Plans for “greener, safer” Regent Street criticised for unprotected cycle lanes; Sign promotes ‘joy’ of cycling on 60 limit A-road; Rapha/Palace jerseys now £600 on eBay; New three-tier coronavirus restrictions for England + more on the live blog
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How cycling has boomed across the world during the pandemic
Has your area seen more cyclists during the pandemic?
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— World Economic Forum (@wef) October 11, 2020
The World Economic Forum have put together some stats on the increases in cycling since the outbreak of COVID-19, with Europe described as a “cycle superpower”. Finland is leading the two-wheeled race by spending €7.76 per person on cycling infrastructure; while the UK is fourth in the European table with a spend of €4.80 per person.
Outside of Europe, the US has seen a 121% increase in bike sales, while the the Colombian capital Bogota now has 80km of new cycle lanes.
Plans for "greener, safer" Regent Street slammed for lack of protected cycling infrastructure
We are working alongside @CityWestminster to transform London’s iconic Regent Street – helping to deliver our shared vision for a greener, safer and more accessible West End.
Read in full: https://t.co/7O860nelRP#accessibility #airquality #sustainability pic.twitter.com/2ffTNdsZoX
— The Crown Estate (@TheCrownEstate) October 12, 2020
Although Crown Estate say the provisions will include “wider pavements, reduced traffic, improved provision for cyclists” and “sustainable tree planting and greenery”, some think the developers and Westminster Council are way wide of the mark with their ideas.
Just going on pic, looks like cycle lanes go straight into bus cage. That’s against LTN 1/20 guidance, #GearChange etc. as is lack of physically protected space for cycling. IMO stepped cycle tracks likely best here w bus stop bypasses. On bays, is most delivery rear access?…
— Simon Munk (@psimonk) October 12, 2020
Must try harder. Segregated bike lanes and buses only. The planner was drunk I guess
— Bob From Accounts (@BobFromAccounts) October 12, 2020
Simon Monk of London Cycling Campaign says the plans may contravene the government’s guidance in their Gear Change document, as the cycle lane appears to head straight into a bus stop. There also appears to be no physical separation between the main carriageway and the cycle lanes, with just narrow strips of paint marking out the lanes on each side of the road.
The Crown Estate claim the new ‘interim designs’ are part of a number of initiatives in their portfolio that support sustainable travel – most notably BIKE-DROP, a pop-up secure bike parking service.
Brompton add two new colourways to 2020 range
Britain’s largest bicycle manufacturer has unveiled its flagship Electric folder in a new Turkish Green colour for 2021: “the dreamy transcendence between blue and green is inspired by city night life”, so they say.
There’s also a new Cloud Blue colour dropping into the Core range, which will “match the sunniest days in the saddle” according to Brompton. Both are available to order now on Brompton’s website, at selected online retailers and in Brompton Junction stores.
New three-tier coronavirus restrictions for England to be announced shortly
Will any of the changes affect your cycling plans where you live? Boris Johnson is making a statement now…
New coronavirus restrictions for England: 'Very high' alert level means no social mixing outdoors
If you live in the Liverpool City Region, social mixing outdoors is now off as the area is in the ‘Very high’ tier, which will prevent all mixing between households both indoors and outdoors. In areas where the alert level is ‘High’ (including Nottinghamshire and Greater Manchester) the rule of six still applies outdoors, so bike rides with six or less participants are still on.
12 October 2020, 08:50
All the kit you'll need to ride through winter... best of luckQ
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12 October 2020, 08:50
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Finally some proper Gravel for the UCI World Championships! …no dates in the article. Racing starts today 10/11 Oct. Watch it free on SBS 6pm Go well Matt…
@Aluminium can - as an alternative to vans, yes cargo bikes (plenty in Cambridge), and I've been wondering whether supplies could be delivered from retailers - using delivery robots. and it's possible I suppose that ladders could fall in the same category - you could, instead of just hiring a bicycle, hire a ladder and it would arrive of its own accord.
... and we still had apostrophe rationing.
@Rendel Harris There was a bit in the bicycle hating Guardian, a nice little read, part of his justification was to acclimatise to the heat and humidity, which if he was in a better car might have been worth it. Good luck to him, chapeau.
@SecretSam That's not really fair, in fact not fair at all. It wasn't his fault that the last two mountain stages were shortened and on the first one he had dropped everyone and was a minute clear as he summitted the Iseran when the stage was neutralised, and on the second he stayed with or dropped all the other GC contenders. You seem to have forgotten his Giro win as well as Paris Nice and the Tour de Suisse. Only the fourth rider to have won the Tour and Giro before the age of twenty-five. Yes he probably couldn't have stayed with Pogacar even if he hadn't had the awful crash, and probably nor could any other rider in history except perhaps Merckx.
@lesterama Bernal has had two whammys. His crash, which he has probably never fully recovered from and Ineos taking a nosedive. They have no focus and no identity.
@Zermattjohn Read the comment I posted about my experience
I bought some Challenge Strada tyres. After a while the sidewalls began to detach from the tyre and the tread became rippled making them unsafe to use. The shop I bought them from asked me to drop them in and he would show the Challenge rep as he was due in the following week. The rep bizarrely firstly claimed that the tyres had failed because they may have been punctured (they hadn’t), then immediately claimed that they had failed because the rear tyre was more worn than the front! I emailed pictures to Challenge and was told they had failed because they had been fitted incorrectly. The black strip they had introduced to stop the issue I had was supposed to be above the rim. Which it clearly was shown to be correct on the pictures I sent to them which proved that the tyres were correctly fitted. This seems to be the norm now in the cycle industry, if there is an issue with a product, the company automatically blames the end user rather than look to address the issue, thereby pissing the customer off. A pissed off customer rarely returns.
@kingleo And there are hundreds, if not thousands of people holding up a shattered helmet saying it saved their life, the doctor/policeman told me.
I spend a month most years in China because of family, and a cargo bike there with an electric motorbike style front end and either LFP or advanced lead acid batteries, costs under £100 and is the backbone of every trade. There are a hundred different kinds but what they share in common is functionality and cheapness. Even the ancient pedal pulled wooden wagons with literally welded spokes from the sixties have been electrified with e-motors attached to the underside - and they cost sod all. In China cheap transport for business is a public good like drinking water. Because to get people to work you have to make work affordable. That's a secret of capitalism we in the UK could do better to learn.
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I’d buy Canyon Vans right now
I’d buy Canyon Vans right now
Not wanting the Quickstep
Not wanting the Quickstep with extra Lidl logos? Either the designer strayed from hip / street / luxury or there’s something I’ve missed out on by being an Aldi customer.
All my cycling socks come
All my cycling socks come from Aldi. They are utterly brilliant, including the Merino ones.
Oh, I’m a big fan of the
Oh, I’m a big fan of the merino socks – warm, comfy, durable, stink resistant, and I have a merino base layer from Aldi as well. Then there’s the protein granola for pre ride breakfast and lovely pressed fruit bars in the back pockets… Lidl, can you compete?
All the welding rods you’ll ever need in the middle aisle too (who buys them?).
Quite like the MScott
Quite like the MScott/OffWhite and the Jumbo/Versace. These kind of rethinking football kits was all over twitter a few years ago and those designs are now coming into the current crop of shirts. So don’t be surprised if a few experiments do bleed through to the peloton.
fair enough the bib shorts
fair enough the bib shorts were probably priced at £195 as the pro version to begin with, and we can debate whether they are worth it another day, but youd have to be a some kind of obsessive cycling geek to even recognise these were part of this special edition kit, they are just black with a few standard sponsor logos and pay the extra for them.
That is alot of gaffer tape
That is alot of gaffer tape on the handlebars Dave? Did you try a homemade version of the new Canyon cockpit and it is holding them together?
There is not 100 comments in
There is not 100 comments in the live blog, has the other one gone too?
If so I will I will be true to my word and subscribe tomorrow.
Done!
Done!
Lol at the A367 sign. When I
Lol at the A367 sign. When I did uni club rides along there heading into Bath, it was the place we had the most problems and agression. Terrifying for anyone not in a car