Funky bike racks hit New York

I think it's a pity rich_cb took off as while I often disagreed with them and that could be vexing many of those disagreements were *interesting*. (Well, apart from the chart wars...) Even where it seemed the arguments were shaped by our different ideologies I believe that was what they thought. As opposed to more common "find out what many people think then invent a character who says the opposite". Or "I have been cycling around my small patch for the last 70 years with no issues so I know exactly how you should do it and that you're wrong". Plus IIRC they were well informed about cycle infra in their patch.

Side point: why is the lead image on this item a 'cyclists have priority' sign? What's that got to do at all with the content? Is the implication meant to be that 'things have gone too far' and cyclists should get back in their place (in the gutter/hedge)?

Yeah, of course cyclists can be arseholes. I don't think I'd call this guy one, although I'm sure the Daily Mail would disagree. Perhaps ask them to publish it instead? You can lead with "I'm a cyclist..."

Luckily it's not quite "we traded the latter for the former"...

This is immediately north of Causewayside, which (north of Fountainhall Road) has long been a testing area for road damage, random paint, illegal and/or antisocial parking and general road-mayhem. I believe Dave McCraw has chronicled the nuisance and danger there for a decade or so - and it shows little hope of improvement. Best avoided and given the parallel roads the best thing would be for the council to make sections access only. Note there have been improvements to the parallel "quiet route" on the West side from the Meadows and rejoining eg. at Regulas Road.

And further meanwhile... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98vrg40vzeo

Doesn't it ever strike you as just a bit odd that your "well-reasoned, interesting" [sic] comments hardly ever get a single like, never gain any replies supporting your arguments (at least not since Rich_cb flounced off in a huff because Labour got into power and thisismysuername and all his other aliases were banned) and have got you banned from this site at least a dozen times under your various aliases? I know most people have some cognitive gap between how they believe they should be perceived and how the world actually perceives them, but strewth, you've got a chasm into which one could fit the Mariana Trench and still have room for the Grand Canyon.

@mdavidford Hope they had a Strava code

When I saw the headline about the cyclist being in the outside lane of a 70 mph dual carriageway, my first thought was "Surely a time trial competitor approaching a turn around roundabout." How wrong I was.

...because having registration plates led your client to lose their licence, despite pathetic pleas that it would end their career as a best selling writer (ironically, a crime writer) Yet you still bent over backwards to try to get them off 🙄