Listen to road.cc’s Tony Farrelly on the Spokesmen podcast

[Bah - stupid comment system - stripping my line breaks :o( ]

1 Forgetting to do your helmet strap up (yes, really!) 2 Ditching hi-vis clothing 3 Going too fast (whatever that means) 4 Not checking your bike (this one actually seems fair enough) 5 Using noise-cancelling earbuds 6 Cycling on pavements 7 Getting ahead of yourself (i.e. don't ride on the road before you've practiced riding. But also, don't ride not on the road, because you're not allowed - see above) 8 Going for a ride in heavy rain (really scraping the barrel now)

As someone that is fortunate enough to be riding road, gravel and MTB regularly, I'm not fussed where the article is linked. The dropper post was transformational for my MTB riding & even last night on a gravel ride on some more "steep" (ish) rooty stuff it was one thing that I thought I'd like to have had available. But then again, I ride my gravel bike because basic offroad riding is more fun on a drop bar, suspension-less machine, it just creates more smiles than you get even on a hardtail in similar conditions where you can be over biked (just my opinion, others are available). I can see why you might want suspension, but then why not just buy a hardtail MTB? All depends on your riding requirements & preferences I guess. Either way, being on two wheels on & offroad is fun, so it's all good.

@quiff Didn't realise MIB would only cover vehicles that legally require insurance (as opposed to just anything that doesn't have insurance). In which case the references in the article to mobility scooters and the like are also presumably besides the point.

Not sure why any sprinter would bother going to the TDF, they ruined the Paris stage for them and the first week is mountains.

Sounds like a good choice in the current conditions.

@mdavidford None of that is related to e-bikes. If it's an EAPC then MIB isn't involved. The article is about illegal motorbikes but the BBC is doing BBC

You're commenting on an 'offroad' article. I think the complaint might be better framed as 'don't link it from the road.cc homepage'. Or just don't read it (said pot to kettle, as I'm in the 'don't post Tour spoilers' camp)

Don't care. Please remove this from ROAD CC - not relevant. You're just padding out content.

While I do believe that anything that can reduce injury is a great idea, this particular device obviously needs a lot of real-world testing before it is sold to the general public, which most of the time this sort of stuff turns out to be an expensive gimmick...but one can hope this won't be another gimmick.