We would very happily pay UK train prices if this were the view every time we hopped on board.
BEST. TRAIN. JOURNEY. EVER.@giroditalia pic.twitter.com/Tk5iiRxe5g
— Simon MacMichael (@simonmacmichael) May 14, 2022
Carlsberg don’t do train journeys, but if they did …
When you look out of the window, and the Giro d’Italia is going past
Sat, May 14, 2022 16:20
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Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Zermattjohn 12 minutes ago
Can't agree with that comment. The race is the race - they're not gladiators there for your entertainment. I can recall plenty of very (very) long, dull Giro sprint stages in the men's game.
mdavidford 37 minutes ago
Yep - they went down the individual vehicle registration route for the purposes of the article, rather than it being type approved.
ChrisA 40 minutes ago
@John Emms From DVSA guidance notes on EAPCs "There are many products known as ‘e-bikes’ or ‘e-cycles’ available on the market. However, not all of these are classified as EAPCs. To be classified as an EAPC under the EAPC regulations[footnote 1], the cycle must: " etc. "footnote 1. The Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles Regulations 1983 SI 1983/1168 as amended by the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles (Amendment) Regulations 2015 SI 2015/24."
chrisonabike 48 minutes ago
Apparently Riese und Muller fixed it for them: https://road.cc/ebiketips/content/advice/advice/buying-and-riding-an-s-pedelec-in-the-uk-1637
chrisonabike 50 minutes ago
There must be at least one as this very site (or was it its sister?) had an article reporting on using a legal "speed pedalec" in the UK. (Would post link but it would probably be caught by the moderation system!)
chrisonabike 54 minutes ago
Good luck in East Yorkshire. I am not well informed but suspect that is very much car country there.
Mr Blackbird 59 minutes ago
This is a shocking near miss, especially after the recent death of Fin Tarling. However, the article describes the Portuguese driver as ignoring a race warning sign, which from previous articles did not appear to be the case. I have an unrelated comment about yesterday's stage. I watched around 90 mins of yesterday's stage and found it pretty dull. One rider broke away, gained around a minute before being closed down. Nothing much happened for the next 45 min. It appeared that the peleton had settled for a bunch sprint with around 80 km to go. I switched over to test match special radio coverage. If better TV coverage, sponsorship and pay are expected, then maybe more aggressive tactics should be encouraged?
mdavidford 2 hours ago
@bensynnock Yes, but I think edjz was referring to pedal cycles with an electric motor - I don't know if there any non-EAPC-compliant examples of those with type approval.
mctrials23 2 hours ago
@Geoff H And how often does this work is this purely scaremongering and often repeated rubbish. People don't sue the car manufacturer when they crash their car and the brakes didn't prevent the accident, the tyres didn't grip well enough, the windscreen wasn't tinted enough, someone put a speed bump in the road etc. This just sounds like rubbish that people use to justify stopping kids doing something fun that has some risk to it.
chrisonabike 2 hours ago
...(so assuming they're "type-approved" if MOT exists) ... and have the appropriate category on your driving licence (or presumably have done your CBT and have an L-plate), have got that insurance, wear an appropriate helmet and only ride on the road in accordance with the conditions for that kind of vehicle... but other than that, it's basically order on the Internet and go...
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Damn cyclists! Getting in the
Damn cyclists! Getting in the way of the train. slowing it down!