Cyclist donates €5 to anti-cycle lane fundraiser to tell them how he really feels; Kevin Hart on a bike; Cav’s second debut; 80-year-old paperboy postpones retirement; NHS worker grateful for bike lane; Etape Caledonia postponed + more on the live blog
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Key worker grateful for segregated cycle lane helping her commute safely
Thankyou @LBofHounslow @HanifKhan_1 for the segregated cycle lane on Chiswick High Road. It help me feel safe on my commute (as a key worker). Thank you for showing you care about active, safe travel and reducing air pollution. @RBKC @LBHF @LDNbybike @_wearepossible @willnorman pic.twitter.com/RDJKcRsj0r
— Sarah Thomas (@SarahTh28528642) February 12, 2021
NHS worker Sarah Thomas expressed her gratitude for Cycleway 9 in Chiswick, west London, which she says has made her feel safe on her commute. Having opened just before Christmas, the cycleway offers cyclists a segregated route on the busy High Road.
She tweeted: “Thank you London Borough of Hounslow and Hanif Khan (transport lead at the council) for the segregated cycle lane on Chiswick High Road. It helps me feel safe on my commute as a key worker. Thank you for showing you care about active, safe travel and reducing air pollution.”
Khan replied: “It’s a delight to see all are using C9.” However, not everyone who saw the video was as pleased to see active travel infrastructure. Here are some of the replies…
What a waste of money motorways are… I still see drivers using non-motorway roads!
— London by bike (@LDNbybike) February 13, 2021
Bus Stop strategy changed years ago to help traffic flow. Nothing to do with bikes.
— kenstorrpfc (@kennethstorr) February 13, 2021
Weekend racing round up
𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 🏆@ivansosacuervo and the Grenadiers clinch a fantastic overall victory at the Tour de la Provence 👊 pic.twitter.com/F4nAnvsox2
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) February 14, 2021
Iván Sosa won the big one on Mont Ventoux on Saturday to secure overall victory at Tour de la Provence. The Colombian attacked the select lead group and rode solo to the finish. Sosa’s compatriot and teammate Egan Bernal sat on Julian Alaphilippe’s wheel before attacking the World Champion in the final kilometre to take second in an Ineos Grenadiers one-two. On Sunday, Bahrain Victorious lived up to their new name as Phil Bauhaus won the final stage from a bunch sprint.
In Spain, Giacomo Nizzolo won Clásica de Almería. In his first race back at Deceuninck-Quick-Step, Mark Cavendish helped teammate Florian Sénéchal to second place before suffering a mechanical and rolling home in 96th place.
80-year-old paperboy postpones retirement thanks to new e-bike
The last we heard from George Bailey, he was considering packing the Headcorn paper round in having turned 80 in January. However, it seems one of Britain’s oldest paperboys is not done yet…Thanks to Evans Cycles who provided George with a new Raleigh e-bike, the pensioner is set to postpone his retirement, saying it has given him a new lease of life. George delivers papers in the Kent town every day, including on his 80th birthday, on the same 2.5 mile route. Raleigh and Evans Cycles teamed up to gift George a new Raleigh Motus Crossbar e-bike to help make his round more enjoyable, especially on the cold, dark winter mornings.
“I’m truly thrilled with my new Raleigh e-bike. After celebrating my 80th birthday I was seriously considering whether it was time to now ‘hang up my boots’ and retire from the paper round,” George explained. “Knowing I can now continue doing what I love – with a little help from modern technology – is fantastic, especially on a Raleigh; a brand I’ve always admired growing up! I might even still be doing this when I’m 90…”
Rainbow glitter paint job
What a sick paint job😍😍 pic.twitter.com/d36sS1UrgF
— Awesome Cycling 🚵♀️🚵♂️ (@AwesomeCycling) February 14, 2021
Tech news: Budget Peloton alternative, Brooks release new rivet colours for the C17, BZ Optics latest bi-focal photochromic glasses
At £279.99 this OnBuy Peloton alternative comes in at a fraction of the price of the popular home training brand’s bike and membership fee. It features an LCD monitor to track your stats, claims to be quiet enough to not disturb your family and can be easily adjusted to suit different riders. What’s more it doesn’t include classes led by an instructor who asked paying customers to think of their dead relatives while they trained…
BZ Optics, the creators of the world’s first bi-focal photochromic sports glasses, has a new model, the TOUR. Back in 2016 when we tested their PHO Bi-focal Photochromic Glasses our reviewer gave them four stars and said they’re “a great choice if you need bifocal powers when out sporting in the light or dark.” Now, the new TOUR model is almost ready for release and will be available via ISON Distribution in a couple of frame colours and lens options on February 22. They’re designed to help riders who need glasses to read with all those tasks you forget can be quite difficult without them…reading GPS computers, ordering off the menu at the cafe stop…
Saddle manufacturer Brooks has released four new rivet colours for the C17 saddle, their most popular seat. Aimed at giving something for the purists and boundary pushers, the C17 is now available in silver, copper, octane blue and bronze orange.
Add Kevin Hart to the list of celebrity cyclists
Kevin Hart might just be able to claim to be the most famous cyclist in the world. The actor and comedian recently shared pictures of him cycling to his 100 million Instagram followers. Riding a Trek and sporting some Rapha stash, Hart said cycling is a lifestyle. Posting on Instagram he wrote: “Getting miles in is a priority these days #HustleHart”
Hart got over 600,000 likes on his cycling-related posts and got an offer to ride with Team L39ION’s Justin Williams. Williams replied: “Kev, whenever you want to ride let me know. I would be honoured to spend some time talking about getting more of us on bikes.”
Racking my brain to think of other notable names we’ve seen on bikes recently…Alan Shearer made the live blog in November when he picked up a new gravel bike…Back in 2018, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wanted to “bicycle all over the world”.
"What an absolute dream to be back racing with these boys": Mark Cavendish enjoys second debut at Deceuninck-Quick-Step
Mark Cavendish’s second debut at Deceuninck-Quick-Step didn’t quite go as planned with the Manx Missile suffering an untimely mechanical that saw him drop out of the front group at Clásica de Almería. Cav’s teammate Alvaro Hodeg also crashed on the run in before Florian Sénéchal deputised to earn an impressive second place.
Despite the misfortune, Cav was delighted to be back racing in Quick-Step blue. Posting on Instagram, he wrote: “First race back with The Wolfpack was bittersweet. We talked 2 options for the sprint and both of us were out within 1km of each other just 15km from the finish. I punctured, but I can only count myself fortunate compared to Alvaro Hodeg’s crash. He’s banged up but will be ok. But just shows the strength of Deceuninck-Quick-Step that Florian Sénéchal thought quick to take up the sprint, getting a nice podium in 2nd spot. What an absolute dream to be back racing with these boys. Felt like a pure bike racer again. Loved every single moment.
Congratulations to Giacomo Nizzolo. So strong, my friend.”
Etape Caledonia postponed until Sunday 19 September 2021
Etape Caledonia, due to take place on Sunday 16 May, has been postponed until Sunday 19 September because of the pandemic. Despite suggesting they might have been able to keep the original date in May with Covid restrictions, the event’s organisers have decided to rearrange the event for later in the year. They have been advised by Perth and Kinross Council that Pitlochry, the event’s start and finish town, has opened a community vaccination centre which will require three months of traffic restrictions around the area.
Etape Caledonia added that there is no guarantee the event will be able to be staged in September either, but said they felt more confident that rearranging for later in the year gives them the best opportunity to do so. All entries will be automatically deferred to September.
In a statement on their website, Etape Caledonia said: “We’d like to take this opportunity to once again thank you for supporting us. As a small business, your support and patience really has been invaluable as it has enabled us to continue to plan and prepare these world-class events for your participation. We really look forward to welcoming you to the start line on Sunday 19 September 2021 and celebrating your achievements together like never before!”
Peter Sagan to miss Opening Weekend
Training in Gran Canaria!
(Photos by @PaulineBallet)@BORAGmbH @Hansgrohe_PR @iamspecialized @sportful @ride100percent pic.twitter.com/AJWiQHzxTh
— Peter Sagan (@petosagan) January 29, 2021
Peter Sagan won’t be racing at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad or Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. The three-time World Champion tested positive for Covid last week while training on Gran Canaria, and despite now being out of quarantine, the impact on training means he will delay his race calendar. Sagan has surprisingly only won once at Opening Weekend and will likely now start his season at Tirreno-Adriatico instead.
One of Sagan’s toughest rivals, Wout van Aert, has named the World Championships in Flanders as his biggest goal for 2021. Van Aert told Belgian TV channel RTBF that winning the rainbow bands on home roads would mean more than victory in the Classics, a green jersey at the Tour de France or Olympic gold in Tokyo.
“I’ll have three periods where I want to be in my best shape but if I have to choose one goal, I’d pick the World Championships in Belgium in Leuven. I’ll have three periods where I want to be in my best shape but if I have to choose one goal, I’d pick the World Championships in Belgium in Leuven,” he explained.
Van Aert is set to renew his rivalry with Mathieu van der Poel in 2021, potentially for the first time at Strade Bianche on the first weekend in March. Van der Poel beat Van Aert at October’s Tour of Flanders and the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.
Three-year-old has BMX skills
How epic is this? 🤩@biker_tiny showing off some awesome BMX skills at age 3! 🤘pic.twitter.com/Hn5IDQEcv3
— British Cycling (@BritishCycling) February 13, 2021
Daisy Adams made the live blog in November when she cycled from Bristol to Bath and back again, racking up a 34-mile, six-hour ride at just three-years-old…Her charity work has raised more than £4,000 for Sands…and now she’s got BMX skills too…Daisy’s built her Instagram fan club to more than 3,200 followers and her latest video showing off her bike handling skills in Bristol City Centre has been viewed almost 13,000 times. One for the future…
🤣
— Daisy_tiny_biker (@biker_tiny) February 13, 2021
Stolen Ride shares victim impact statements to show the human side of cycle theft
Stolen Ride wanted to highlight how bike thefts affect real people by compiling victim impact statements from victims of cycle theft in London. They say the financial, emotional and psychological cost of the crime isn’t always covered. Figures from Met Police suggested that bike theft had trebled since the start of the pandemic. However, Stolen Ride wants to focus on human stories, rather than statistics. Here are some of the victim statements they received:
“The robbery has left me nervous and I now cycle wearing a personal attack alarm.”
Harriet, Islington
“I was just about to start my evening of deliveries when I found it was stolen, I returned to my flat and did nothing other than scour the internet for it for the next few days. The bike was gifted to me by my partner who busted his gut to pay for it.”
Telle, Walthamstow
“Having it stolen (in Hackney) affected me at so many levels and it took me three (pandemic) months of public transport until I could afford another one.”
Ivan, Hackney
Cyclist donates €5 to anti-cycle lane fundraiser to tell them how he really feels
The folks in Sandymount arent really doing much to challenge the whole “wealthy elite protecting” their convenience narrative
They’ve raised €18,000 to object to a one way road
Dozens and dozens of people have donated individual amounts like €200, €500 and even a few €1000s pic.twitter.com/DBP31NwwJC
— Caoimhín (@yascaoimhin) February 13, 2021
A GoFundMe to mount a legal challenge against a new cycle lane in Sandymount in Dublin has almost raised €20,000. At the time of writing it was at €19,330, including €5 from a cyclist who just wanted to give the campaign a piece of his mind…
Johnnie Cyclist’s donation came with the message: “I donated €5 because as a 63 year old who is looking forward to having a segregated cycle lane on Sandymount Road and being able to cycle safely into Dublin, I wanted to tell you all how I find your campaign and everything it stands for so reprehensible and so selfish. What other city in the world do a bunch of well to do well funded residents object so vehemently to a bloody bicycle lane. Or to have such engagement on real issues. Shame on the lot of you.
“I look forward to cycling past Sandymount — safely — on my bike soon. I want to say well done to Dublin City Council for having the guts to face down your lousy lying campaign. Do you have anything better to do with your lives in Sandymount? Dun Laoghaire is very lucky to have a forward looking council who pushed back early against this sort of NIMBYISM. Clearly we are not in this together. Buy yourselves 2 Flat Whites with my €5 donation. Don’t waste any more money donating. Your campaign will fail. On your bikes lads!”
The fundraiser has dozens of donations of €100 or more, including some up to as much as €1,000. The STC Residents Group set up the page and insist they support cycling and just want to ensure the path is implemented in the best possible way to avoid traffic congestion.
Fair play to whomever wrote this! pic.twitter.com/HUVr0sV81y
— Firas (@FortyCN) February 14, 2021
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@DrG82 is a liar. First off, who here said they got everything right? "I wouldn’t say that the Welsh government got everything right." The article contains commentary saying they didn't get everything right. I suppose saying something obviously true sets you up to lie later... "They applied the speed limit changes uniformly, without considering exceptions" You are a liar. The Welsh Government guidance contained rules that would allow councils to exempt roads from 20mph. As an example, much of my route into town stayed at 30 and 40mph because my council bothered to apply the exemptions. I particularly enjoyed your unsupported claim of "This has been a massive waste of money". The article states "collisions involving all road users on 20mph and 30mph are down 37 per cent, with casualties dropping by 35 per cent". I'd say a one-off cost of changing road signs for a permanent 1/3rd reduction in collisions is gonna save the taxpayer a chunk of healthcare costs and owners and businesses a chunk of money not fixing car bodywork. Nothing but contempt for you. Take your lies elsewhere.
With so many people using and looking at mobie phones whilst driving and other distractions, may I suggest you always wear Hi viz and stay at home.
The design of the "car" has played a role in this. SUVs and what the Americans call "trucks" are exempt from the pedestrian safety regulations which apply to passenger cars. Had the victim been hit by a car designed in the past twenty years he would have been "scooped" onto the bonnet and either over the roof or off to one side. Still a serious injury risk and potentially fatal but they have the benefit of those passive safety systems to improve their chances. With vehicles with such a high bonnet line as this Volvo has what tends to happen is the person bounces off the bonnet and falls on the road in front of the vehicle where they're then run over. This has happened time and time again and is becoming more of an issue as the numbers of vehicles exempt from the safety standards grows.
@Accessibility for all Reducing the speeds wouldn't have helped in this case as the driver was reported doing 65 in a 40 zone on the approach to the junction, his driving described by the witnesses as erratic and evidently had no intention to stop to give way even though he had been warned by the passenger who apparently shouted "bike" three times just before the collision. He would have likely flown through that junction even if it was traffic light controlled with a red light for him at the time. In my own experience the entire area i.e. east of Lymm towards Warburton and along Dunham Road all the way up to Altrincham and past into Hale Barns, all those wealthy, posh settlements around Manchester Airport are best avoided by road cyclists. A disproportionally high number of psycho drivers must for some reason live in that area because every single time I went there on my road bike in the past, I either got harassed myself or witnessed proper dickhead driving - speeding, close passes, overtaking into oncoming traffic or round a blind bend, accelerating towards pedestrians already crossing the road, you name it. I gave up road cycling in that area years ago and only use the local TPT these days.
In respect of the murder charge: based on him hitting Mr Mullins and making no attempt to help him (this killing him), how would the case compare to a hit and run driver who seriously injures or kills a cyclist, knowingly, and flees the scene without helping? Would this make the cut for a murder charge? Or is there something very different going on here that I’m missing? Genuinely curious because I don’t recall there being a murder charge before for this kind of thing unless it was premeditated. In fact, in my experience most cases like this seem to go the opposite way - where the driver can merely say the sun was in their eyes and get away with a slap on the hands.
@Rendel Harris...and there was me dishing out the praise!
@polainm He must also be an already hardened criminal. It wasn't mentioned during the court proceedings to avoid influencing the jurors and ensuring he had a fair trial, but he had been released from prison shortly before this incident and was couch surfing at his cousin's house days before. Just look at his face, he's only 35, but looks older than his victim who was 56. Must have spent half his adult life in prison.
@jaymack They did offer him manslaughter though but he declined to plead guilty. Without wanting to seem curmudgeonly, yes great that they preferred the most serious charges but hard to see how they could have done differently considering that Richardson got out of the car, saw Mr Mullins was stuck underneath and then got back in and carried on. That clearly moved it above anything that falls under death by dangerous driving.
@thrawed Agree - the UK winters are utterly grim; grey, wet & windy. Not the type of weather you really want to go out and ride. Everything get covered in filth, and takes time to clean it after a ride. Oh for colder, drier & crisper days which can be enjoyable to be out in.
@ymm In my view, lax sentencing of dangerous drivers, especially where cyclists are involved, makes the judge, jury and CPS complicit in UK driver culture. This driver is a sociopath.
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Good for George.
Good for George.
But there is a strange irony about him using a bicycle to push anti-cyclist propaganda (amongst a lot of other biased nonsense) through people’s letterboxes.
Subversion of the system from
Subversion of the system from within! Perhaps some readers of the newspapers he delivers may realise that low distance travel by bike in all weathers is possible even for older people.
Meanwhile, George is extracting his pay from the neo-syndicalist authoritarian hegemony (to quote Dave Spart of the Neasden collective).
I did think a step-through
I did think a step-through frame would have been easier for him given the number of times he has to get on and off (no leg-over jokes please!).
London by bike wrote:
This! Every time a motorist shouts at me for not being on a nearby shared-use path (in all fairness, not that often), I make sure to ask why they’re not on the motorway…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoxqEYdUPng&feature=emb_title put that to 5:23 to see what i told her back brookbsy https://rate-driver.co.uk/HG09FOJ
I had a different experience
I had a different experience once. A pedestrian told me there was a new shared use path on the oher side of the road (not easy to get to from where I was as the other side of a flyover) This was whilst she was waiting to cross 20 yards from a dedicated crossing point,
Me too. I was shouted,
Me too. I was shouted, beeped and sworn at by one driver for not using a cycle lane that ‘much good money’ had been spent on. I reminded him that the same scheme had also supplied bus land and he wasn’t on a (make up one for yourself) bus.
Re Etape Caledonia – Etape
Re Etape Caledonia – Etape Loch Ness has also been moved from April 2021 to 22nd August 2021. I think Tour of Cambridgshire preliminary for June is to announce very soon (1st March?) whether it is on or not.
and the Fred Whitton has also
and the Fred Whitton has also moved to September….waiting to see if the DragonRide will be moved…
I hold no brief for Peleton –
I hold no brief for Peleton – indeed I’d sooner quit indoor training altogether than use them, looks apalling – but a £280 basic exercise bike isn’t exactly comparable to a smart trainer. Why did you single this one out from all the thousands of basic models out there around the same pricepoint? Is it a sponsorship thing and if so shouldn’t it be flagged as such? Seems a bit random…
“her socks are well beyond
“her socks are well beyond UCI regulations”
Lol.
where can I get a set of 26mm
where can I get a set of 26mm 700c pink leopard print tyres ?
Love those tyres. Think I’ll
Love those tyres. Think I’ll pass on the pink tutu though.
From the “Sandymount Cycle
From the “Sandymount Cycle For All” (I kid you not) web page:
“We all support cycling but we want to ensure that a cycle path is implemented in the best possible way so as to avoid traffic congestion, predicted by DCC/NTA traffic modelling, and to protect Sandymount Village and its surrounding neighbourhoods from the health and safety implications of increased traffic.”
Anyone using the “We all support cycling but…….” while campaigning against a cycle lane is as honest, moral and non-hypocritical as Mitch McConnell. Could we not get the great Irish commentator on this story https://road.cc/content/news/car-hit-truck-after-driver-got-out-fight-cyclist-280877 to do an article?
“What other city in the world
“What other city in the world do a bunch of well to do well funded residents object so vehemently to a bloody bicycle lane?”
Does the answer begin with L?
Starting to looka bit dicey for any big events this year as weel. I was really hoping the Gran Fondo Isle of Man would be on in August and I booked a week off to do it, now the website is down, not optimistic 🙁
“The STC Residents Group set
“The STC Residents Group set up the page and insist they support cycling and just want to ensure the path is implemented in the best possible way to avoid traffic congestion.”
Aha, the old “we don’t mind cycling but we’ll do our damndest to make sure conditions are as horrible as possible for cyclists” chestnut.
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Strange that when Socrati
Strange that when Socrati manages to get back on he posts this…
WTF is this weirdness??
WTF is this weirdness??
I thought first posts were
I thought first posts were moderated? Or perhaps the mods wanted a laugh.
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ktache wrote:
You’re being unfair. This geezer is making more sense than SC ever did.
Simonpatchin wrote:
Finally, we might get some accountability if that God fella is down here with us grunts.
First off, why did you put the food intake and air intake sharing the same tube? Do you have any idea how many people die just from that one bad design?