Common courtesy or not my problem? Carnoustie Golf Club sign asks cyclists to “be still and quiet” on National Cycle Network path; Training like a world champion? Van Aert’s 31km/h, 220km mountain day; Cav and G Jr. eye 2040 Tour + more on the live blog
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When there are so many cyclists there's a bike lane traffic jam...
This was the scene in one of London’s cycle lanes yesterday morning…
The line of cyclists today on CS4 was so long at the lights I didn’t make it through on first sync of lights. pic.twitter.com/YyNBoBLg7R
— Rory McCarron (@CyclingLawLDN) September 1, 2022
The lane filled up with riders waiting to cross a junction as the lights were red, creating this ‘traffic jam’ of 16+ (maybe you’ve got better eyesight and can pin down the exact number) cyclists, showing the popularity of two-wheeled commuting.
One reply posed the question ‘how many cars, probably with one person in them, could fit in the space taken by however many bike riders that is? Three? Four? Or conversely, ‘how much further would the queue stretch if all the people on bikes were in cars?’ I’m starting to see a pattern with urban mobility, effective use of space and transport for short-distance journeys…
I want traffic jams like this in my city 😍
— *k*r*i*s* (@climb8b) September 1, 2022
Absolutely. Actually happy to wait. Really pleasant journey along here today and would take cyclist traffic over motor traffic any day
— Rory McCarron (@CyclingLawLDN) September 1, 2022
Cav Jr. and G Jr. start training for 2040 Tour de France
Yo! Islabikes x
— Peta Cavendish (@petatodd) September 2, 2022
Cervélo P5, disc wheel, 56×11…the only option…
Being slightly less facetious, just for a second, may we point you here, G…
> Best kids’ bikes 2022 — everything from balance bikes to junior superbikes
Youth Result: Isle of Man Youth League
Special visitor Mark Cavendish and son Casper at Tuesday night’s 19th & final round of the Isle of Man youth league https://t.co/rFkkf0u77p#Brother4Results | Thanks to the legend Dot Tilbury still helping the youth of the Isle of Man pic.twitter.com/G9TrPcrdJG
— British Cycle Sport (@VeloUK) August 31, 2022
Try explaining pro cycling to a friend who's never watched it...
From where we started🇳🇱, to where we are now🇪🇸.🙈🚗🚗🚗 @lavuelta pic.twitter.com/1OYwESLOD3
— Louis (@LouisMeintjes) September 2, 2022
(Dog) crap bike rack
Cyclists, KNOW YOUR PLACE. pic.twitter.com/EQj3BF88IM
— Joolz Pedals (@JoolzPedals) September 1, 2022
Training like a world champion? Wout van Aert's 31km/h, 220km mountain day out
What could Wout van Aert possibly be training for that requires seven hours in the saddle and 4,000m of climbing? I’d hazard a guess it begins with ‘UCI’ and ends with ‘Road World Championships Elite Men’s Road Race’…just a guess though…
Three weeks on Sunday, Wout will line up, presumably as favourite to be the next wearer of the rainbow bands. With current holder Julian Alaphilippe out of the Vuelta clutching his collarbone and great rival Mathieu van der Poel making tentative steps (winning a local race in Belgium this week) to his post-Tour return, the WorldTour’s all-conquering S̶w̶i̶s̶s̶ Belgian Army knife will fancy his chances on a lumpy course in Wollongong, Australia…
Training on the challenging island mountain roads of Sardinia, Wout racked up a little short of 220km, seven hours on the dot, climbing 3,991m of elevation… all at an average speed of 31.2km/h (19.4mph). Strava estimates he burnt 7,388 calories (enough for 37 bottles of Duvel)…save that for after the race perhaps…
Thankfully for the rest of the field, Van Aert won’t be using the Tour of Britain as his pre-Worlds warm up like last year. Great news for the peloton, less so for us watching…
Hold my beer...
Hold my beer @WoutvanAert @_TomTownsend_ is having a day out….@StolenGoatRT pic.twitter.com/0KBrYyrWeW
— Simon (@sojodrell) September 2, 2022
Podium contender Ayuso tests positive for Covid... continues Vuelta
UAE Team Emirates’ Juan Ayuso will continue at the Vuelta a España despite returning a positive Covid test. The situation mirrors what happened to teammate Rafal Majka at the Tour de France, where both riders are “asymptomatic and analysing his [Ayuso’s] PCR found he had a very low risk of infectivity”…
We are aware of Juan’s clinical picture and are closely monitoring his situation.”
— @UAE-TeamEmirates (@TeamEmiratesUAE) September 2, 2022
The news comes just days after Ayuso told the press he feared he had Covid after feeling under the weather ahead of the TT. He tested negative then, finished more than two minutes down that day, recovered enough to stay with Evenepoel yesterday, but has now tested positive for Covid.
An intriguing situation that might attract a few cynical comments from fans and rivals alike as it develops…
Comment of the day: The most impressive thing about Wout's performance?
Riding soon after 7am, that is a superstar in my book
— Kevin Cunniffe (@Blackhound59) September 2, 2022
Common courtesy or not my problem? Carnoustie Golf Club sign asks cyclists to "be still and quiet" on National Cycle Network path
This one’s caused a bit of discussion on the ol’ blue bird app…
This at the side of NCN 1 is a big fucking NO. pic.twitter.com/fvwi3wTmqS
— L (@howsmydriving28) August 28, 2022
What do you reckon? Invitation to cyclists/walkers to make as much noise as possible, or polite request to be respectful of others? For context, not that the relative prestige of a particular golf club really changes the principle, this sign on National Cycle Network Route 1 next to a path that runs adjacent to the Carnoustie golf course, a venue currently advertised as £270 per round and a regular Open Championship host.
Fair enough, a 30 second wait isn’t a big deal
— Keiron Hillhouse (@KeironHillhouse) August 28, 2022
Just need to backpedal when that shot is gearing up 😏
— abperson 🇪🇺 #GoFuckYourself 🇺🇦 (@abperson_cycle) August 28, 2022
It’s not a demand it’s a polite request. Not everything has to be legally enforced for us to be considerate to one another.
— David Sandilands (@DNSandilands) August 29, 2022
Might have turn my annoying Garmin off mute and stick auto pause on…
— Rory McCarron (@CyclingLawLDN) August 28, 2022
I’m a keen cyclist and a keen golfer. This sign is just reasonable etiquette.
— Simon Hemelryk (@SimonHemelryk) August 29, 2022
Just ordered a new bike bell, now Where’s this path. pic.twitter.com/1ue5vnqbJW
— Adam Condron (@AdsCondron) August 29, 2022
Thoughts?
Spot the spotty bicycle and Teenage Mutant Ninja Danes at La Vuelta
Just look at this super special #canyon we received and already assembled for @JayVine3, KOM leader at @lavuelta 💯#AlpecinDeceuninck #LaVuelta22 #LaVuelta #MyCanyon pic.twitter.com/7MBE4vfjGp
— Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling Team (@AlpecinDCK) September 2, 2022
Hot or not?
Same question for Mads Pedersen’s get-up…
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) September 2, 2022
"We're luring bicyclists to their deaths": Husband of diplomat killed while cycling speaks out about road safety
Days on from his emotional plea on WUSA9 Dan Langenkamp, the husband of Sarah Joan Langenkamp — a diplomat killed while riding her bike in Maryland last week — has once again spoken of being “livid” about the “way that Sarah died” and said the lack of safe infrastructure is “luring bicyclists to their deaths”.
“I’m livid about the way that Sarah died,” he told Streetsblog USA. “This just didn’t need to happen. Cities are, rightly, trying to make themselves more liveable for those that do not want to rely on cars — but at this point, we as a society are only beginning to realise that we can’t do it by just throwing paint on the streets… We’re luring bicyclists to their deaths.
“Sarah and I have ridden our bikes on roads in Ukraine, in Uganda, in Côte d’Ivoire, but I feel more endangered on roads in the D.C. area than I did [in those countries]. I cannot tell you how many times we have almost been in crashes here because of the carelessness of drivers.”
Your thoughts on Carnoustie asking cyclists and pedestrians to keep it down
Rode past this recently. Ignored it completely. If the poor wee golfers can handle a <checks notes> 150-tonne *train* moving at 70MPH past them, they can handle my wife and I on our bikes. Utter entitled elitism. Into The Nearby Sea with this. https://t.co/esrNvvJbzx
— Mike Stead (@tweetymike) September 2, 2022
Plenty of comments about this one…
SimoninSpalding commented: “On the golf sign, does it not make sense for the golfist to wait until the cyclist/ walker has moved away? I would have thought that knowing you have people waiting for you to play your shot so that they can get on with their chosen exercise/ pastime would be somewhat off-putting. Plus if I was paying £270 to wander around a ruined piece of Scottish coastline I would want my money’s worth and stay there as long as I could.”
PRSboy replied: “I suppose the scenario is, you are cycling along with your mate and note a golfer in the midst of taking a shot. The polite request is that you wait quietly for the shot to be taken before carrying on, which seems fair enough. I’d imagine a golfer would wait until passers by had gone before getting ready for their shot.”
Rendel Harris added: “If I’m riding near a course and come across a player about to make a stroke I will pause for them, however I have been in situations on some trails out in Kent where the trail either has right of way across the course or goes near a tee where a fourball has arrived on the tee and expects cyclists to wait until all four of them have played off, which I don’t think is reasonable.”
Common courtesy. I don’t need a sign to remind me but maybe that’s because I used to be golfer and some folk don’t realise how seriously some golfers take themselves. 😏
— Scott ✖ (@NewSystem10) September 2, 2022
Seems quite polite and reasonable.
I would not expect cyclists to be silent or deferential if I was playing golf, and would be happy to wait 30 seconds for people to pass before I hit a shot. Just normal, mutual respect between folks.
— buysheep (@buysheep) September 2, 2022
There’s a railway line right beside the path too. Do the trains stop for the golfers too?
— Deryck Wallace (@thecooker) September 2, 2022
Vuelta a España: Mads Pedersen wins stage 13
For some 13 is an unlucky number… NOT for @Mads__Pedersen 🥳🤩#LaVuelta22 pic.twitter.com/cPefEGGDK1
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) September 2, 2022
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle impression worked…check one of the earlier live blog posts if you’re now very confused…
Mads Pedersen added a Vuelta stage win to his one from the Tour de France, coincidentally also on stage 13. The Dane was head and shoulders, or shell and bandana, above the rest of the peloton today, kicking on the final ramp and easing to victory. Can an uphill sprint be won with an ‘easing’? Probably not…
Fred Wright, who was second behind Pedersen on stage 13 of the Tour, finished fourth, Bryan Coquard and Pascal Ackermann getting second and third. In the GC picture there was no change, Remco taking red into a weekend double-header of summit finishes, Sunday’s to 2,500m and the Sierra Nevada…
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There you go again
Marginal margins.
The covid / post-covid boom is driven primarily by failures of capitalist strategy, causing over supply and price gouging. What we are seeing now is the correction. Most so-called ‘Western brands’ bikes are made in Eastern countries anyway - who have long been the leading manufacturers of carbon bikes. Now these makers are becoming brands / sellers too and Western brands have been put on notice. Inflation is driven by greed, not need.
@Benthic A125 motorbike can be ridden by a 17 year old can do about 75MPH; a legal e-bike that a 17-year-old cannot use can do about 15MPH.
The latest moral panic. "From August, the legal age to ride an e-scooter in Ireland will rise from 16 to 18" But, in Ireland you can still drive a: - moped from the age of 16 - 125 cc motorbike from the age of 17 - 3.5 tonne car from the age of 17 So that makes complete sense.
@mitsky I am seeing those Amazon ones in Manchester pretty much every day.
Quite. There's also a demand side story to accompany your eloquently written post, in that domestic demand has dampened from the captive COVID market of a few years back, and less international demand due to tariff-led policies and anti-dumping laws. On Chinese competition, I don't think it's necessarily Western profit-seeking behaviour which has caused increased Chinese supply and competitiveness as much as higher Chinese investment leading to higher quality output, innovation, and economies of scale. I don't know about Chinese frames as I haven't bought one and haven't seen one, but for wheels I don't see any inherent quality advantage for Western brands. Indeed, innovation seems to be coming from Chinese brands along with lower prices, just like we're seeing with electric cars. So higher quality and lower prices.
They should concentrate on the road users who do most of the killing and injuring: car drivers.
I've used the "why aren't you on the motorway?" one before, except here it would be "highway" or "Interstate." The other one I like is: "Get on the sidewalk!" (pavement) "On the side what?" "On the sidewalk!" "So it's not called a side-bicycle then?" Also one I've used a couple of times: "You're not a car!" "Neither are you!"
I've used Challenge, Vittoria, Veloflex and Continental tyres. What stands out for me regarding Challenge is how robust their supple tyres are. Usually there is a tradeoff there, but Challenge somehow manages to keep both.
31 thoughts on “Common courtesy or not my problem? Carnoustie Golf Club sign asks cyclists to “be still and quiet” on National Cycle Network path; Training like a world champion? Van Aert’s 31km/h, 220km mountain day; Cav and G Jr. eye 2040 Tour + more on the live blog”
Sorry, but there is clearly
Sorry, but there is clearly an error in the report that states “The lane filled up with riders waiting to cross a junction as the lights were red“, we all know that all cyclists ignore all red lights, allegedly.
Yep – I call fake news on
Yep – I call fake news on this. Everyone knows that cyclists don’t use cycle lanes. That only drivers pay for (or something).
bobbinogs wrote:
Pretty much word to word on one of the replies Rory got to his tweet. Along with accusations the picture was faked, and saying the lane would be empty on a cold morning in January (I suggested he book marked that one).
Twitter – where satire
Twitter – where satire becomes reality!
Anyone seen this (rather
Anyone seen this (rather depressing) story in the gRandiau?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/sep/01/i-will-never-ride-a-bike-again-why-people-are-giving-up-on-cycling
Personally, if it ain’t crazy
Personally, if it ain’t crazy it ain’t golf!
On the golf sign, does not to
On the golf sign, does not to make sense for the golfist to wait until the cyclist/ walker has moved away? I would have thought that knowing you have people waiting for you to play your shot so that they can get on with their chosen exercise/ passtime would be somewhat offputting. Plus if I was paying £270 to wander around a ruined piece of Scottish coastline I would want my money’s worth and stay there as long as I could.
I suppose the scenario is,
I suppose the scenario is, you are cycling along with your mate and note a golfer in the midst of taking a shot. The polite request is that you wait quietly for the shot to be taken before carrying on, which seems fair enough. I’d imagine a golfer would wait until passers by had gone before getting ready for their shot.
Seems like the Twitterati getting upset about nothing and looking yobbish.
PRSboy wrote:
mmm, nope.
Dubwise – oh dear! So
Dubwise – oh dear! So cycnical & still so young.
Ime, yes, golfers *do* wait for others to move away. This sign is simply asking other users, such as walkers & cyclists, to return the favour. It seems to me little enough to ask of anyone.
We have several paths & bridleways crossing golf courses locally (cyclists, including me, mostly ignore the distinction unless the path has stiles or is very mud-prone) & my (& as far as I’m aware, everyone else’s) experience is that golfers will wait if someone is crossing the fairway before they continue playing. All clubs have strict rules about not hitting a shot if there’s any possibility of the ball striking anyone & ime the rules are widely respected. Many golfers have painful personal experience of what happens when the rules are ignored!
PRSboy wrote:
I agree with you, if I’m riding near a course and come across a player about to make a stroke I will pause for them, however I have been in situations on some trails out in Kent where the trail either has right of way across the course or goes near a tee where a fourball has arrived on the tee and expects cyclists to wait until all four of them have played off, which I don’t think is reasonable. Obviously I’m biased (although I played a fair bit of golf years ago, gave up because of the expense, the fact that I was clearly never going to get into a single figure handicap, and that I generally didn’t really like the majority of people who played), but a cyclist who stops has to expend a whole lot of energy to get moving again, whereas a golfer who waits loses nothing, so I’d say the default etiquette should be golfer waits for cyclist, not the other way round.
It’s best to wait behind the
It’s best to wait behind the golfer – you don’t want to get hit.
We walked on a golf course in Northumberland which has a public foopath in it.
I was trying to explain to my wife that the safest place was the middle of the fairway and not the footpath as the amateur golfers are not accurate. Sure enough later on they were looking for a lost ball right next to the footpath.
Sometimes with my disc brakes
Sometimes with my disc brakes, I can either be still or be quiet, not both!
Not that I’ve ever played
Not that I’ve ever played golf, beyond a pitch n putt, but hard not to know those that do around here. And I think youd get in trouble with the golf course people if you were deemed to be holding other players up behind you, or going slow on a course like that, your allowed to let others advance ahead of your party, but they are strict on groups time spent on the course.
Which maybe the root of the sign if people have been using it as en excuse.
I’m sure the golfers, driving
I’m sure the golfers, driving their modest family hatchbacks to and from the golf course, show every bit as much deference towards cyclists as they expect in return.
The golf course…
The golf course…
Is it a Public Highway /Right of Way that runs through/ along / whatever, or is it a pathway that the Public have access to?
If the former, then tough shit … nothing they can do about it.
The Land Reform act (2003)
The Land Reform act (2003) Scotland kind of makes that question irrelevant.
The public have access to most land and inland waterways with some exceptions like private gardens.
There will be no basis for ordering people to behave in the way described beside the golf course. Whether golfers and path users can find a way of not impinging on the others hobby without confict is probably the way to think about this.
My reason today for not using
My reason today for not using a bike lane…there was a dog parked in it.
The owner had tied the lead of their dog to one of the traffic wands, in an LTN, whilst they popped into a nearby shop, so it had sat blocking the cycle lane, no hi viz,helmet,reg plate or anything.
Did it have a licence?
Did it have a licence?
Today’s bit of fun. Must have
Today’s bit of fun. Must have been going at 40+ mph.
I had a close pass on Tuesday
I had a close pass on Tuesday that got me grumbling. What was odd was that on review, they fully entered the other side of the road – about 10 metres ahead, they clearly had mis-timed their pass so they were really close at my back wheel, quite close at the front, then down the road it was a great pass!
IanMSpencer wrote:
This is a pretty frequent occurance, and is explained by the fact that the driver was far too busy with their phone to spot you earlier, but they then do the exaggerated wide pass to show that they really respect cyclists.
Since golf is already a good
Since golf is already a good walk spoiled, a little bit of noise from pedestrians and cyclists is hardly going to ruin it any more. Maybe golfers should take up something a little less silly?
Given that I imagine every
Given that I imagine every single one of those golfers would drive there, I wonder whether they have a traffic light system in the car park to stop people running their engines when someone’s trying to make a shot?
I thought cycling was the new
I thought cycling was the new golf.
Bushes and trees could do a
Bushes and trees could do a lot to muffle and block unwanted sounds and sights. The golf course should see to the needs of the golfers..
On Jay Vines bike are those
On Jay Vines bike are those stickers or did they paint it up ? as I remember Sharon Laws once got a bike bedecked like that with stickers at the Women’s Tour and the mechanics had a hell of a time trying to take them off again.
Long and steady builds big
Long and steady builds big endurance. Let’s face it, 19mph for VA is steady pace. Perfect training for world championship
Down under….the End Shared
Down under….the End Shared Path is routine when cyclists re-enter the road space…the Cyclist Dismount is an oddity at this type of location and seems only to exist to allow unimpeded access to the golf club car park:
What do the cops do there if
What do the cops do there if you don’t dismount?
Do they really think it is safer to start from a standstill rather than say 10mph?
When I was in Sydney I got yanked and a lecture for crossing the road where it was safe to do so. Some weird stuff about the entire public realm being the constable’s “office”, and I should ‘respect’ it.
and when the golfists get
and when the golfists get their arrogant demands met for their own lane they rarely use it (and who paid for it!):