“I missed the start of a wedding… because of LTNs”; “I was struggling”: Peter Sagan reflects on first WorldTour win in 13 months; Timmy Mallett hammers the Highlands; You can’t carry that by bike! + more on the live blog
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"I was struggling": Peter Sagan reflects on first WorldTour win in 13 months
Reflecting on a first WorldTour win since last year’s Giro, Peter Sagan admitted he was struggling during his barren run and “wondered what was going on with me”.
“It was not easy, the last five months,” he said. “It’s not easy to return after a long break without racing. I didn’t race for three months, before then I was racing, but I was sick. I was struggling and wondered what was going on with me.
“I’m very happy. It feels great. I have to thank my whole team TotalEnergies for their amazing work.”
13 months for win No.120. What odds win No.121 only takes a day?
Timmy Mallett hammers the Highlands
Timmy Mallett’s UK tour is back on the road following a Jubilee Pageant hiatus (don’t worry, he didn’t have to wear one of those silly polo hats Sir Chris Hoy was scared of).
It may be burn your back hot down south, but up in the Highlands it’s raining (obviously)…
“It’s been seven consecutive days of rain and the forecast is…more of the same,” Mallett wrote on Strava. “At home, Mrs Mallett is watering the garden!”
“I rode up the glen with the dark threatening mountains closing in and looking ominous. It’s a lonely ride on the single track with these sheer dark cliffs bearing down on me,” he wrote.
“All along the way the clouds got darker and moodier and seemed to reach closer.
It’s as if the weather Gods live here scheming up different conditions and throwing them down.
“Then I glance across the valley and shafts of sunlight seem to lighten the clouds and laugh at me. It’s a spectacular ride and once over not getting the classic Highland view I start to enjoy the way the weather changes that I see all the time.”
On Monday, Mallett climbed the famous Bealach na Bà…
You can't carry that by bike!
Careful, that bike lane is unprotected.
— Cool Bike Art 🚴 (@CoolBikeArt1) June 15, 2022
Metro Bank doing things right
Come right in and cycle into @Metro_Bank Cambridge. Ty. More trips by bike = less pollution (good for climate), more physical activity (better health) and greater visibility of more cyclists (safer travel for all) @camcycle pic.twitter.com/l7P7Ml2Jdt
— christopher loughlan (@CLoughlan) June 14, 2022
You’d be pretty unlucky to have your bike stolen from within a bank. There’s a joke in there somewhere, someone more comically able can work it out for me in the comments…
I’m just here for a high street branch welcoming cyclists…I mean you could probably simply wheel your bike in regardless (although maybe I shouldn’t assume that), but having somewhere to stand it up is a nice touch…
Skarper: Sir Chris Hoy-backed e-bike motor provides power via the rear disc brake
Sir Chris Hoy is backing a new clip-on e-bike drive system where power is applied via the rear disc brake. Skarper’s designers say it means a bike can be turned into an e-bike and back again in a matter of seconds.
"We'll see if the prologue can give me a good present, or if I'll suffer for nothing": Filippo Ganna targeting yellow
TT machine Filippo Ganna sat down with Eurosport’s Cycling Show to talk about his Tour de France ambitions, Paris-Roubaix and the possibility of wearing the first yellow jersey of the race in a little over two weeks time.
“We have one of the most powerful teams,” Ganna said. “The first big goal is the yellow jersey, we’ll see if the prologue can give me a good present, or if I’ll suffer for nothing. We hope there isn’t a lot of strong wind and my legs spin well.”
“It’s my first Tour. Everyone says it’s fantastic. We’ll see…”
Over in Switzerland, Ineos Grenadiers’ big hitters: Adam Yates, Dani Martínez, Tom Pidcock, Geraint Thomas, Dylan Van Baarle, Omar Fraile and Luke Rowe are sharpening their tools and racing for selection for the Tour.
Steve Cummings is in the car, DS for the race, and had some eye-catching things to say in his new book about how he believes he was used as an ‘extreme diet guinea pig’ by Team Sky to trial Wiggo’s weight loss programme for the 2012 Tour.
"I missed the start of a wedding... because of LTNs"
Here’s one that slipped through the net a couple of weeks back but is more than worth a late call-up to the live (two weeks late) blog. Those pesky Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are at it again…*checks notes*… stopping people getting to weddings!?
That’s the claim of one events planner in Oxford, who seemingly failed to properly plan his events leading up to the big day, and blames the tardiness on those little wooden planters.
> Low Traffic Neighbourhood ‘human bollards’ step in following repeated vandalism
Speaking to the Oxford Mail, Chris Jones of Boys and Girls Promotions said they were unaware the LTNs in East Oxford came into effect on the Friday night, so, when he went to pick people up he was faced with… “the perfect storm”.
“On the Saturday it took an additional 15 or 20 minutes to pick people up,” he told the local news site. “Then it just snowballed with not being able to turn into certain roads, the congestion on Cowley Road, and we were an hour late for a wedding.
“That has never happened in 13 years. So you’ve already got the stresses and strains of the bride worrying if you’re coming, you are trying to set up late, guests are arriving, you know, for somebody’s special day, let’s say it was not good.
“It breaks my heart to receive a disappointed email from a client but we have apologised to the client, discounted their invoice, reviewed internal procedures, and apologised to our staff ….. we go again!”
He’s also going to “have to think about putting our prices up” owing to the increase in travelling time.
“We know Oxford has a major air pollution problem and the town is just not built for the amount of traffic that goes through. But our company has electric minibuses and we like to think we are ahead of the game.
“The LTNs seem short-term. What’s needed is a big, grown-up conversation about where we can make a city where everyone drives electric vehicles and that way we can reduce the air pollution. This is just short-term fixes.”
Drum & Bass On The Bike visits Sheffield
Dom Whiting is taking his two-wheeled rave through the streets of Sheffield this Sunday, starting at Tudor Square from 2pm…
SHEFFIELD!!
Drum & Bass On The Bike sees it’s first trip to SHEFFIELD this SUNDAY (19th) Starting at TUDOR SQUARE from 2PM.
Looking forward to this one as there’s been so much ask for it! SEE YOU SUNDAY… pic.twitter.com/sO6X6WTQTu
— Domonic (@domwhiting) June 14, 2022
"Maybe he should become an 'Events Planter'.....": Reaction to our main live blog story of the day
Perhaps leave 5 minutes earlier?
— Dirk Kildair (@Dirk_Kildair) June 15, 2022
It’s rare a live blog story is completely controversy-free, uniting the comments section…
Plenty along the same lines as thereverent, who said: “For a Wedding Planner, they seem to lack some planing ability.”
Although it’s The _Kaner winning comment of the day…”Maybe he should become an ‘Events Planter’….” Well played….
matt_cycles sought out the locals for some insight: “The comments section about the LTNs article in the Oxford Mail makes for good reading. Seems the signage about LTNs were in place months before they took effect. Like others have said, seems poor planning by the company.”
And muhasib was left a bit confused by the whole episode…”Surely weddings can be organised on zoom or MS teams? It seems so 2019 to attend in person an event.”
Better than Love Island...
Are you ready for the first episode of The Next Top Mechanic? Mark June 17th on your calendar!🗓 With the help of @visma we’ll go from 200 applicants to 1 winner.
📺 https://t.co/cmszcFZvRC pic.twitter.com/cpJNItEZ24
— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) June 14, 2022
What other cycling-related reality TV competitions would you like to see? Britain’s best drivetrain cleaner? 10 minutes, 10 filthy drivetrains, which will be cleanest? Not feeling it? Fair enough…
The Great British Rice Cake Off? 50g of carbs, but whose riding fuel will be tastiest?
Bunny hop idol? Planet X Factor? Winter Glove Island? Big Ring Brother?
EDIT: Apparently Ryan blogged this yesterday, so lucky you lot getting to read about it twice. Maybe I’ll tell you a funny story about an events planner and LTNs later…
While we're on the subject of Jumbo-Visma mechanics
Shout out to @JumboVismaWomen who had me a bit confused about the TT bike on top of the car in Oxford yesterday … and in reply to the obvious question, told me it’s for the Dutch national TT champs, nice but of forward planning 👍 pic.twitter.com/CSCkp8Bf9t
— Simon MacMichael (@simonmacmichael) June 12, 2022
There’s a career in events planning if the cycling mechanic-ing doesn’t work out…
Cyclist gets knocked off bike by leopard in India
Cyclist gets knocked off bike by leopard in India pic.twitter.com/zmGSgWmUGZ
— The Independent (@Independent) June 15, 2022
How's the bike industry looking?
Tech editor Mat is currently in the process of putting together a state of the industry piece to give you an in-depth overview of the bike industry. In the meantime, Merida UK’s boss has made some interesting comments on the subject.
Talking to Cycling Industry News, Chris Carter noted: “The market appears to have plenty of what it doesn’t need right now and not enough of what it does need. For example, there is stock of entry-level MTB and hybrid, but not enough carbon road and e-bikes.”
And on outside investment?
“In my view, the jury is out. One of the advantages or disadvantages of having been around for a while is a lot of experience and a hefty dose of cynicism.
“Ribble are consumer direct, with venture capital backing; they have lost £10m in the last three filing on companies house, with the business supported by significant loans.
“The cycle market is seen as this amazing opportunity due to the Covid boom, with extrapolations of the exceptional demand and lofty ambitions, but the reality has always been the cycle industry is a low margin industry.”
Mads Pedersen wins aboard the new Trek Madone
Three men’s pro bike races finishing simulatenously…some afternoon to be a cycling fan…
The last of the three is the most significant (in our book) thanks to Trek-Segafredo’s Mads Pedersen getting his arms aloft aboard the brand new, recently spotted, Trek Madone. Oh, we did a video on that if you missed it last week…
Glorious! Well done Mads! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/e3Ud88krsA
— Anna Mac (@AnnamacB) June 15, 2022
Elsewhere in the racing world, Daryl Impey rolled back the years to beat former teammate Michael Matthews on stage four of Tour de Suisse, while Tadej Pogačar returned to action at his home race — Tour of Slovenia.
It wasn’t he who won today’s opening stage however…instead, teammate and likely soon-to-be key Tour de France domestique Rafał Majka took that honour.
Most importantly of all though…Ryan’s old training buddy Matty Teggart won the first stage of the Rás over in Ireland. One, two, three…no, four bike races…to keep an eye on today…
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I suspect some liberal number-wanging from TNT on this one.
@mctrials23 I mean, I am astonished how you bring priorities into this as the cyclist was entirely within the left hand side lane therefore never needed to give priority to the wankpanzer.
"... following “a concerning pattern of serious and life-changing injuries” caused by the vehicles." ... Seriously... "... caused by the vehicles." Come on @Ryan Mallon Do better.
Yes, C5 leases a highlights package from TNT, they will also be showing Giro and Vuelta highlights and live coverage of the UK Grand Depart next year. It was more or less an afterthought, I assume to try and deflect some of the criticism TNT got for more than quadrupling the cost of watching the race live. A pretty good deal for TNT I would've thought, a bit of extra money to offset whatever they paid for the rights (still a secret, I believe), unlikely to deter any keen fans from paying for flag-to-flag coverage and presumably they hope it could act as a shop window to pull in more viewers to the paid option having had their appetites whetted.
I haven't watched Le Tour at all this year and have mainly been watching rugby instead. I wonder where these 'record' numbers come from?
@the little onion Just for the sake of accuracy, Alliston wasn't convicted of manslaughter, he was charged with it but convicted of "wanton and furious cycling" for not having two brakes. I agree that he was a complete prat and also that if he'd been driving a car there's no way he would have been charged, driving below the speed limit through a green light in your favour when a pedestrian steps out straight in front of you from a few yards away, I have never heard of a driver being convicted for such an incident.
@Rendel Harris Thanks. So does this explain the pared back Channel 5 coverage that uses TNT commentary and also only has one presenter - a way of reducing cost of producing the show (which I quite like)?
@kinderje As I understand it they didn't put in a bid as they were told by ASO what TNT had said they were prepared to pay and it was way above what ITV could afford or make a profit on. So they didn't formally lose it as in were outbid, but it amounted to the same thing.
A couple of days ago I experienced a very clear cut case where I was riding in a narrow section of side road between parked cars and a car turned into the side road straddling the white line at the junction and entered the narrow section I was already in not leaving me any room to pass. I was forced to stop and yet the driver took umbrage. I'm sure most readers on here have experienced this situation many times if not experienced it as a daily occurrence and had to take evasive action in order to avoid collisions. I reported the incident to the police with very clear video evidence. It is a clear breach of Highway Code rules 213 and 183. In light of the WYP prosecution one would expect that the police should also prosecute my case quite vigorously as this case was much more serious. However I don't expect they will take this up so this will be an interesting if predictable test.
You say that ITV 'lost' the broadcasting rights, I thought ITV declined to put a bid in as they were looking to cut costs.
67 thoughts on ““I missed the start of a wedding… because of LTNs”; “I was struggling”: Peter Sagan reflects on first WorldTour win in 13 months; Timmy Mallett hammers the Highlands; You can’t carry that by bike! + more on the live blog”
Maybe plan a route before
Maybe plan a route before hand… idiot
Exactly this; planner blames
Exactly this; planner blames planters despite lack of planning.
Good old military 6Ps
Good old military 6Ps
Prior Planning Prevents P**s Poor Performance.
jova54 wrote:
PriorProper Planning Prevents P**s Poor Performance. He did lots of planning – it was just not very good, and no doubt involved just relying on google to navigate, rather than checking the route at any point in the preceding daysjova54 wrote:
That’s the one!
And just get each of the
And just get each of the passengers to stroll out of their LTN, to a pre-agreed pickup point, as if they were catching a – well, err – bus
“The LTNs seem short-term.
“The LTNs seem short-term. What’s needed is a big, grown-up conversation about where we can make a city where everyone drives electric vehicles and that way we can reduce the air pollution. This is just short-term fixes.”
Yes, electric vehicles, that old canard. They solve exactly nothing.
Quote:
But Chris Jones of Boys and Girls Promotions should not be invited as he’s obviously not grown-up enough to work out that (1) LTNs are not to blame and (2) electric cars are not the answer.
And he’s also not clever enough to leave adequate time for his journey, despite it being his job. Yet another idiot advertising his stupidity to the world.
For a Wedding Planner, they
For a Wedding Planner, they seem to lack some planing ability.
Of course the fault is their
Of course the fault is their own, failing, in my currently hated tautology, to pre-plan.
Is there such a thing as pre
Is there such a thing as pre-planning?
Surely it’s all Planning.
Yes. Exactly wot ‘e said
Yes. Exactly wot ‘e said
Pedants. Next you’ll be
Pedants. Next you’ll be saying a plan for a plan isnt a thing.
isn’t
isn’t 🙂
Wing.
Wing.
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Mirror.
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I have spoken.
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Is that like pre-meeting
Is that like pre-meeting meetings?
(Just to make sure the time of participants is wasted efficiently)
belugabob wrote:
Woh there, you can’t just jump right into the pre-meeting without planning it!
Slow down sonny! You have to
Slow down sonny! You have to plan the pre-meeting meeting to be sure that the pre-meeting meeting generates an effective plan for the meeting.
Don’t forget the wedding
Don’t forget the wedding photographer who, after the event, will be obliged to do some tautologous post-processing of his images.
Maybe the invite was stuck in
Maybe the invite was stuck in the post https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/20171097.postbox-sealed-collection-times-cant-met-due-ltns/
There does seem to be a theme of increased exaggerated complaints about these LTNs in Oxford
All our Post boxes seem to
All our Post boxes seem to only have one collection a day now, not sure if the Oxfordshire ones are the same. Maybe if the Post Office were not cutting staff and service every few months to “make a profit” they could supply another pickup vehicle.
Our collection is at 9:30 –
Our collection is at 9:30 – so the postie with the van can pick up the letters on return from dropping off the bags for the rounds. That means if you get a letter delivered – most likely about 10am these days – your best turnaround without driving to the PO depot is 48 hours. And of course, no Sunday collections any more.
The ones near me are
The ones near me are similarly timed, although there is one almost next to the sorting office which is 5pm. (Or used to be, haven’t checked for ages).
Delivery though is sometimes as late as 2pm although we have a couple of different posties so might be a “cover” doing a shift after his has finished.
cant believe none of you went
cant believe none of you went with the obvious response, why dont they just collect those post boxes via bicycle…
.
.That reminds me of when we went to a friend’s wedding that straddled the Northern Ireland border. The church was in Eire, but the reception was in a hotel in Northern Ireland, so there were a couple of coaches put on to transport us all.
We were on the second coach (first coach for family and important people) which then proceeded to break-down on the journey. The nearby farmer’s wife then popped her head out of her house and asked who wanted a cup of tea and then supplied us all (maybe 30 of us?) with tea, cake and biscuits while we waited. Took maybe an hour to get us rescued and it didn’t detract from the festivities at all.
Ah, Irish wedding anecdotes.
Ah, Irish wedding anecdotes.
My only experience of the Emerald Isles was in the 1980s when we were invited to a wedding in Tipperarry (roughly bottom middle). We booked our flights, in the days when a booking was a booking, to Dublin a couple of days before for a night or two on the town and an explore. We arranged to pick up a friend from Dublin Airport at about 10am, so we had the joyof experiencing Ireland’s only mile of motorway at the time several times.
On the Thursay it was announced that the venue had cancelled and we now needed to be in Shannon for 2pm. So we had, allowing for luggage pick up, 3 hours to drive about 150 miles – it may be a long, long way to Tipperary (not these days, I live about 8 miles from the Tipperary Inn, owned by the song’s writers) but Shannon from Dublin was a major expedition.
We had SWMBO map reading (God help us!) which meant driving at speed while squinting across at the map to look ahead (“Could you see where to go next, dear?” as she basked in the glory of a signpost followed correctly) and question and correct her as we went (one of those relationships). I think the map came with the hire car. Every time we went through a village we seemed to need to slow to a crawl and all the locals came out to stare at the excitement of a car passing through – they’d obviously had something unusual with several members of the wedding party passing through in the same day.
Ireland’s roads at the time put our cycle lanes in perspective. The main road from Dublin to Shannon was essentially single track with a shale passing strip either side – the convention was that you arrived behind the car ahead, waited patiently and then the car in front would drift over onto the shale and you would pass by (unless you came up behind a Brit then you were screwed as they wouldn’t move over – 60mph with two wheels on the shale was exciting). We got within about 15 minutes of the chuch, lept over a gate and changed into our formal wear after a wee, good practice for cycling all those years later.
We arrived at the church (down some cart track for about 5 miles) about 2:15 to discover that we had about 30 minutes to wait because of them deciding everyone would be late so they delayed the wedding. All before the days of mobile phones and SatNavs.
A good time was had and the drive back was far more relaxing.
IanMSpencer wrote:
I went to a posh do somewhere on the outskirts of Dublin years ago, I remember it to this day for the most SAVAGE best man’s speech I have ever heard. He absolutely destroyed the groom, everyone there was surprised the day didn’t end on the spot.
Quite a lot of funerals have
Quite a lot of funerals have cake. (Just not “A Cake”, if you see what I mean.)
Steve K wrote:
Gives you an excuse to take on a couple of Strava segments on the way there and back? Never too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
I remember years ago bringing
I remember years ago bringing a friend over to see that Belfast was more than what the media portrayed at the time. Stopped off at mums who offered a cuppa. My pal half an hour later whispered if my mum had forgotten. I said no and 5 minutes later the supper tray appeared resplendent with sandwiches, cake and the best china. My poor friend just looked on and murmured that they only wanted a cup of tea!
They should have replied
They should have replied “just a wee drap in me hand” then, as any fule kno
Flâneur wrote:
Ha. That was me ma’s wee drap! Just something to tide us over before the dances!
RE: Weddings – is it not just
RE: Weddings – is it not just that as the internets increasingly become people’s reality people increasingly take what’s on the internet for reality?
“Maps says it’s 15 minutes away” = “It is 15 minutes away and if it takes 16 minutes I will sue (anyone but the providers of Maps)”.
Nothing new though – if it looks like some people have x why can’t I have x? All the time?
chrisonatrike wrote:
The map is NOT the territory.
brooksby wrote:
…unless you’re playing Risk.
The comments section about
The comments section about the LTN’s article in the Oxford Mail makes for good reading. Seems the signage about LTN’s were in place months before they took affect. Like others have said, seems poor planning by the company.
What if it hadn’t been an LTN
What if it hadn’t been an LTN, but a road closed due to road or utility works?
Maybe he should become an
Maybe he should become an “Events Planter”….
What’s the phrase about piss
What’s the phrase about piss poor planning…?
Marketing 101: when trying to
Marketing 101: when trying to persuade people to employ you to run the most important event of their lives, publicising the fact that you will screw up when faced with predictable and long-advertised changes to the local environment is possibly not the best look.
The wedding planner: “Oxford
The wedding planner: “Oxford has too much traffic going through.”
Also wedding planner: “We should replace Oxford traffic with electric Oxford traffic.”
From that Strava, Timmy
From that Strava, Timmy Mallett didn’t climb the Bealach na Ba, just e-biked past the Tornapress end of it.
Yes, I was just about to
Yes, I was just about to point out the same thing.
Surely weddings can be
Surely weddings can be organised on zoom or MS teams? It seems so 2019 to attend in person an event.
It’s really interesting how
It’s really interesting how the wedding planner gets so animated about being an hour late to their venue because they failed to plan properly.
‘Chris Jones, partner in Boys and Girls Promotions, based in Magdalen Road, said: “We have a number of staff who live off Cowley Road and we were not aware the LTNs were being implemented on the Friday night.’
I’m pretty sure that statement is a complete lie. Or is he seriously expecting people to believe that people who are going to be living in an area directly affected by an LTN wouldn’t know when the LTN was due to start to operate? I find that very difficult to believe.
“We know Oxford has a major
“We know Oxford has a major air pollution problem and the town is just not built for the amount of traffic that goes through. But our company has electric minibuses and we like to think we are ahead of the game.
“The LTNs seem short-term. What’s needed is a big, grown-up conversation about where we can make a city where everyone drives electric vehicles and that way we can reduce the air pollution. This is just short-term fixes.”
Classic. Acknowledge air pollution/congestion/climate change issue, sees answer as *buy electric vehicle and carry on as before* – problem solved.
The usual – I don’t want congestion etc BUT I don’t want to be personally inconvenienced as part of the solution thanks very much.
Oh, and I’m sh*t at planning.
Am I the only one that is
Am I the only one that is getting a bit fed up with the car driver vs cyclist narrative constantly being pushed? If anything the constant articles and clickbait titles is doing more harm than good and just created more of an us vs them mentality.
We’re all road users trying to get somewhere safely and it’s going to take a long time to get the infrastructure in place to support and change people’s attitudes towards cycling. While I’ve always considered myself a safe driver, it wasn’t until I took up cycling that I realised how unsafe it can feel for a cyclist. That made me more aware and a much better driver when I see cyclists on the road. I can’t help but think getting more people cycling will let them have the same experiences and make them better drivers and more frequent cyclists.
100% this.
100% this.
cyclefaster wrote:
I am, and I really wish that drivers would stop pushing it.
mdavidford wrote:
And it’s not really a driver vs cyclist thing, because most adult cyclists can also drive. It’s a driver without clue about cycling vs person with clue about cycling thing. Which makes it even more annoying that the clueless people pushing it get so much mainstream media support.
Change always upsets someone.
Change always upsets someone. Hopefully the tabloids will get bored of stoking their raging readers over LTN’s, cycle lanes and sensible updates to the Highway Code.
“But they changed the law to
“But they changed the law to hand the roads over to cyclists!”
I don’t think it matters much – outside of some internet echo chambers – about what a few cyclists say. A subset of a minority. The main narrative from the meeja normally doesn’t involve cycling at all. On the rare occasions it does it tends to reinforce the usual stereotypes. (Not a conspiracy BTW. That’s just what the meeja normally does unless the proprietor / boss has a particular bee in their bonnet).
Is this “pipe down, stop being all ‘woke’ – everyone has got a normal life to get on with already?” Maybe “it’s bad enough cycling without someone outing me as a ‘cyclist’ “? I also would like “cycling” to be a non-issue because mundane. But sometimes it’s notably not, so I’ll point that out. I don’t see why we shouldn’t ask:
https://robertweetman.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/i-want-my-street-to-be-like-this/
Correct, so far as there is
Correct, so far as there is an ‘us v them’ mentality present, but incorrect in that it’s not this cycling website and others like it that are promoting such a mentality.
I’m not sure I’m reading your comment correctly, but if you’re telling us all off for being against car drivers, you’re singing in the wrong choir. The most of what we do is highlight antagonism directed against us. Sorry but not sorry if the group being targeted and victimised does not make humble peace offerings to the other group.
Re: Bike Bank. Should be safe
Re: Bike Bank. Should be safe.
My Mrs stopped a robbery in a bank, not robbing the bank but mugging someone in the queue for their takings. Of the 4 other people in the queue, one ran out the door and the other chaps stood around. She pushed both “muggers” off the guy and stood in between them and the victim. Then when they ran out the door, she held it shut even when they tried to come back in as she had forced one of them to drop the phone. Only then did the others help to keep the door shut. Dropped phone meant two of the three were caught. Her and the victim were the only ones who were also willing to give evidence in court as well.
Does your missus wear a cape?
Does your missus wear a cape?
Not all heroes wear capes…
Not all heroes wear capes…
More like Hulk Smash when she
More like Hulk Smash when she was in action.
This was several years after she lost the use of one finger when someone threatened her with a knife when attempting to rob her shop. She sprayed the guy with fly spray and grabbed the hand with the knife in it but he pulled away. She realised her hand was sliced when she was on the phone with the Police after he had run away.
(No subject)
Chapeau!
Chapeau!
I do picture your home life being a bit like “not now Cato!” though.
Good to see Metro bank
Good to see Metro bank getting it right; I only wish the new Lidl in Lydney had the same.
The plans showed the cycle parking clearly, near the entrance and overlooked, but, of course, the reality is that they are as far from the entrance as possible and not overlooked. I wouldn’t leave a bike worth more than 50p there, let alone my RadWagon. I contacted my councillor who says he’s had words but it is unlikely that anything will happen, despite the fact he provided me with wording from the planning approval which says that the cycle parking must follow the plans. I’ve got back to him suggesting rather more robust action than collective shoulder shrugging.
I also looked up Lidl’s environmental transport policies, and I’m sure nobody here will be the slightest bit surprised to find it majors in electric cars, but fails to mention cycling or walking. I’ve written to them expressing my disappointment at the cycle parking in Lydney and their failure to even mention active travel.
Honestly, if we can’t even get something as simple as cycle parking right, maybe the human race deserves extinction.
TBH what is even more
TBH what is even more impressive than being knocked off by a leopard is that there was webcam footage of it.
The modern world amazes me at times.
It’s a leopard – surely no
It’s a leopard – surely no surprise that it was spotted?
No change there then.
No change there then.
Leopard – impressive it
Leopard – impressive it managed to run down a breakaway but fortunately then got quickly dropped.
Police still refused to take action though because there was only one camera…
I enjoyed the comment by some
I enjoyed the comment by some wag on twitter to the effect that we in the UK are just as likely to be knocked off our bike, just Jaguars instead of leopards.
Merida, I realise you know
Merida, I realise you know far more about the industry than I do, but with good weather for some of the country, summer about to start (I refuse to accept June 1st as the new start to meteorological summer, I’m talking to you met office) and fuel prices sky high, and not going down anytime soon, then entry level mountain bikes and hybrids make perfect shortish distance commuter machines.
I know that road bikes and tourers are the thing around here, but what you have a surplus of are great for crap cycle routes, the ncn, towpaths and shit roads.