burner. You can order it for £600 from the 23rd October at 12pm here on Raleigh's website, and take a look at the handsome thing below. 

@letour 2020 in figures
#TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/cyLIvGb0fr

— Tour de France (@LeTour) October 17, 2019

You can read full details on the route in our article here. 

The LCC got the 3,000 signatures needed to ask Sadiq Khan questions relating to the petition. They say: "It’s been one year since LCC organised our demonstration at the deadly Holborn Gyratory to call out the lack of progress on improving London’s most dangerous junctions. It was followed by a petition signed by nearly 3,000 LCC members urging Mayor Sadiq Khan to speed up improvements, while Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM formally questioned the Mayor about progress off the back of our campaign. 

"Now, one year on, progress is still lacking. There have been some positive developments – Camden Council won Liveable Neighbourhood funding to fix the Holborn Gyratory, while Greenwich Council have brought forward work on the extension to Cycleway 4 from Greenwich to Woolwich, which encompasses the notoriously dangerous Angerstein Roundabout.

"But many other junctions have seen little or no genuine improvements, with inadequate schemes being brought forward simply for the sake of checking boxes – many of the junctions in the Safer Junctions list as having been improved have since seen serious and fatal injuries, in the last year we have data for!

"If the Mayor is serious about achieving his goal of “Vision Zero” and preventing more people from being killed and seriously injured on London’s roads, he needs to do a lot better, and a lot quicker. It’s Vision Zero, after all, not “Vision A Bit Better”!"

We reported this morning that the fitness app giants will no longer let you share activities via Bluetooth and ANT+ recorded directly on their app; although as most of us who use it will probably have bike-specific GPS computers that will do the sharing anyway, do you actually care? Answer our poll and let us know... 

Britain's favourite folder will now be available in Bolt Blue Lacquer, House Red, Signal Orange and the Graphite Metallic premium finish. Prices start from £1,015 for the House Red Brompton M2L 2 speed, head over to Brompton's website to see all the new 2020 colourways and spec options. 

Shocking moment angry commuters drag two #ExtinctionRebellion protestors off the top of a train in Canning Town and attack them. pic.twitter.com/EZAMa9tT2t

— Mahatir Pasha (@mahatir_pasha) October 17, 2019

Many have condemned the actions of the protesters this morning, including London Mayor Sadiq Khan, with the shocking scenes above filmed on a would-be packed commuter tube at Canning Town underground station. Extinction Rebellion have received praise for their cycle protests and blocking normally congested roads to motor traffic - but is stopping commuters getting to work on public transport justified? 

The video contains very strong language as noted by one of our followers on social media (apologies for not mentioning it in the first place) - if this offends you, don't click on it.

EF First have announced that the flamboyant American will end his pro cycling career at the age of 29 this year, and Phinney had some interesting reasons for stepping away from the sport: "I’m stepping away so that I can be more true to myself, which means to make art, to make music, to create and cultivate. I’ve kind of had one foot in the sports pool and then one foot in the art pool, and art just won at some point. "

Although he says there will definitely be no more pro racing, he may or may not take part in some enduro racing on an informal basis, saying: "I just want to shred, you know?"

Needless to say, Phinney will be missed.