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.
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All the kit you'll need to ride through winter... best of luckQ
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@chrisonabike Will you two please stop panda-ing to one another?
@kingleo They're only imposing the 18+ age limit, raised from 16, on escooters, not legal ebikes. There is no minimum age for riding an EPAC in Ireland.
I thought it was all about the gear ratios?
@chrisonabike These are polarising issues - anyone attending would have known there was trouble bruin.
@VIPcyclist Yes, the live coverage on S4C was a few stages at the beginning and a few at the end. Shame it wasn’t the whole lot. Stage 19 was particularly good live. Setting the record for the fastest time up the Alpe. He went a bit faster than I did a few years ago 😮. Amazing watching Pogačar hit the bottom of the hill with the breakaway over 3min ahead of him. S4C is available to watch again on the BBC iPlayer if you want to rewatch. The adverts seem to be stripped out too 👍🏻. S4C are looking forward to next year when some stages are here at home in Cymru 🙂. Non-welsh speakers can just watch the video I guess. I like it in my own language, but the iOS app ‘Tour Tracker’ is very very good too, especially for time trials. It’s also more ‘live’ than the live video. So, if it announces some sort of incident you can focus on the live feed to wait for it! (Cymraeg is one of the British Isles oldest living languages BTW.)
I paid for my month, first week off work so I wanted proper full day coverage. Enjoyed it, nice to be able to pause live coverage, but then they make you watch the adverts when trying to catch up. Channel 5 for when I was working, alright, less chat. Seemed to use the tnt virtual studio. Already cancelled, of course, but will be catching the TdF femmes until I'm booted off. Even though I could watch the commenwealth games I haven't, I hope the games have done well securing the rights because their viewing figures will be right down, such coverage benefits being on the BBC.
A goat has a carbon fibre fuselage, Pratt and Witney jet engines, hydraulic retractable undercarriage and in flight movie screens, but that doesn't make it a Boeing Dreamliner.
Didn't we do this earlier in the week?
If you come to road.cc only to read road bike articles, why do you keep clicking through to the other ones? Seems a bit daft
It's not the riders, it's not the equipment, it's not the clothing, it's not the nutrition, it's not the training. All those factors together probably allow for no more than 10% of the total improvement. Hmm, I wonder what the rest could be? It must be the tires ;-)
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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