Mavic wheels and shoes

I have some bad news for Kerry Thomson about Police Scotland. Might as well try and report them to Captain America for all the chance they'd do anything about it.

@AidanR Remember kinetic energy goes with v squared. 5km/s is more than it seems.

Jo Cox was murdered by a far-right fanatic just one month after Khan started his first term as Mayor, and he frequently receives death threats both from the far right and militant Islamists, and yet you always find it appropriate to mock and deride his security.

@AidanR I'd respectfully disagree on that, it's pretty noticeable with the present-day pros that just about every descent is a pedalling descent unless it's so steep they'd be spinning out, whereas back in the day there was a lot more freewheelng, as I recall at least. Not saying that there would necessarily be a huge difference between today's riders and those of the 1990s if both were trying their hardest, but the better training and better nutrition mean today's riders don't need to use descents as a recovery period as much as the pros of yesteryear.

Careful not to turn around too quick there, or the beam in your eye will have someone else's out.

Why do these sports people always 'rip up their contract' when joining another team? It's a silly thing to do - it just means you no longer know what the contract says, while your former employer will still have their copy to back up any action against you.

While Farage is generally correct in his vision, I'm afraid he will fall short of any promise to prosecute every bike theft. The Met police are after all under the purview of Sadiq Khan, whose main priorities are prosecuting people for using Twitter, gaslighting everyone in the country, labelling any opponent as "far right", and cosplaying at being a cyclist while grinding traffic to a halt throughout London. In more lawful suburban and rural areas there's certainly more that can be on cycling thefts, but there are higher priorities and the immediate priority should be getting more prison places available, and prisons generally under control. I note some very disappointingly vitriolic comments on this thread, especially when considering the threats made to Farage and the far left murder of Ann Widdecombe by a man who (allegedly since the trial is ongoing) also targeted Farage. Yet still some seem to find it appropriate to mock and deride a very real need to have a large security budget... While endorsing the publicly paid-for cost of Khan's security entourage of bullet proof Range Rovers and body guards.

@bob.sweet it also proves that cyclists aren't the issue

@mitsky you may be thinking of taxi drivers

@belugabob I don't think that makes much difference on a long descent