Fan-tastic DIY e-bike goes viral after cyclist spotted with paramotor on his back; Family pens open letter to council over bike shed planning breach; Surprise Giro win; Ingenious infra; Pro bike handling; Search for hero cyclist + more on the live blog
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Fan-tastic DIY e-bike goes viral after cyclist spotted with paramotor on his back
Brilliant 😂😂🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/BdAm1VIwqD
— Nicky Taylor (@NickyTay55) May 8, 2021
It is hardly a top-of-the-range e-bike, but it does the job all the same…we are just grateful his brakes work. This man from Plains in Airdrie went for a spin with a little extra help from the paramotor-style propeller strapped to his back, getting up to a sharp top speed pretty quickly…in the air, paramotors can get paragliders up to 60mph.
It is at this point, the hysterical cameraman chuckles the fantastically Scottish line: “Oh no way. That c***s no right. No f****g way man.”
The video has been viewed more than 200,000 times on Twitter, where Conor McCue concluded, “Scotland is f****n’ unreal.” Poetic.
Dan commented: “This is definitely what I’m up against on Strava segments.”
Dean wrote: “One wheelie and he’s on his own flight to Turkey.”
Last week a cyclist was fined after fitting a petrol engine to his bike to help him ride up steep hills. Lee Middleton admitted to using a motor vehicle without insurance, driving a vehicle without a licence and riding a motorcycle on a road without protective headgear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court. No word yet on what punishment a paramotor strapped to your back gets you.
Bidon bullseye
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) May 9, 2021
Here is one the UCI’s new litter zones in action at a Grand Tour for the first time. Cue every man and his dog lobbing the contents of their pockets into the nearest field.
The poor lady on the right of the picture probably just wanted an Androni Giocattoli bidon as a souvenir but ended up needing a towel..
‘I just wanted to catch one…” pic.twitter.com/SCOFNSLJFw
— David (@Zarafovano) May 9, 2021
Science in Sport renews partnership with Ineos Grenadiers
As the Giro d’Italia kicked off over the weekend, Science in Sport renewed its partnership with Ineos Grenadiers to provide all their nutritional needs out on the road for the next three years. SiS says it is proud to have contributed to seven Grand Tour victories during the previous six years, including Chris Froome’s 2018 Giro success which was fuelled in part by the now widely available Beta Fuel.
“Nutrition is a vital part of elite sport and in SiS we have a partner who share our ethos of continual innovation,” Sir Dave Brailsford said. “Together, we’ve been using world-leading science to deliver a performance-first approach and build upon a 5 year relationship that has seen cutting-edge products fuel our team to win the biggest races in the sport. We’re looking forward to achieving even more with SiS in the future.”
Search for Canberra cyclist who saved three-year-old boy from Lake Burley Griffin
The family of a toddler rescued from Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin has asked for the hero cyclist who dived in after their boy to come forward so they can thank him properly. ABC reports that Ellie Carey was walking with her son, Miles, when he scooted into the lake. A passing cyclist dived in after the boy, pulled him out, checked Miles was alright and then quietly continued his journey. With no name or contact details, the mother is now hoping to find the cyclist and thank him.
“The man was cycling towards us with a friend so he would have seen the whole thing unfold,” she explained. “He didn’t even hesitate. He jumped off the bike, ripped off his backpack and leapt straight in. It’s about a metre drop down into the lake, so someone helped pull Miles out and then a few of us helped the man out.
“He stood there for a little while and asked me a few times if Miles was okay and I think I said ‘thank you so much’ at least four times. I was trying to rip everything off Miles because he was frozen, and then the cyclist just quietly left.”
Ingenious infra from Copenhagen
Show must go on!
Space is scarce in the city – when a building is renovated it should not affect cyclists and pedestrians. Absolutely love these container-solutions 😍 #Copenhagen pic.twitter.com/SXOy2XtEpS
— Henrik Lundorff (@bicivikingo) May 9, 2021
Sam Bennett to leave Deceuninck-Quick-Step at the end of the season, according to team boss Patrick Lefevere
Sam Bennett may be leaving Deceuninck-Quick-Step at the end of the season if team boss Patrick Lefevere’s comments over the weekend are to be believed. Lefevere told Het Nieuwsblad that although Bennett does not want to leave, the team cannot afford to pay him big money.
“He doesn’t want to leave, but I don’t have as much money as others,” Lefevere said. “The fact that these types of riders leave is life. As pros they have to try to make as much money as possible in a short period of time. I have already warned some of them. Talk to the sprinters who left us, they would come back on foot. They should not opt for the quick money, but rather look at what might be in their bank account at the end of their career.”
Bennett is one of the many Quick-Step riders without a contract confirmed for next season. Lefevere has prioritised extending his star riders’ deals with Julian Alaphilippe, Remco Evenepoel and Kasper Asgreen the only three to have signed new contracts for 2022.
Family pens open letter to council over bike shed planning breach
Kavi Pujara got in touch sharing this open letter that his family has written to Leicester City Council. Last week, the family was told to remove its homemade eco bike shed from the front garden as it does not fit in with the Victorian character of the area. The family has since received 382 comments of support in the council’s planning portal, with many pointing out that parked cars and converting gardens to driveways is not very ‘Victorian’ either. Here’s the letter in full…
Dear Peter Soulsby and Leicester City Council,
I am writing to you in regard to the ongoing dispute over our cycle shed and to ask for your careful consideration in this matter.
As of last count we have 382 comments of support on the planning portal and one against. This is a clear message that the people of Leicester and the greater cycling community beyond do not consider our bike shed an eyesore that is disrupting the traditional Victorian context and character of the street. Rather, it is a sensitive eco-friendly solution to a real problem. There are cars parked on every driveway and available curb space on our street. So it seems absurd that these large, modern vehicles are not considered to be disrupting the character of the area, yet our little wooden bike shed is.
In 10 days the public consultation on our shed will close and your planning department will make a decision. In all likelihood it will deny us planning because the Town and Country Planning order states that structures like this cannot be located to the front of a property, and because we live in a conservation area we don’t have permitted development rights. But enforcement of these orders are a matter of the council’s judgement and ultimately you will decide if that enforcement is in the public interest.
Before you decide, we would warmly like to invite you to come over and see the shed for yourself. Come and see how visible it is from the street. Come and see how effortless it is for our kids to walk out of the front door, get their bikes independently, and cycle to school. Come and see how they will no longer be able to cycle should the bike shed be removed.
Leicester declared a climate emergency in 2019 and it has an ambitious and admirable transport strategy with cycling at the heart of it. You have built cycle lanes all over the city. We applaud you and everyone in the council for this – it is fantastic. But if we are forced to remove our cycle storage, it begs the question: Who is this multi-million pound cycling infrastructure development really for?
Is it only for those people fortunate enough to have a garage where they can store their bikes? What about those who live in flats? Or those who do not want, or are not able, to bring muddy bikes in through their homes? How can we support your progressive strategy if it excludes so many of us?
I put it to you that your permitted development planning policies are now inconsistent with your environmental aims. These polices need to be updated to encourage cycling and to include all cyclists. You have the opportunity here to extend permitted development to include bike sheds. I believe Leicester City Council has the imagination to find an innovative solution to make this happen, and to be flexible where other councils have been inflexible. It’s the opportunity to set a precedent.
Please don’t let us down.
The Pujara family
(Kavi, Mita, Milan and Anamika)
Grand Tour veteran
Slightly proud I told my soigneur this is my 18th Grand Tour. More than 350 stages in total. He told me it’s his 72nd. 72 Grand Tours. Grande Chopi. @TrekSegafredo. pic.twitter.com/KWkA1eHeKh
— Koen de Kort (@koendekort) May 9, 2021
Some quick maths (hopefully all accurate): 72 Grand Tours x 21 stages = 1,512 stages…Let’s be conservative and say each Grand Tour means 25 days on the road (21 stages, two rest days, a couple for travel)…25 days x 72 Grand Tours = 1,800 days on the road. That is nearly five years of your life at Grand Tours…
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Ed Clancy one of six 'Founding Riders' competing at UCI Track Champions League
Ed Clancy is one of the first six riders to be announced for the UCI’s new track competition, the UCI Track Champions League. The inaugural event will be staged in November after the World Championships and will involve male and female riders in the sprint and endurance categories battling it out across six back-to-back rounds of competition.
As a founding rider, Clancy’s progress will be followed by Eurosport and GCN, two of the broadcasters of the event. I am sure we will find out more of what this will involve as the event gets closer, but for now we know Clancy will be on the startline. Emma Hinze, Harrie Lavreysen, Mathilde Gros, Sebastián Mora and Simona Krupeckaitė are the other five ‘Founding Riders’.
What would it look like if we built roads the same way we built cycle lanes?
New research from University of Wisconsin-Madison confirms cycling can positively impact global health and climate crises
New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in partnership with Trek Bicycles showed that cycling can positively impact the global health and climate crises. The newly released paper showed that replacing car journeys with cycling or walking is one of the most effective ways of improving human health and mitigating climate change.
The research found that in US metropolitan areas, less than one per cent of journeys are made by bicycle, compared to the 40 per cent of journeys made by bike in Amsterdam. If American cities were to reach that 40 per cent level then approximately 70,000 deaths due to chronic diseases related to sedentary lifestyle could be averted each year.
“The benefit of being a bike company is that we make a product that can make a positive impact on the world,” said Eric Bjorling of Trek Bicycles. “Riding a bike is not only fun but has enormous physical health benefits and can offset carbon emissions when you replace a car trip with a bike trip. It’s always been our mission to get more people on bikes, especially since riding is climate action and it’s an easy, low-impact way to stay physically active.”
"Not really a big fan to be honest": Reaction to our fan-tastic live blog story
Brilliant 😂😂🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/BdAm1VIwqD
— Nicky Taylor (@NickyTay55) May 8, 2021
We have been blown away by the fan-related puns rolling in since this morning’s video went up on the blog…a strong start from Captain Badger who is “not really a big fan to be honest.” PRSboy quickly followed up with: “he deserves props for his ingenuity, even though as an idea it’ll never take off.”
Some more general comments on our Scottish cyclist now…IanMK was glad to see him wearing Hi-Viz, but thought a helmet might help. Each to their own, I guess.
On a more serious note, Nature’s Eye was not impressed: “And so we all get tarred with the same brush as this clown! Good job…paint us in a great light this does!!! This guy is not a cyclist…well not a real one anyway.”
How's your bike-handling?
⚠️ What a save! ⚠️#Giro pic.twitter.com/D8rjySNZY8
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 10, 2021
Taco van der Hoorn wins stage three of the Giro d'Italia from the breakaway
#Giro104 🇮🇹
HE’S DONE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/0Av8B2HdKu
— Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert (@IntermarcheWG) May 10, 2021
Dutch rider Taco van der Hoorn earned the biggest win of his career, holding firm against the surging peloton to win by four seconds in Canale. The Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert rider making his Grand Tour debut was part of the day’s breakaway and attacked the final escapee standing, Simon Pellaud, with 8km to go.
Despite the desperate efforts of Cofidis and UAE Team Emirates, Van der Hoorn rolled over the line seconds before Davide Cimolai won the sprint for second. Peter Sagan, whose Bora-hansgrohe team did most of the early work, was third with Elia Viviani fourth.
Filippo Ganna keeps the maglia rosa, which means Tobias Foss will become the interim white jersey wearer in place of his teammate Edoardo Affini who slipped out the back of the peloton during the toughest climbing section of the stage.
💗 Giro d’Italia 2021 – Stage 3⃣
📌 Biella – Canale🥇 @TacovanderHoorn 🇳🇱
🥈 @cimo89 🇮🇹
🥉 @petosagan 🇸🇰#Giro pic.twitter.com/OHEZZSe3TW— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 10, 2021
17th May lockdown lifting: rides of up to 30 back on from next Monday
…and if British Cycling confirms that its own easing of restrictions will take place as outlined in The Way Forward doc, British Cycling-affiliated club rides will have no limits on numbers at all.
Are you looking forward to riding in increased numbers from the 17th onwards, or will it not really change things for you? Do let us know your thoughts in the comments as always.
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@Wales56 Thank you for that. I visited Bristol yesterday. Bus and train. I was astounded by the number of cyclists even on the steep hills in a heatwave. Many people still drive though and the traffic was horrendous meaning a short bus journey from Temple Meads to the center took ages. Quicker than walking (just) but cycling would have been much quicker. The number of cycle paths does mean you need to be aware as a pedestrian but I was prepared for this after getting in the way of a cyclist on my previous vist a few years ago. Needless to say the train on the return journey was overcrowded (had to stand for the journey) and delayed and meaning missing a few public transport connections which made the journey take longer than needed. Even with these frustrations it was much more relaxing than driving. 20 years ago I would have driven without even thinking about it.
@quiff Should be on a new sub-tier website 'OffroadRacing.cc' :)
There you go, getting in a tangle over terminology again - you've written 'subtle', when what you meant was 'incoherent'.
…serves you right for seeking out such a cliche of a photo opp! 🙃 sunflowers, please 🙄
@quiff The police definitely can't park where they like (rephrase: legally they definitely can't park where they like, in practice…), if they are not on emergency response all traffic laws and regulations apply to them just as they do to the ordinary motorist. I have an ongoing battle with the Met regarding the bus lane outside King's College Hospital on Denmark Hill; every morning there will be three or four police cars or vans parked in the lane, often on the zigzags of the pelican crossing there, forcing buses, motorcyclists and cyclists to switch out into the busy main traffic lane. As a user of the hospital myself I know that very rarely do they have any police business in the hospital, they are usually getting coffee and doughnuts from the in-hospital Costa. The Met has admitted that they should not be parking there and promised to sort it out, but my dialogue with them has lasted more than five years now and every morning they are still there just the same.
@Cayo I’m very much pro-Police, but that particular issue only serves to normalise pavement parking Well, I'm very much anti-police, but not over trivial parking decisions while they're actually working against offenders, as opposed to sitting about thinking up reasons why they can't act over well-supported and evidenced reports of serious offending
This ancient topic has been revived at the same time as another topic questioned the competence of police 'experts'. On 2014 the police blatantly just 'made up facts', so the question arises 'are they any better now when they varnish up their reports with a load of pseudo-scientific bollocks?'
I attended this inquest & was appalled at the poor way that evidences was handled Venera was rammed from behind by the truck driver who had barely reached 12 mph The coroner was told that there was another (untraced) vehicle ahead of the truck that hit Venera as this traffic moved away Venera was a fit regular cyclist riding Stratford to City of London on fixed wheel - no evidence was presented to indicate her typical average speed for this journey (it woiuld have been significantly faster than 12mph!). No evidence was presented concerning the vehicle travelling in front of the truck The circulating traffic on the roundabout routinely runs the red lights cutting across cycle traffic as much as 10 seconds after the cycle traffic gets a green light - I have a picture of the green light for cycle traffic shining through the windows of a bus that has been driven through the red signal
re: occasions when police needlessly pavement park... You only need to watch Police Interceptors and the like to see how unbothered they are. Usually, when they pull over a motorist, said driver mounts the pavement (and cop often does the same), yet there's never any mention of the illegality* or needless manner of their parking. (*Highway Code infraction, even if not against the law in the location being shown). I'm very much pro-Police, but that particular issue only serves to normalise pavement parking.
(Before the days of blatent angle grinder use) At my first job, my boss wouldn't allow me to bring my bike indoors, despite there being room. I had to lock it to the railings on a busy street. Came out one night to find it still there... but with signs of attempted theft. Unable to defeat the lock, they'd cut my cables (clearly with proper cutters), purely out of spite😠 Nothing missing - they'd just been petty. At least it persuaded my boss to relent: bike was indoors after that.
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Unenclosed propeller – Im not
Unenclosed propeller – Im not even allowed such on my desk fan.
I thought he had modded it
I thought he had modded it but apparently all paramotors are like that.
At least he’s wearing Hi-Viz.
At least he’s wearing Hi-Viz. I might have gone with a helmet as well.
Surprised it is an electric
Surprised it is an electric powered fan though being as road.cc are calling it an improvised e-bike.
He will of course have
He will of course have upgraded the brakes to cope with that
I get that litter zones are
I get that litter zones are probably more environmentally friendly overall, but the optics of that litterfest don’t look great.
I suppose its better than the
I suppose its better than the same volume just all spread out, maybe it just highlights the level of waste more, I have to admit Id assumed litter zones would involve some form of large receptable to aim for and catch them, rather than just being a free for all dump.
so maybe they need to assign the bottle carrier domestique to litter duties too
RFID every bottle and issue
RFID every bottle and issue bonus seconds/points for correctly deposited bottles. Could have a separate competition/jersey for it
I can understand the
I can understand the reasoning behind jettesoning the bidons as there is likely some noticable wind resistance and weight gains to be had. These are also fairly easy to collect. But why do they empty their pockets of wrappers and unused gels? Would it really make any difference to performance if they emptied them out back at the coach?
Accumulating used wrappers
Accumulating used wrappers throughout the race would mean spending more time and attention rummaging around trying to find the unused ones amongst them as you went on. One of the teams was recently showing off a jersey with a ‘waste pocket’ on the side to help avoid this, though.
A waste pocket is a good idea
A waste pocket is a good idea.
Some of the Secret Squirrels’ innovations involve a lot of technical knowledge and research, but even I could have come up with ‘another pocket’.
HarrogateSpa wrote:
If only a jersey with 3 pockets could be developed and a system devised for keeping full gels in one and transferring empty wrappers to one of the others.
That makes sense but this was
That makes sense but this was at 10k out and I doubt any of them would need a gel by this point but they were still emptying their pockets.
In the mid-90’s there was
In the mid-90’s there was someone working up at Fylingdales had a home made one. the DIY propeller scared us, so we gave him a proper propeller off a very grown up missile target aircraft. He had a few run ins with the police, whi had eventually to concede that there was no law about him being powered and that his bucycle was unmodified and legal. They agreed that he would not use it in town and they would leave him alone, because the alternatives were going to be diffculyt and awkward for everyone.
Chapeau to Kavi Pujara. That
Chapeau to Kavi Pujara. That is an excellently worded letter demanding serious answers. Will he get them though? A Labour Council should understand modern realities, but I imagine that it will hide behind historical precedents for fear of scaring the horses, I mean voters.
Re the paramotor, not really
Re the paramotor, not really a big fan tbh…..
He deserves props for his
He deserves props for his ingenuity, even though as an idea it’ll never take off.
I hope the lighting effect is
I hope the lighting effect is an artefact of the video – otherwise photosensitive epilectic cyclists aren’t going to have a great time with that container tunnel.
boy/buy/bouy ?
boy/buy/bouy ?
hirsute wrote:
… or even: buoy.
brooksby wrote:
booie
I hope they didn’t dive into a lake to save a 3-year-old buoy – that would be an exercise in fotility.
mdavidford wrote:
Oops
Obviously I was referring to Bouy – a commune of the Marne department in northeastern France !!
They have corrected it now.
Brilliant letter regarding
Brilliant letter regarding the bike shed.
I have a historical question. In Victorian times, what did these gardens really look like? I mean, I would expect that it was not uncommon that people actually had a shed in their front garden for garden tools or even for bicycles. As bicycles were common in the Victorian era, where did people store them? Perhaps one can even make an argument that a garden shed makes it more Victorian?
Our image of what historic towns looked like is often a bit of an idealised image. In Edinburgh we have lots of arguments that street vendors or market stalls destroy the historic character, when in reality the city would’ve ben full of street vendors in real historic times.
A friend spotted this on
A friend spotted this on Facebook the other day – it seems Lincs Police are cracking down on pavement cycling (or could be NIMBYism). Apparently other, similar signs are appearing elsewhere.
Didn’t a transport secretary basically say it was okay to ride on pavements.
[Photo doesn’t seem to appear – it’s a don’t cycle on pavements sign in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire]
melliott wrote:
Ahh one of those famous HWC no no cycling signs, meaning that pedestrians can be fined if they don’t cycle….
The Association of Police
The Association of Police Chiefs did state that safe pavement cycling should not be prosecuted following guidance from the government minister at the time. (2014).
“….many cyclists, particularly children and young people, are afraid to cycle on the road, sensitivity and careful use of police discretion is required.”
https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/support-for-police-discretion-when-responding-to-people-cycling-on-the-pavement
It may or may not be an
It may or may not be an offence to ride on the pavement, it depends on the pavement.
It is an offence to ride on the footway. However guidance has been given that cyclists should not be prosecuted if they do so out of fear of traffic and are otherwise not causing any problems.
The no cycling sign is misleading, since it only applies to the footway not to the carriageway of the road in the photo. Since the act is already illegal (assuming it refers to a footway), the sign is redundant.
I’ve cycled through Woodhall
I’ve cycled through Woodhall Spa once in my life. On the basis of that experience, I’d say the main reason for cycling on the pavement would be how filthy the roads were – here’s a picture of my legs, (black) shoes and bike when I stopped for lunch at “Janet’s Tea Rooms” there.
The Pujara family risks
The Pujara family risks clutching defeat from the jaws of victory.
The planning system can be tricky to navigate but, since it is a delegated decision (it could be called in, but otherwise it will be an officer making the decision; and if it is called in to the planning committee, the officer’s recommendation will/should be significant to the outcome), the officer will make the decision, and will do so based on their experience and knowledge of planning legislation and the local and national policy.
The application is submitted. If you had things to say, you do so at the application – and be thorough and factual but not argumentative. Or you can do so on appeal. Either way, stick to the material matters, don’t play to the gallery.
The application is in the consultation phase. Now, you keep quiet.
There’s nothing wrong with the argument in principle, except it’s not good planning, and it will only serve a) to prove their ignorance, and b) to antagonise the decision-maker(s).
“…In all likelihood it will deny us planning because the Town and Country Planning order states that structures like this cannot be located to the front of a property, and because we live in a conservation area we don’t have permitted development rights.”
There is no need to prejudge the outcome. Why weaken your own position?
National general permitted development orders do not stipulate they cannot have a structure like this to the front of the property; but if they did, that would take the decision out of the hands of the local planning authority (LPA), so why be critical about non-negotiable matters?
They are right that the Conservation Area status means an Article 4 direction has been made that revokes general permitted development rights in that area. That does not mean they cannot have a shed in the front garden, it means they cannot put it there as of permitted development (‘PD’) – they have to apply for permission.
That said, PD allows some things but doesn’t permit others; building a shed in the front garden is not PD, so they would have to apply for permission regardless of the Article 4 direction.
I put it to you that your permitted development planning policies are now inconsistent with your environmental aims. These polices need to be updated to encourage cycling and to include all cyclists. You have the opportunity here to extend permitted development to include bike sheds.
“I put it to you…” Don’t do that. Don’t ever do that!
More to the point, PD is national, not local. The LPA has no control over it (except to revoke it for an area, subject to process). PD is about saying what is permitted, not what is forbidden. If development is not PD, it required planning permission, that’s all. The LPA does not have any opportunity to ‘extend permitted development’. It does have the opportunity to apply local planning policy when forming a planning decision, however.
The proposed development requires permission. There are strong cases for supporting it already within the local planning policy (core strategy) and national policy (National Planning Policy Framework – NPPF). The conservation area status is a spanner in the works in that, if the shed can be shown to cause harm, it should be refused unless the benefits outweigh any harm (which I personally believe they do).
It does not help that they have already installed the development. That makes it very much more important that they do not fail the ‘attitude test’ at this stage (although the planning decision should really be based on the actual merits, not the timeline).
This sort of letter is harmful to their cause in that it does not invite sympathy from the organisation they are both applying to and criticising… openly. It is a clear example of why you should not be your own
lawyerplanning agent.GMBasix wrote:
To be fair, the council already did just that. In the original story it was reported that the council had told them that they could apply for retrospective permission, but that it was unlikely to be granted – they’re basically just repeating those comments back to them.
Surely if anybody shouldn’t be pre-judging the planning process, it’s the council themselves?
I agree. However, at this
I agree. However, at this point, you don’t argue the toss, you write it down for the appeal.
It is quite possible for somebody to have given a view over the likely outcome; it happens all the time. They should leave reasonable room for looking at the details, however. It is highly likely the view was from an officer not making the decision, in any case.
totally agree, that summed up
totally agree, that summed up my thoughts on it as well,and alot clearer than Id have probably put it too
I’ve managed to fall into the
I’ve managed to fall into the rabbit hole of dashcam vids on Youtube
The UK one here has a stupid bit of infra where a marked cycle lane is also the car lane. Driver is a right asshat anyway trying to undertake etc and thinking he was doing nothing wrong (like alot of them on there).
New research from University
New research from University of Wisconsin-Madison confirms cycling can positively impact global health and climate crises
Watch out for more news from Wisconsin-Madison Uni regarding digestive habits of bears in arboreal habitats.
Fixed if for Leicester City
Fixed it for Leicester City Council
The story “What would it look
The story “What would it look like if we built roads the same way we built cycle lanes?” reminds me of this picture I put together a few years ago. If this were a cycle lane it would be just fine.
Re: what would it look like
Re: what would it look like if we built roads the same way we built cycle lanes?
– Correct on the narrow pinch point, correct on the poor surface.
– However, road is way too wide and doesn’t introduce any conflict with other road users. No glass or debris other than puddles. Also, no sign of repeated give ways to other paths or roads. It also appears to be built in a straight line and not deviating around more important road users.
Good start, but needs a little more work to be totally realistic.
No dogs on trip wires, either
No dogs on trip wires, either.
TheBillder wrote:
You mean like this?
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I was married for 16 years to a loving mother and wife. We had 2 children together who are now 11 & 13. I reconnected with an old girlfriend from college on Facebook and we began an affair and I left my wife. The woman I had an affair with is a wonderful woman and I love her too and our kids had begun accepting the situation and my wife has kind of moved on, but not in love with the man she is seeing. I thought I fell out of love with my wife and I felt terrible about what I did to her – she is a good woman and I don’t know what came over me. I decided to try and get her back and I was recommended to Lord Zakuza for help to get reunited with my wife and within 48 hours after I made contact with Lord Zakuza my wife decided to work things out with me and now we are back together with our children living as one happy family. I really don’t know the words to use in appreciation of what Lord Zakuza did for me but I will say thank you sir for reuniting I and my family back. For those in trying times with their marriages or relationship can browse through his website via: lordzakuzaspells.com or WhatsApp Lord Zakuza for help or text with this number +1 (740) 573-9483 or you can send him an email to Lordzakuza7 @ gmail. com
Yes, but can Lord Z get
Yes, but can Lord Z get Ribble to build my new bike any quicker?
FFS. He’s a wizard, not a
FFS. He’s a wizard, not a miracle worker!
Steve K wrote:
Or get it through customs!