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Lazy spa thief
Lazy spa thief (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Bubble trouble: Not-so-lazy cycling thief spotted balancing stolen lazy spa; Aussie cop stops helmet camera users; Police weed out cyclist towing 14kg of cannabis; Shaun Bailey LTN Tour de France vid deleted; Pidcock Gran Fondo + more on the live blog

It’s Wednesday and Dan Alexander will be seeing you through the middle of the week on the live blog
  • by Dan Alexander
Wed, Apr 28, 2021 08:03
51

SUMMARY

  • Shaun Bailey video comparing LTNs to the Tour de France deleted for copyright breach
  • Police have "no doubt" hit and run driver knew cyclist was injured
  • Aussie cop stops helmet camera users and threatens $207 fine
  • A reminder of Shaun Bailey's "how pro cyclist I am can't be explained" interview
  • Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
  • Rémi Cavagna thanks his helpful friend...
  • Limited edition Bromptons up for auction... just don't rely on the auction pictures
  • Another keep it down sign...this time from Down Under
  • Police weed out cyclist towing 14kg of cannabis
  • "We vented our hearts out": Dylan Groenewegen recalls meeting Fabio Jakobsen for the first time since Tour of Poland crash
  • 144-year old family dairy switch to cargo bike deliveries
  • Peter Sagan sprints to victory on stage two of the Tour of Romandie
  • Bubble trouble: Not-so-lazy thief spotted riding off with nabbed lazy spa on his head
Lazy spa thief
Lazy spa thief (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
28 April 2021, 08:03

Shaun Bailey video comparing LTNs to the Tour de France deleted for copyright breach

Shaun Bailey LTN Tour de France tweet.PNG
Shaun Bailey LTN Tour de France tweet (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Shaun Bailey LTN Tour de France tweet.PNG
Shaun Bailey LTN Tour de France tweet (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Eyebrows were raised over the weekend when Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey released a bizarre video which flicked between clips of LTNs and the Tour de France…

Bailey posted alongside the video his campaign promise that he will “scrap all unwanted LTNs within 100 days”. Cycling commentator and writer Ned Boulting was one of many to ask if they had contacted the Tour’s organisers before using the footage.

He asked: “I’m assuming your team have acquired the correct licence for use of Tour de France footage. @LeTour is quite protective of its intellectual property. But you know that, because you’ll have paid them for this usage in a political campaign.”

We do not yet know if it was the Tour who got the video removed, just that there are plenty of people pleased to see it gone…

The whole thing would have been hilarious if it weren’t for the fact it was so full of dangerous disinformation.

— They See Me Roland (@TFacists) April 27, 2021

I actually have no idea

— Ned Boulting (@nedboulting) April 27, 2021

This is the same Shaun Bailey who was gushing about how pro-cycling he is the day before the video was posted on his Twitter account…”How pro-cycling I am can’t be explained,” he told Evening Standard reporter Ross Lydall before going on to claim he wants more cycle lanes and more people from under-represented communities on bikes…

28 April 2021, 08:03

Police have "no doubt" hit and run driver knew cyclist was injured

Hope they get the bstard pic.twitter.com/7iL61VuQOT

— Enigmaticbhoy (@enigmaticbhoy) April 25, 2021

Police have said they “have no doubt” the hit and run driver who seriously injured NHS worker Mark Richards on Saturday knew they had collided with the cyclist. Richards was struck by the driver of a dark-coloured Vauxhall Insignia on Spittal Terrace, near Hamilton Road in Blantyre and was taken to hospital with spinal fractures.

The 50-year-old remains in hospital for treatment where medical staff described his condition as serious but stable. Mark’s wife appealed for anyone with information about the driver who “left him for dead” to come forward.

Sergeant Raymond Giulianotti from East Kilbride Police added: “I have no doubt that the driver of the car would have known that they struck the cyclist who was seriously injured as a result. A number of witnesses have already come forward, however, we are particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have dash-cam footage from the area at the time.

“If you were either on Spittal Terrace or A724, Hamilton Road, heading from Blantyre to Cambuslang between 11.10 am and 11.30 am on Saturday morning, then please get in touch with officers.”

Anyone with information should contact officers via 101 quoting the reference number 1368 of Saturday 24 April 2021. Crimestoppers can be called anonymously on 0800 555 111.

28 April 2021, 08:03

Aussie cop stops helmet camera users and threatens $207 fine

@360in4k

Is It Illegal To Have A Camera On Your Helmet?? 🤨😱 ##melbourne ##bikelife ##mountainbike ##city ##eshay ##360 ##police ##4k ##aussie ##viral ##fyp @overrideau

♬ original sound – 4K Videos – Mountain Bike

A pair of cyclists in Melbourne were stopped by a police officer who told them fitting a new camera to their helmets was illegal and that next time they would be fined $207…

In the video shared on TikTok, the officer explains to the riders that attaching a camera “changes the dynamic of the helmet”. When asked how they can use a camera, the officer replies: “you can’t”. 

“What I will do is give you both a warning,” the officer says. “But if we see you again wearing it we will [issue a fine]. It changes the dynamic of that helmet. That helmet would have gone through testing. I hope it is an approved helmet, I can’t actually see a sticker on it that says it is.

“You can’t [attach a camera to your helmet] unless it is manufactured to the helmet. As soon as you altered it, it is illegal.”

The rules about riders fitting cameras to helmets vary between Australian states. Some allow it, however in Victoria where this incident happened, fitting a camera means committing the offence of riding with a helmet that is not considered approved by Australian standards and can lead to a $207 fine. In New South Wales the fine in $349.

It is the latest incident of police in the city taking strong action against cyclists. In February, a crackdown on riders breaking the Southbank Promenade’s 10km/h speed limit saw cyclists face fines of up to $1,600…

28 April 2021, 08:03

A reminder of Shaun Bailey's "how pro cyclist I am can't be explained" interview

I had that ⁦@ShaunBaileyUK⁩ on the back of my bike this morning in St James’ Park.
He clearly knows how to handle a bike.
This is what he had to say about cycling… pic.twitter.com/ArfeST28Ut

— Ross Lydall (@RossLydall) April 22, 2021

A few of you asked for a link to this in the comments. This was last Thursday, the day before the now-deleted LTN Tour de France comparison video was shared on Bailey’s Twitter account.

28 April 2021, 08:03

Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo

Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

The new big player in British cycling has put his name to a mega ride in the Yorkshire Dales to celebrate the launch of his new app Link My Ride. Riders can choose between two routes: a ‘shorter’ 110km ride with 1,423m of climbing or the full 180km with 2,430m of climbing. Taking place on Sunday 1 August, both routes take in some of Pidcock’s favourite training rides with the long route pitting riders against the challenging double ascent of Kidstones Pass and Fleet Moss. Registration for the event goes live this Friday at noon.

Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

“As a young rider I trained on the grippy Yorkshire roads. For sure, they made me
the rider I am today. I’m really excited to be showcasing what I believe to be the best of the Yorkshire Dales in this event,” Pidcock said.

The announcement of the new Gran Fondo coincides with the launch of Link My Ride, the Ineos Grenadiers rider’s new app which allows riders to create, plan and organise group rides. 

Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo
Tom Pidcock Gran Fondo (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

 

28 April 2021, 08:03

Rémi Cavagna thanks his helpful friend...

Merci 😜 https://t.co/OzfzdnGlBf

— Rémi Cavagna (@remicav) April 27, 2021

Sadly for Rémi his time in yesterday’s Romandie prologue was quickly changed back to 11 seconds behind Rohan Dennis, despite this lad’s best efforts…

28 April 2021, 08:03

Limited edition Bromptons up for auction... just don't rely on the auction pictures

Greenhouse Auctions 'Brompton'
Greenhouse Auctions 'Brompton' (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Greenhouse Auctions 'Brompton'
Greenhouse Auctions 'Brompton' (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Some iconic bands including Foo Fighters and Radiohead have collaborated with Brompton to design some limited edition bikes and raise some money for the live music relief fund. If you are interested it is probably best to check out the full list of pictures here, rather than on the Greenhouse Auctions site where the listed pictures are not even Bromptons…

Imagine your disappointed if the Thom Yorke inspired Brompton you were expecting turns out to be one of four identical yellow Hummingbird folders. No offence, Hummingbird! 

*Update, 17:55: it appears the auction site has now replaced the placeholder images of the Hummingbird bikes. 

28 April 2021, 08:03

Another keep it down sign...this time from Down Under

Australia vs Cyclists pic.twitter.com/amPOAObUaT

— Bob From Accounts (@BobFromAccounts) April 28, 2021

Here may be the inspiration for the sign in Boarstall, that featured on Monday’s blog, telling cyclists to keep it down…just wait until they hear about motorbikes and cars…

28 April 2021, 08:03

Police weed out cyclist towing 14kg of cannabis

cannabis - via flick creative commons
cannabis - via flick creative commons (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
cannabis - via flick creative commons
cannabis – via flick creative commons (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Police in Ontario are on the hunt for a cyclist who fled the scene after crashing his bicycle, leaving behind a trailer with 31lbs (14kg) of dried cannabis. CTV News reports that the man was spotted on Tuesday at around midnight before an officer saw him crash into a rubbish bin…

The man wearing dark clothing left the trailer, and its contents worth thousands of pounds, behind as he fled the scene covering his face. In the high-stakes situation, the cyclist disappeared in a puff of smoke and despite the joint efforts of Strathroy-Caradoc police officers he has not yet been found.

28 April 2021, 08:03

"We vented our hearts out": Dylan Groenewegen recalls meeting Fabio Jakobsen for the first time since Tour of Poland crash

We’ve added @GroenewegenD to our @giroditalia squad🇮🇹

Read more⤵️

— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) April 27, 2021

Dylan Groenewegen gave a very frank interview to Dutch outlet NOS about his return to the sport in which he revealed he and Fabio Jakobsen met in Amsterdam recently to talk over the events of the past nine months. The Jumbo-Visma sprinter is set to return to racing at the Giro d’Italia the day after his suspension is lifted on May 7 but wanted to set things right with his fellow countryman before resuming his career.

“We vented our hearts out,” Groenewegen recalled. “It was a nice conversation. I prefer to keep what was said between Fabio and me. But it is very nice that that conversation has taken place. Now we as sportsmen are both looking ahead again.”

The 27-year-old admitted he still struggles to come to terms with his involvement in the crash which left his Deceuninck-Quick-Step rival in a medically-induced coma. “I kept hearing that bang,” he explains. “It was not a deliberate action to make someone fall. It happened in a flash, it went so fast. Sometimes you can correct something in a sprint, but with a speed of 85 per hour that is not possible. is really very hard. Your responsiveness just decreases when you drive faster.

“Physically I’m certainly ready. But how is it going mentally? How I am going to react to the peloton and how the peloton will react to me? That is a question of waiting.”

28 April 2021, 08:03

144-year old family dairy switch to cargo bike deliveries

Love this. 144-year old family dairy ⁦@Jones_Bros⁩ used to do their 10-mile city delivery route by diesel van.

Now London has started to change the way people get around, rather than grumbling about it, they’ve invested in cargo bikes from ⁦@RaleighBikes_UK⁩. pic.twitter.com/3sbe5KOPaU

— Adam Tranter (@adamtranter) April 28, 2021

 

28 April 2021, 08:03

Peter Sagan sprints to victory on stage two of the Tour of Romandie

🇸🇰@petosagan of 🇩🇪@BORAhansgrohe wins stage 1 of 🇨🇭@TourDeRomandie #TDR2021 (📺@Eurosport_UK) pic.twitter.com/NnmAfShNH6

— World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) April 28, 2021

Peter Sagan won his second race of the season today, beating Sonny Colbrelli and Patrick Bevin in a reduced sprint on stage two of the Tour of Romandie. The field was cut down on the final climb before a few unsuccessful late attacks were reeled in. It looks like the three-time world champion could have some decent legs coming just in time for his return to the Giro d’Italia next Saturday…

No change at the top of the overall standings. Ineos Grenadiers remain firmly planted to the top of the GC after their 1-2-3 in yesterday’s prologue.

🇨🇭 #TDR2021

🏆 PETER SAGAN WINS THE STAGE! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/OPGpR84pPd

— BORA – hansgrohe (@BORAhansgrohe) April 28, 2021

28 April 2021, 08:03

Bubble trouble: Not-so-lazy thief spotted riding off with nabbed lazy spa on his head

Lazy spa thief
Lazy spa thief (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Lazy spa thief
Lazy spa thief (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Add this to the ‘things you never thought you would read’ folder… this post was shared on the Everything Henbury Facebook group and we are so glad it was. The bloke balancing the spa while seemingly blind to where he is pedalling is giving me Pirates of the Caribbean canoe scene flashbacks! 

Everything Henbury was set up for “Help. Advice. Crime. Schools. Local business. Covid info. Local activities. For sale. Anything relevant”; but it seems it is also the premier location for stolen inflatable home spa content too.

Watch your back, Captain Jack. The cycling pirate of Henbury has been copying your party trick…

Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

I guess the natural question is what is the weirdest thing you have seen someone carrying on a bike?

28 April 2021, 08:03

London cyclists better off shouting than using bell, says transport minister

London cyclists better off shouting than using bell, says transport minister

Baroness Vere tells House of Lords debate: “The government are not about to mandate bells on bicycles”

28 April 2021, 08:03

Princess Diana’s “shame” bicycle fetches £44,000 at auction – more than double its estimate

Princess Diana’s “shame” bicycle fetches £44,000 at auction – more than double its estimate

Successful bid is almost five times more than what the Raleigh Traveller bike went for the last time it went under the hammer

28 April 2021, 08:03

Near Miss of the Day 576: Close pass driver faces disciplinary action (video includes swearing)

Near Miss of the Day 576: Close pass driver faces disciplinary action (video includes swearing)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Avon & Somerset

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  1. Nigel Garrage
    April 28, 2021 at 8:48 am
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    I saw your original article
    I saw your original article about Shaun Bailey and the TdF but I didn’t see your other article on his interview about being pro-cycling with the Evening Standard – don’t suppose you could post a link?

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    • AlsoSomniloquism
      April 28, 2021 at 9:08 am
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      You could post a link if you

      You could post a link if you want? Some articles are picked up from the comments sections.

      Edit: I typed in Shaun Bailey pro cycling and the only Standard article that came up was the one with the Bunny hops which was covered slightly last week. Is there another one where Bailey is not driving a big (lying?) battle bus around the whole of London?

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      • Nigel Garrage
        April 28, 2021 at 9:14 am
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        I’ve no idea, I’m just

        I’ve no idea, I’m just picking up on what was written in the blog: “This is the same Shaun Bailey who was gushing about how pro-cycling he is on the same day the video was posted on his Twitter account…”How pro-cycling I am can’t be explained,” he told Evening Standard reporter Ross Lydall before going on to claim he wants more cycle lanes and more people from under-represented communities on bikes…”

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        • AlsoSomniloquism
          April 28, 2021 at 10:06 am
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          Probably is this then.

          Ohh, thought you had another one. Probably is this then which was posted back on the Khan bunnyhop article/blog.

          Ross Lydall on Twitter: “I had that ⁦@ShaunBaileyUK⁩ on the back of my bike this morning in St James’ Park. He clearly knows how to handle a bike. This is what he had to say about cycling… https://t.co/ArfeST28Ut” / Twitter

           

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        • HarrogateSpa
          April 28, 2021 at 10:20 am
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          Bailey wouldn’t be the first

          Bailey wouldn’t be the first politician to attempt to face both ways on an issue, but his main message is ‘if you hate bicycles, vote for me’.

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          • Captain Badger
            April 28, 2021 at 10:38 am
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            HarrogateSpa wrote:

            Bailey wouldn’t be the first politician to attempt to face both ways on an issue, but his main message is ‘if you hate bicycles, vote for me’.

            — HarrogateSpa

            After all, it is simply impossible to describe how pro-cycling he is……

          • markieteeee
            April 28, 2021 at 5:13 pm
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            Amazingly, he hasn’t signed

            Amazingly, he hasn’t signed the climate safe streets pledge. So far out of the 20 candidates, only Sian Berry and Luisa Porrit have. 

  2. Awavey
    April 28, 2021 at 9:09 am
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    The video was on YouTube
    The video was on YouTube wasnt it ? He should have been able to argue it was what they label a fair use clip as you can use copyrighted material in your videos that way whoever the rights holder is,the rules differ slightly with the territory on what fair use is, but a 2 second clip was unlikely to earn money for the rights holder, plus i doubt his channel is monetised.

    I just hope it was one of YouTubes algorithms that copyright struck it,and not someone on social media just trying to shut down someone simply because they disagreed with them politically.

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    • Nigel Garrage
      April 28, 2021 at 9:28 am
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      To be honest, they were

      To be honest, they were inadvertently doing him a favour getting it removed for copyright infringement.

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    • HarrogateSpa
      April 28, 2021 at 10:18 am
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      If Bailey wants to say that

      If Bailey wants to say that utility cycling is the same as the Tour de France, no one will prevent him even though it is daft and unhelpful.

      If he uses copyright material without permission, the copyright owner will stop him doing that.

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    • Jetmans Dad
      April 28, 2021 at 10:30 am
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      Awavey wrote:

      … but a 2 second clip was unlikely to earn money for the rights holder …

      — Awavey

      You understand that is irrelevent, right?

      The copyright owner of any work is entitled to restrict how it is used by others, especially where used without permission, even if they are not making money from it now and have no intention (or chance) of making money from it in the future. 

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      • Jenova20
        April 28, 2021 at 1:23 pm
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        Jetmans Dad wrote:

        … but a 2 second clip was unlikely to earn money for the rights holder …

        — Jetmans Dad

        You understand that is irrelevent, right?

        The copyright owner of any work is entitled to restrict how it is used by others, especially where used without permission, even if they are not making money from it now and have no intention (or chance) of making money from it in the future. — Awavey

        Small sections of copyrighted material can be used in a “transformative” way or to add commentary in a newsworthy fashion. In this scenario though: He could have used screenshots instead, or not used copyrighted material at all when making his point.

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        • Awavey
          April 28, 2021 at 4:12 pm
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          Absolutely,or simply taken
          Absolutely,or simply taken his taxi ride via Regents Park outer circle 🙂

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      • Awavey
        April 28, 2021 at 4:02 pm
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        Not irrelevant when it comes
        Not irrelevant when it comes to determining if its fair dealing/fair usage, that’s one of the tests used to determine if it is or not

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  3. alexuk
    April 28, 2021 at 9:17 am
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    I think handing the decision

    I think handing the decision to local residents is a good idea. We all know that some LTN’s and bike routes in London have been shut down by petitioning from non-residents. Not every street wants to be LTN; so long as it is the residents that get the choice – I think this is a good thing? We all know the Tdf clip was flagged because someone from another political affiliation reported it – lame.

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    • HarrogateSpa
      April 28, 2021 at 10:13 am
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      Bailey is trying to make

      Bailey is trying to make political capital out of appealing to the anti-cycling crowd.

      Unfortunately for him, and fortunately for the rest of us, they are a vocal minority.

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    • AlsoSomniloquism
      April 28, 2021 at 10:17 am
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      Quote:

       We all know the Tdf clip was flagged because someone from another political affiliation reported it – lame.

      No we don’t. Youtube has loads of automated algorythms doing this nowadays both pre and post publication. There are also paid people to find these things as well on Youtube after the fact, used especially when the footage owners cannot be determined automatically. A bike race or a football match can be anyones for example. 

      There is nothing stopping the video being reposted without the footage as well or should we allow Politicians to flout common law left right and centre. (Although as your support Johnson we probably know your answer).

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      • alexuk
        April 28, 2021 at 4:15 pm
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        My god you’re naive.

        My god you’re naive.

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        • AlsoSomniloquism
          April 28, 2021 at 8:03 pm
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          The copyright claims are done

          The copyright claims are done by the people who own the copyright. Nothing naive about that.

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    • brooksby
      April 29, 2021 at 7:29 am
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      alexuk wrote:

      I think handing the decision to local residents is a good idea. We all know that some LTN’s and bike routes in London have been shut down by petitioning from non-residents. Not every street wants to be LTN; so long as it is the residents that get the choice – I think this is a good thing? We all know the Tdf clip was flagged because someone from another political affiliation reported it – lame.

      — alexuk

      I always think its funny when you read about some consultation on a cycle lane or somesuch, and you read about how they have had comments supporting or opposing from some person who will never in their lifetime go anywhere near that piece of infrastructure…

      Signing a petition for this, that, or the other, then yes I can see that anyone should be able to; but a consultation on some geographically specific matter (like a pop-up cycle lane or an LTN), then I can see the argument for you having to be Local to be able to comment.

      Nevertheless, from what I’ve read, the majority of LTNs have been opposed by the people who drive through them (ie. the very people who are supposed to be inconvenienced by them).

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      • mdavidford
        April 29, 2021 at 7:56 am
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        I see no reason to exclude

        I see no reason to exclude non-locals from consultations – an effective consultation should cover everyone who has an interest in or will be affected by the change. But it should also understand the perspective they’re approaching it from – so require them to supply a postcode and some information about how they currently use the space, and then downweight their views appropriately when you analyse the results.

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        • brooksby
          April 29, 2021 at 8:27 am
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          mdavidford wrote:

          I see no reason to exclude non-locals from consultations – an effective consultation should cover everyone who has an interest in or will be affected by the change. But it should also understand the perspective they’re approaching it from – so require them to supply a postcode and some information about how they currently use the space, and then downweight their views appropriately when you analyse the results.

          — mdavidford

          Fair enough 

          (I’m not sure that someone who will in their lifetime go nowhere near, for example, a proposed pop-up cycle lane could ever be said to have “an interest in or will be affected by the change”; “interested in”, maybe, but not actually “having an interest in”; it’d be like me responding to a consultation on something taking place in the US).

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          • mdavidford
            April 29, 2021 at 9:00 am
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            They could still argue that

            They could still argue that they have an interest in, say, influencing the national conversation and policy around cycle lanes generally. And they might even have something useful to contribute to improving the scheme design.

            A bigger problem is that most so-called consultations aren’t really consultations at all – they’re little more than simplistic surveys designed to produce some simple statistics that can be thrown around (“57% of people felt negative about the scheme (although we didn’t bother to look at why they felt negative, and whether those concerns could have been addressed, or even whether they were completely contradictory, before we scrapped it)”). If you’re not prepared to do the work to dig into, analyse, and weight the responses in the first place, then the output is devalued before you even begin to consider whether the respondents are local or not.

  4. nniff
    April 28, 2021 at 10:22 am
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    Nice bit of political double

    Nice bit of political double-speak there – “I’ll scrap any unwanted LTNs within 100 days”.  If he scraps them, they weren’t wanted, and I’m sure taxi drivers will line up to say that.  If he doesn’t scrap them, he’ll just say most people were in favour and say the taxi drivers as nay-sayers.  Anything for a vote.  Well, anything except a bit of integrity.

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    • schlepcycling
      April 28, 2021 at 12:14 pm
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      AFAIK as Mayor he wouldn’t

      AFAIK as Mayor he wouldn’t have the authority to scrap LTNs even if he wanted to as they are controlled by the relevant local council.

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  5. brooksby
    April 28, 2021 at 10:46 am
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    The rules about riders

    The rules about riders fitting cameras to helmets vary between Australian states. Some allow it, however in Victoria where this incident happened, fitting a camera means committing the offence of riding with a helmet that is not considered approved by Australian standards and can lead to a $207 fine. In New South Wales the fine in $349.

    <face/palm> 

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  6. Captain Badger
    April 28, 2021 at 11:07 am
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    Intersting thing about

    Intersting thing about cameras. I think it’s a load of crap, and in this case certainly  Aus police using it as an excuse to further marginalise cyclists

    However (there’s always a but….), wasn’t the extent of Schumaker’s injuries thought to be exacerbated by the camera mount attached to his skiing helmet? 

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    • kil0ran
      April 28, 2021 at 12:22 pm
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      That’s the widely-shared

      That’s the widely-shared rumour yes – the camera pierced the helmet causing frontal lobe damage. In fact a very similar injury location to that which contributed to Senna’s death.

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      • OldRidgeback
        April 28, 2021 at 4:21 pm
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        kil0ran wrote:

        That’s the widely-shared rumour yes – the camera pierced the helmet causing frontal lobe damage. In fact a very similar injury location to that which contributed to Senna’s death.

        — kil0ran

        I believe that in Schumacher’s case, the issue was the way the camera was mounted. Rather than having a fairly deformable plastic mounting spreading the load across a wider area of the helmet, he had a mount with metal components that resulted in a high point load. 

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        • Sriracha
          April 28, 2021 at 5:25 pm
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          It’s almost like you’re
          It’s almost like you’re saying the helmet/camera combo should conform to some recognised safety standard so as not to compromise the performance of the helmet in a crash.

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  7. OnYerBike
    April 28, 2021 at 1:51 pm
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    Aussie cop claims attaching

    Aussie cop claims attaching helmet camera is illegal

    The headline makes this sound like another case of police overstepping the mark and making up non-existent rules. However you then go on to say “in Victoria where this incident happened, fitting a camera means committing the offence of riding with a helmet that is not considered approved by Australian standards”. So attaching a hemlet cam is illegal. We can argue until the cows come home about whether or not the law is sensible, and about how big an arseshole the cop was being, but (based on what you have said) the cop was technically correct…

    (Edit: road.cc have now changed the headline)

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    • AlsoSomniloquism
      April 28, 2021 at 10:56 am
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      Seems it is not just Cyclists

      Seems it is not just Cyclists either. Although would be nice to know what a chest mounted helmet cam is as mentioned at the end. I suspect the rules might have come in after the claims on Schumachers sking accident and the role his helmet cam might have played in his injuries. 

       

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  8. Rendel Harris
    April 28, 2021 at 3:04 pm
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    If Shaun Bailey thinks very

    If Shaun Bailey thinks very few women cycle in London then he doesn’t cycle in London; I ride 25-50k in London most days and I’d say at rush hour the sexes are virtually evenly represented, 60-40 men at very most.

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    • markieteeee
      April 28, 2021 at 5:01 pm
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      It’s not my experience either

      It’s not my experience either.  On my commute it’s about even – I’m heading contra the main flow of commuters on my route, so I maybe see more than if I was heading in.  At my work I’m the only male out of 5 regular cyclists. 

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      • M20MAMIL
        April 28, 2021 at 7:15 pm
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        After what we’ve been hearing

        After what we’ve been hearing recently about how too many men behave, do you think women prefer to cycle than be groped daily on public transport?

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  9. mdavidford
    April 28, 2021 at 3:11 pm
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    Sounds like they made a right

    Sounds like they made a right hash of that arrest.

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    • Armchairanarchist
      April 28, 2021 at 6:06 pm
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      Yeah, it’s all gone to pot
      Yeah, it’s all gone to pot

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  10. mdavidford
    April 28, 2021 at 3:17 pm
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    Re. the Aussie sign – so if I

    Re. the Aussie sign – so if I’m reading that right, the top bit is telling you that there should be a cycle lane somewhere, and then the two bits further down are telling you that you’re leaving a quiet cycling zone (so can presumably make as much noise as you like)?

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  11. swldxer
    April 28, 2021 at 4:41 pm
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    Since I rode without a

    Since I rode without a plastic hat, I used these camera sunglasses instead.

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  12. eburtthebike
    April 28, 2021 at 6:08 pm
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    Re: quiet  cyclists: If you

    Re: quiet  cyclists: If you dismount and therefore become a pedestrian, is it alright to shout?

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    • Captain Badger
      April 29, 2021 at 7:14 am
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      eburtthebike wrote:

      Re: quiet  cyclists: If you dismount and therefore become a pedestrian, is it alright to shout?

      — eburtthebike

      And if there’s no one there, do you make a sound?

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    • brooksby
      April 29, 2021 at 7:20 am
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      Does it mean “(Instruction)

      Does it mean “(Instruction) Cyclists! Be quiet!” or does it mean “Be quiet (because of) cyclists”…?

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  13. ktache
    April 28, 2021 at 9:30 pm
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    HP, there was some taxidermy

    HP, there was some taxidermy on a shark on Salvage Hunters: The Restorers, and I thought of this little fellow, I saw him rather a lot whenever I walked through the Cole Museum at the bottom of the AMS tower, a bit of biological Sciences when I was working at the Uni of Reading.  He was very near an incredible and magnificent Golden Eagle.

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    • hawkinspeter
      April 29, 2021 at 1:14 pm
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      What a superb specimen!

      What a superb specimen!

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  14. Philh68
    April 29, 2021 at 12:07 am
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    Helmets are compulsory in

    Helmets are compulsory in Australia, those helmets must meet the Australian standards, and those standards define a maximum projection on the helmet which precludes fitting a camera. The reasoning is that the outer shell is designed to slide across a surface like a road, a projection such as an attached camera could impede that resulting in more severe head or neck injury. The extra mass from the camera will increase force too. Fitting a camera will result in non-compliance to the Australian Standard, so it’s illegal anywhere in the country not just certain states as an approved helmet is a national requirement. The fine will be the same as not wearing a helmet at all, because the offence in all states is ride without approved helmet fitted or fastened.

    The policeman could have been more conciliatory given he was informing and warning not issuing an infringement notice, but he is correct about the law.

    The one about the “cyclists be quiet” sign in Nedlands council, I’ve ridden through there and encountered the signs. It should be said that Nedlands is one of the more affluent suburbs in Perth, wall to wall AMG Mercs, Chelsea tractors and a fair smattering of Harleys. It’s the only place I encountered in Perth which was hostile to cyclists.

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    • Hirsute
      April 29, 2021 at 6:41 am
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      Could you have one of those
      Could you have one of those small lights on your helmet ?

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      • Philh68
        April 29, 2021 at 11:40 am
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        Maximum external projection

        Maximum external projection allowed is 5mm, wouldn’t be much of a light.

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        • brooksby
          April 29, 2021 at 12:34 pm
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          (No subject)

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        • Hirsute
          April 29, 2021 at 7:54 pm
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          So I can’t even put my
          So I can’t even put my glasses in there when I’m climbing !

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    • ktache
      April 29, 2021 at 6:32 pm
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      So essentially nothing on the

      So essentially nothing on the helmet.

      Are motor vehicles still allowed bull/roo bars?

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  15. brooksby
    April 29, 2021 at 7:25 am
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    Why do Australians seem to

    Why do Australians seem to hate cyclists so much?

    (Is it because God commanded their prime minister…?)

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jamesha100 18 minutes ago

Same here. I have a helmet with built in front and rear lights and have a red light clipped onto my bag plus lights attached to my bike front and rear but still have drivers putting me in danger. My commute is about two miles and I normally have around four incidents a week where I have to brake hard or take other evasive action to avoid being hit by distracted drivers. A big percentage of these are drivers coming on to roundabouts when I am already on them.

in: “Driving a bus is difficult enough”: Bus drivers’ union says mandatory hi-vis jackets for cyclists would “make roads a safer place” and hits out at “poor visibility” of people on bikes
geomannie 531 43 minutes ago

Glasgow's South City Way sounds great, does it not? As a user from before and after I wholeheartedly welcome the construction of the segregated route, but so much of the detailed construction is poor, if not unsafe. I provide a link to a presentation I made when construction was half complete (a personal view) and the construction errors remain outstanding to this day: crossed by high speed flared road junctions, poor colour differentiation, car door zone risks and so on. And yet cyclists come because they feel safe. It's a complex subject but IMHO the feeling of safety (or lack of) is a critical component. https://drive.proton.me/urls/B67AK44G90#CFueBGjscoWr

in: Cyclists outnumbering drivers at rush hour on busy Glasgow road, as campaigners hail “colossal” impact of safe cycle lanes
Jetmans Dad 45 minutes ago

I can only conclude that you haven't been into a city in the last few years. Food delivery riders in particular are riding overpowered "eBikes" that are basically mopeds ... powered only via the throttle without pedalling at significantly more than 15mph. Problem is they look like normal bikes/ebikes and not like mopeds so that is what people describe them as. My reading of the article is that it is those vehicles that are being talked about here.

in: “Driving a bus is difficult enough”: Bus drivers’ union says mandatory hi-vis jackets for cyclists would “make roads a safer place” and hits out at “poor visibility” of people on bikes
AidanR 1 hour ago

I have the Trace and Tracer, which have essentially the same design, albeit smaller and less powerful. The controls are a little complicated but only because there are loads of options. In reality, once you've chosen your level of brightness, you'll only cycle through 1 or 2 options and it's dead simple. The lights are rock solid, bright, with good runtimes. The only thing I find annoying is charging them - if your fingers are slightly wet or greasy, getting the rubber out of the way of the charging port is a pain in the arse.

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mdavidford 3 hours ago

Dance and padel is all very well, but when is Strava going to let me record my gardening?

in: Inventor of hand-worn cycling indicator thinks new brighter lights will win cyclists round after dim start to crowdfunding campaign — plus some very bling bars and… a speedsuit for gravel?!
mdavidford 3 hours ago

You can use it to check whether it's raining.

in: Inventor of hand-worn cycling indicator thinks new brighter lights will win cyclists round after dim start to crowdfunding campaign — plus some very bling bars and… a speedsuit for gravel?!
Rendel Harris 4 hours ago

If it's dusk, i.e. post-sunset, then the cyclists should have lights on and thus the colour of their top is irrelevant. If you want to complain about cyclists not having lights when it's mandatory then by all means do but their top has nothing to do with it.

in: “Driving a bus is difficult enough”: Bus drivers’ union says mandatory hi-vis jackets for cyclists would “make roads a safer place” and hits out at “poor visibility” of people on bikes
Bright Strider 4 hours ago

All of my Exposure lights with a button allow cycling through the modes with a short press. I have five of those; it would be odd if Exposure didn’t allow this functionality with the Boost 3. I also have two Exposure Burners if I remember correctly: they are rear lights for joysticks that clip on and are powered through the joystick charging port. They don’t have a button. None of my Exposure lights have failed. I looked at the Boost 3 review photos but none showed the button, so far as I could tell. I also have Moon lights. Good experience generally. One did fail, possibly because it was so thin it used to fall through the holes in my helmet onto the ground. Also, the UI and charge indicators vary for my Moon lights. Perhaps the latest ones are more consistent. My worst lights ever were from See.Sense.

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STATO 5 hours ago

Steve really doesnt like exposure products does he? Boost and Strada marked down for being too complicated. While the Zenith and Six Pack reviewed by his colleagues give them rave reviews (as most exposure products have on road.cc), the Zenith even touted as 'even more intuitive to use' with the same controls.

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Hirsute 6 hours ago

They are more interested in dog shit. https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/lancaster-police-launch-search-for-person-who-sprayed-dog-faeces-with-pink-paint-5605519

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