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The rant to end all anti-cycling rants? Wiggins in bankruptcy hearing; “If cycling is so good for you, why did Boris Johnson catch Covid?”, asks Nick Ferrari; Richmond Park restrictions lifted; Garmin “obtained decryption key” + more on the live blog

Welcome to Tuesday’s live blog, with Jack Sexty at the controls and Simon MacMichael taking over later this evening.
  • by Jack Sexty
Tue, Jul 28, 2020 08:53
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SUMMARY

  • Overnight catch-up
  • “If cycling is so good for you, how come Boris Johnson caught Covid?": Jack's review of Nick Ferrari's comments on LBC this morning.
  • Bradley Wiggins subject of bankruptcy petition, after reportedly falling into financial difficulties
  • "The lockdown showed us all that we need to change the way we move": Coventry's Bicycle Mayor Adam Tranter on BBC Radio 5 Live
  • Royal Parks lift all Richmond Park temporary cycling restrictions
  • A decent letter in The Times re Cycling Mikey
  • £50 Fix Your Bike vouchers: portal goes live at 23:45 tonight
  • Nick Ferrari's question on LBC: some reaction
  • Garmin could have paid ransom via a third party to obtain decryption key, according to reports
  • Fat Lad At The Back respond to 'cycling prescriptions' to combat obesity
  • FairFuelUK accuse government of pushing "ingrained Lycra policies"
  • Slovenian ultra cyclist Marko Baloh claims to have broken the 1,000km time trial world record
  • A fridge by bike? No problem for Pedal Me, despite Prime Minister's comments
  • Talkradio host Mike Graham claims you can't cycle to work in Leeds, and says cycling community is "an absolute eyesore on the entire country”
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28 July 2020, 08:53

Overnight catch-up

The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael)
The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael) (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael)
The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael) (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

News, so much news! So as well as our usual weekend catch-up on Monday’s live blog, we should remind you of some big cycling stories that landed last night; namely the unveiling of the government’s plans for cycling and walking and, finally, all the details on how to claim a £50 Fix Your Bike voucher…

Boris Johnson reveals how he will bring in “new golden age for cycling”

Fix Your Bike voucher scheme opens to public tonight – here’s how to get one

28 July 2020, 08:53

“If cycling is so good for you, how come Boris Johnson caught Covid?": Jack's review of Nick Ferrari's comments on LBC this morning.

“If cycling is so good for you, how come Boris Johnson caught Covid?’, asks @NickFerrariLBC of @LBC National broadcaster.

— 𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕕 𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 (@Davidntaylor) July 28, 2020

That is some “why are there still monkeys?” level of questioning.

— michał zadrąg (@MichalZadrag) July 28, 2020

If education is so good for you, explain Nick Ferrari.

— Jon 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (@jonnarbett) July 28, 2020

Nick Ferrari – an actual national broadcast journalist who hosts an actual radio show listened to (or tolerated) by thousands of actual people – said the above on LBC this morning, during a wider discussion about the government’s plans for a “new golden age for cycling” and the £50 voucher scheme. Just 13 words, a 13 word utterance that takes any ounce of sensible logic, turns it a full 180 degrees and takes it into a whole new stratosphere of mind-numbing stupidity. 

Ferrari has form for his anti-cycling rhetoric, seemingly criticising all cyclists for jumping red lights and undertaking vehicles whenever the subject comes up on his morning radio slot. His name may be associated with luxury and style, but sometimes the words that come out of his mouth have all the grace of a clapped out Morris Minor. 

1/10. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

Bradley Wiggins subject of bankruptcy petition, after reportedly falling into financial difficulties

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Rouleur Classic 2018 Wiggins (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Rouleur Classic 2018 Wiggins
Rouleur Classic 2018 Wiggins (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

Britain’s first Tour de France winner and its most decorated Olympian was the subject of a bankruptcy petition from HMRC yesterday, with London’s High Court hearing how he had faced financial struggles recently.

The Daily Mail reports that the hearing lasted five minutes, in which the judge heard that Wiggins’ lawyers had met with HMRC representatives on 14th July to agree a solution. The petition was dismissed, and Wiggins was ordered to pay £916 to cover HMRC’s costs from the hearing.

Wiggins announced in May that he and his wife Cath had split after 16 years of marriage, although it’s not clear if his financial troubles are connected to the separation. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

"The lockdown showed us all that we need to change the way we move": Coventry's Bicycle Mayor Adam Tranter on BBC Radio 5 Live

Good to speak to @krishgm on @bbc5live on the PM’s cycling announcement.

Lockdown showed us we need to change the way we move. For decades, pedestrians and people on bikes have been shoved in a corner; the way we’re moving is changing and we need to quickly adapt to that. pic.twitter.com/f9JQkw6szu

— Adam Tranter (@adamtranter) July 28, 2020

Tranter spoke to Krishnan Guru-Murthy this morning on the merits of getting more people on bikes, and the need for better cycling and walking infrastructure. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

Royal Parks lift all Richmond Park temporary cycling restrictions

We’re pleased to announce that all temporary cycling restrictions in Richmond Park have been lifted. Cyclists are welcome back into the park on weekends from 1st August.

Enjoy the ride and please be considerate of other park users #BeKindToYourParks pic.twitter.com/kfw5M4ZOV4

— The Royal Parks (@theroyalparks) July 28, 2020

After a lengthy period of closure and then partial closure that drew much criticism, London’s Richmond Park will be fully open to cyclists again from 1st August. 

Back in late March, The Royal Parks banned all cyclists from Richmond Park except for key workers and children due to “congestion”, and since 22nd June it’s been open to cyclists all day apart from weekends; the full lifting of restrictions will see weekend cycling return to the park. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

A decent letter in The Times re Cycling Mikey

A letter written by @JohnSlinger published in the Times referencing @MikeyCycling: pic.twitter.com/8iWmVgkpBy

— melston (@matthewelston) July 27, 2020

Nail on the head, and would you like to see this happen? 

28 July 2020, 08:53

£50 Fix Your Bike vouchers: portal goes live at 23:45 tonight

The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael)
The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael) (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael)
The Bicycle Repair Shop, Acton (picture credit Simon MacMichael) (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

As outline in our updated full article, registrations for the first 50,000 vouchers will go live at 11:45pm tonight. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

Nick Ferrari's question on LBC: some reaction

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ferrari comment 1 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
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ferrari comment 1 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

What a stupid question ! 🤦🏼‍♂️ Pretty sure riding a bike isn’t a vaccine

— Tom Corbett (@Corbssss) July 28, 2020

pic.twitter.com/mpXRMNiETM

— nick chapple-hyam (@nickchapplehyam) July 28, 2020

What an idiot.

— John Bosley (@YelsobNohj) July 28, 2020

Not much love for the presenter on our social channels either. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

Garmin could have paid ransom via a third party to obtain decryption key, according to reports

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Garmin Edge 130 Bundle with HRM (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
Garmin Edge 130 Bundle with HRM
Garmin Edge 130 Bundle with HRM (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

As Garmin services began to resume yesterday, and the GPS giants finally admitted they were victims of a “cyber attack”, there is speculation they could have engaged with Russia-based hacking organisation Evil Corp to recover their data. 

Sky News report that a source with knowledge of the incident claimed the firm “did not make direct payment to the hackers”, but they could have instructed a third party to pay the ransom. Evil Corp were sanctioned by the US treasury in December last year; and even if US-based Garmin didn’t pay a ransom directly, they could still be in violation of the Treasury sanctions along with any company they instructed to pay it. US Treasury sanction rules state: “Foreign persons may be subject to secondary sanctions for knowingly facilitating a significant transaction or transactions with these designated persons.”

When asked to respond to the source’s claims, Garmin told Sky News that the company “does not comment on rumour and speculation”.

28 July 2020, 08:53

Fat Lad At The Back respond to 'cycling prescriptions' to combat obesity

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fat lad at the back july 2020 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)
fat lad at the back july 2020
fat lad at the back july 2020 (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson)

The cycling apparel brand want to see the government “tear down the barriers” to get more people cycling. A survey conducted by Fat Lad At The Back found that roads/other road users, feeling as though you’re not good enough, not looking ‘the part’, clothes that don’t fit properly and a lack of cycling routes close by were the top five challenges faced by novice cyclists. 

FLATB’s Co-founder and ‘Boss Lady’ Lynn Bye commented: “It’s about time that we started empowering people to take responsibility for their lifestyle and leading a healthier one, we just need to make sure that we support them through that journey.

“We’ve got the resources to empower people and provide them with comfortable, properly fitting cycle wear that helps them look the part and lasts ages. 

“investing in infrastructure for more cycle lanes, better roads to cycle on, and education for road users will help. Ultimately, what we need to see is a social shift to more positive attitudes to cyclists. That’s only going to come if the government start to educate people about road safety around cycling and provide the infrastructure for safer, more accessible cycling lanes.”

28 July 2020, 08:53

FairFuelUK accuse government of pushing "ingrained Lycra policies"

This Govt’s ingrained lycra policies will decimate economies of our major cities. Its a #SPAD driven knee jerk response to the emotive driven, well financed, so called environmental groups based in London. We will fight this tooth&nail @Iromg @HowardCCox https://t.co/QFanYaFVyc

— FairFuelUKCampaign (@FairFuelUK) July 28, 2020

Bizarrely the Daily Express have based almost an entire article on the comments from the fringe organisation, who campaign for lower fuel duty and once claimed that 80% of drivers think cyclists should have compulsory insurance. This was based on a survey carried out by FairFuelUK themselves, which may or may not have led to some bias in the results. 

Are the government’s plans for cycling perfect? Not entirely, but it’s certainly a start, and certainly not ingrained in Lycra…

28 July 2020, 08:53

Slovenian ultra cyclist Marko Baloh claims to have broken the 1,000km time trial world record

 
 
 
 
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The 53-year-old claims to have bagged the record for the fastest 1,000km of all time, completing the distance in 28hrs, 50mins and 14secs with an average speed of 34.67km/h. His bike sponsor Spiegel Bikes claim that he set a number of other records, and that the World Ultra Cycling Association will approve his achievements “in the next few days.” STA also reports that Baloh failed to get the 24 hour record during the attempt, with his 865.3 km falling short of Christoph Strasser’s 896.2km set in 2015. 

Baloh isn’t the first record-breaking ultra cyclist from Slovenia, with the late Jure Robič hailing from the town of Jesenice close to the Austrian border. Robič won the Race Across America five times, and was known for pushing himself so hard that he regularly suffered from severe hallucinations in races due to sleep deprivation. He sadly died in 2010 following a head-on collision with a car during a training ride. 

28 July 2020, 08:53

A fridge by bike? No problem for Pedal Me, despite Prime Minister's comments

@10DowningStreet @BorisJohnson, we have a fridge for you. We tried to deliver, but you weren’t in. Your staff have our ‘sorry you weren’t in card’ 😉 pic.twitter.com/wUec4qeL1E

— Pedal Me (@pedalmeapp) July 28, 2020

This is the latest example of the huge load-carrying ability that the London-based cargo bike courier and taxi service have at their disposal, in response to the Prime Minister’s foreword in the Gear Change document published by the government today. 

In it, Boris Johnson says: “Of course you can’t deliver a fridge-freezer on a cargo bike – but you can deliver plenty of other goods that currently come in diesel vans. I want bicycles to be part of an effusion of green transport, of electric cars, buses and trains, because clean air will be to the 21st century what clean water was to the 19th.”

On his first point, the video evidence above very much proves otherwise… 

28 July 2020, 08:53

Talkradio host Mike Graham claims you can't cycle to work in Leeds, and says cycling community is "an absolute eyesore on the entire country”

Mike is furious that Boris Johnson is investing £2bn of taxpayers’ money into cycling: “What we don’t need is more cyclists. The cycling community is nothing less than an absolute eye-sore on the entire country.”

Watch the show ► https://t.co/yyg6agAiQt@Iromg pic.twitter.com/PvsnP2QOro

— talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) July 28, 2020

After Nick Ferrari’s comments on LBC this morning, anti-cycling tirades on national radio have been turned up to 11 after Archibald Michael Graham – a former editor of the Scottish Daily Mirror – delivered a three minute tour de force of myths, anger and an unhealthy obsession with Lycra on Talkradio today.

Graham was discussing the £2 billion active travel fund earmarked for cycling and walking improvements in England, taking issue with this because cyclists are “are not in the majority in this country.”

He then claims the £2 billion will be given to the cycling community and Halfords, and that Halfords “does not deserve to be given free money by the government to fix somebody’s bike.”

He then claims cycling does not increase fitness, saying: “All that cycling will do is make you more objectionable.

“If you get on a bike and put Lycra on, as if you’re taking part in the Tour de France, all that will happen is you will become an interfering busybody that doesn’t obey the traffic laws.”

At 1:30 into the clip, Graham then says: “What we don’t need in this country is more cyclists. What we do need is more space for cars.

“Gas-guzzling Range Rovers are far safer than cycling. Cycling is dangerous.”

After some stuff about cyclists jumping red lights and causing “all sorts of damage”, Graham then claims that the cycling community is “nothing less than an absolute eyesore on the entire country”, before turning the screw for a huge, fact-barren finish:

“These people (cyclists) are not interested in anything. And it’s a very London-centric thing as well, because outside of London, everyone goes to work by train or by car.

“You can’t cycle to work in Leeds. You can’t cycle to work in Manchester. You can’t cycle to work in Newcastle. You can cycle to work in London, because the people in London are the centre of the cycling world. The Lycra-clad, ya know, new tech start-up types who can go to work and not look like idiots, because they’re dressed in Lycra. This is the problem with this country.

“And the idea that the Prime Minister thinks it’s a good plan to give £2 billion of hard-earned taxpayer’s money to these bozos, is quite frankly an insult to the rest of us.

“Boris Johnson needs to get real. He needs to sort out the economy, he needs to sort out immigration, he needs to sort out the police, and he needs to sort out what is wrong with this country.

“What he doesn’t need to do is give yet more money to the bleeding cyclists. Do you get me?

“Thank you Boris. Please, don’t use my money wrongly. Because if you do, there will be a problem and I’ll be coming to see you.”

Mr Graham might want to check out CityConnect’s vision for a Cycling Superhighway in Leeds, read over the details of Manchester’s hugely ambitious Bee Network plan and then go for a nice, relaxing bike ride to mull it all over… 

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  1. tigersnapper
    July 28, 2020 at 9:10 am
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    Nick Ferrari, like Clarkson,

    Nick Ferrari, like Clarkson, will say what is needed to generate response from (usually) the unwashed masses regardless of consequences.  They are the radio and newspaper version of clickbait.  I mourn for civilisation.

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    • OldRidgeback
      July 28, 2020 at 10:05 am
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      He’s a dinosaur. Looking at

      He’s a dinosaur. Looking at the state of him, I can’t see him lasting much longer either.

      As much as I despise Boris Johnson, he did admit that if he hadn’t been so obese, the effects of the virus would have been far less impactful.

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      • redimp
        July 28, 2020 at 11:17 am
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        OldRidgeback wrote:

        Looking at the state of him, I can’t see him lasting much longer either.

        — OldRidgeback

        That day cannot come to soon then I will not have to read his reactionary anti-cyclist comments on cycling websites anymore.

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        • mdavidford
          July 28, 2020 at 12:02 pm
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          Hmm – however much you

          Hmm – however much you disagree with, or are offended by them, wishing someone dead is never a good look.

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      • eburtthebike
        July 28, 2020 at 6:15 pm
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        OldRidgeback wrote:

        He’s a dinosaur. Looking at the state of him, I can’t see him lasting much longer either.

        — OldRidgeback

        There’s never  a meteor around when you need one.

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    • FluffyKittenofTindalos
      July 28, 2020 at 11:43 am
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      I started listening to LBC

      I started listening to LBC when I decided Radio Four was just _too_ smug for me to stand any more.  Even though LBC is wall-to-wall right-wingers (plus token liberal James O’Brien), oddly, I find I actually prefer that tabloid style to the self-satisfied (and secretly every bit as conservative) Beeb.

      Nick Ferrari often surprises me by not being as right-wing as I expect him to be, but he’s obsessively hostile to cycling.  That’s the one topic when I end up turning the radio off, because he talks such crap (and so predictably). 

      I think he’s somehow personally physiologically addicted to driving, because you can hear a note of panic in his voice when any suggestion is raised by any news item about possible restrictions on motor car use.  It’s like hearing a drug addict considering the possibility someone might take his drugs away.

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    • Mungecrundle
      July 28, 2020 at 3:04 pm
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      I went looking for some dirt
      I went looking for some dirt on him but came across this which rather softened my thinking towards him.

      https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6973699/amp/Nick-Ferrari-reveals-procedure-resolved-lifelong-battle-gynaecomastia.html

      Sorry, I know it’s Daily Mail, but interestingly it appears Mr Ferrari has himself made use of cycling as part of a succesful attempt to lose weight in the past and he also addresses an issue that affects many men of excess chest fat.

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      • bikeman01
        July 28, 2020 at 4:06 pm
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        Mungecrundle wrote:

        I went looking for some dirt on him but came across this which rather softened my thinking towards him. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6973699/amp/Nick-Ferrari-reveals-procedure-resolved-lifelong-battle-gynaecomastia.html Sorry, I know it’s Daily Mail, but interestingly it appears Mr Ferrari has himself made use of cycling as part of a succesful attempt to lose weight in the past and he also addresses an issue that affects many men of excess chest fat.

        — Mungecrundle

        Don’t you mean ‘unsuccessful attempt to lose weight’?

        As far as I can tell he’s still an ignorant fat c^&t with man boobs.

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  2. Nick T
    July 28, 2020 at 9:19 am
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    Ah, the old bankruptcy-before

    Ah, the old bankruptcy-before-divorce-settlement switcheroo

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    • panda
      July 28, 2020 at 9:58 am
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      Maybe, but the petitioner is

      Maybe, but the petitioner is HMRC who are – at best – glacial, so this must be non-payment of tax going back a while.  

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    • Notbuilt2climb
      July 28, 2020 at 1:02 pm
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      I never really understand the

      I never really understand the bankruptcy thing and I guess we don’t know the specific facts of the case.

      I paid good money for a ticket to see Bradley Wiggins on his well attended UK theatre tour last year. It was an enjoyable evening and amongst other things he talked alot about how he spends thousands of pounds on vintage cycling shirts won by tour & race winners.  He even had a rack of them on stage.

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      • No Reply
        July 28, 2020 at 6:41 pm
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        I used to see Bradley in my

        I used to see Bradley in my local Waitrose, chatted to him a few times. he was always friendly and polite. he used to shop in my mates bike shop, had him build some wheels which he used on the mountain stages of the Dauphine

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  3. eburtthebike
    July 28, 2020 at 11:31 am
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    “If cycling is so good for

    “If cycling is so good for you, how come Boris Johnson caught Covid?”

    A clear leader in the “Most Inane Comment of the Year” award, far ahead of anything from Boris or Dom, and probably a good bet for the “Stupidest Comment of the Decade” award.

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    • Jules59
      July 28, 2020 at 12:24 pm
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      If journalists are

      If journalists are intelligent, how come Nick Ferrari acts so dumb?

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      • No Reply
        July 28, 2020 at 6:39 pm
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        Because he is….?

        Because he is….?

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  4. Butty
    July 28, 2020 at 2:21 pm
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    Why put cyclists in harms way

    Why put cyclists in harms way to catch drivers doing stupid/illegal things. Fit tamperproof dashcams in all cars and beam out speeding/close passes and other general douchebaggery to the BiB to send out instant fines?

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  5. daflj
    July 28, 2020 at 2:54 pm
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    If non-cycling is so good for

    If non-cycling is so good for you, why are non-cycling radio hosts so unhealthy looking

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  6. mdavidford
    July 28, 2020 at 3:05 pm
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    Mike Graham wrote:

    Mike Graham said:

    This is the problem with this country.

    I assume he’s talking about himself at that point?

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  7. handlebarcam
    July 28, 2020 at 3:32 pm
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    Mike Graham wishes he was

    Mike Graham wishes he was Nick Ferrari but will never have his listener figures.

    Nick Ferrari wishes he was Jeremy Clarkson but will never have his media exposure.

    Jeremy Clarkson wishes he was Stephen Fry but will never have the erudition to match his wit.

    Stephen Fry is the sort of liberal elite remainer luvvie that Mike Graham and Nick Ferrari probably hate more than anyone. They don’t even have the self-awareness to know where the resentment which feeds their hatred comes from. They do instinctively know they need a target which their listeners can feel as strongly about, but not a subgroup they’ll get sacked for attacking. We’re out of the EU and it’s way too early in the election cycle to go for the opposition parties (got to save that bile up for when it’ll count.) Hence, cyclists.

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  8. brooksby
    July 28, 2020 at 3:34 pm
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    Gosh, well Mr Graham is a bit

    Gosh, well Mr Graham is a bit of a tw@t, isn’t he?

    Just because he thinks that he can’t cycle anywhere, he thinks nobody* ought to cycle anywhere (*except those lycra clad new tech types in That There London, obvioulsy).

    Somebody should tell him he’s wrong.

    (And if he’s that worried about it – somebody tell him you don’t have to wear lycra to cycle to work…).

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    • Rigobear
      July 28, 2020 at 4:09 pm
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      Or live in London but that
      Or live in London but that doesn’t suit his tin foil hat lunacy.

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    • pauld
      July 28, 2020 at 5:16 pm
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      This bit is priceless, “Gas

      This bit is priceless, “Gas-guzzling Range Rovers are far safer than cycling. Cycling is dangerous.” although I think he got the modes of transport mixed up.. Pillock..

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  9. roubaixcobbles
    July 28, 2020 at 3:36 pm
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    Re Wiggo’s bankruptcy woes,

    Re Wiggo’s bankruptcy woes, as with a number of salacious reports recently on here about other cyclists’ love lives, could you maybe leave intrusive and prurient personal non-cycling matters to the Daily Mail and Hello! and just report on matters relevant to cycling?

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  10. Chris
    July 28, 2020 at 3:38 pm
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    Are we absolutely sure Mike

    Are we absolutely sure Mike Graham isn’t a clever parody character, like a fat, right-wing Ali-G?

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    • Bikeylikey
      July 29, 2020 at 8:45 am
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      Yes, that was my thought but

      Yes, that was my thought but without the ‘clever’ bit. Al Murray as ‘The Pub Landlord’ and ‘Ali G’ are clever, this geezer’s parody is simplistic grunting rubbish. But parody it has to be. Surely nobody who has survived thus far in life, and persuaded someone to let him go on the radio, can possibly be that stupid. It’s a wind up.

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  11. Dicklexic
    July 28, 2020 at 4:01 pm
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    Much as it would be awesome

    Much as it would be awesome to think that, as per the article title, this really was “The rant to end all anti-cycling rants” I fear it will be just the opposite. Yet more encouragement for like minded gammons to spout ill-informed anti-cycling nonsense.

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  12. melliott
    July 28, 2020 at 4:02 pm
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    L’etape has been postponed
    L’etape has been postponed again, this time until next year.

    https://www.facebook.com/191478980899075/posts/3205522692828007/?d=n

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  13. Rigobear
    July 28, 2020 at 4:07 pm
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    Funny how almost all the
    Funny how almost all the rabid anti-cycling media loosers are grossly overweight isn’t it. Oh hang on no it isn’t they can’t even be happy that the get to stuff their sad ill informed faces at 50% off for 30 days at the Tax Payer’s expense. Plus if they did any background checks they would know it isn’t even a new commitment of money. Plus they really shouldn’t be getting that excited with their blood pressure. Witless empty talent less morons.

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  14. eburtthebike
    July 28, 2020 at 5:04 pm
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    The new push for cycling from

    The new push for cycling from the government should include a ban on cyclist hate speech.

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  15. Rick_Rude
    July 28, 2020 at 5:22 pm
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    How do these sports idiots

    How do these sports idiots always end up bankrupt? The figures for american sport are shocking, a massive percentage have nothing 2 years after retirement. 

    If I had Wiggins money I couldn’t be bankrupt. I’ve not even got a 1/50th of Wiggins money and I’m ok I guess. What do they do with it all?

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    • No Reply
      July 28, 2020 at 6:37 pm
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      I was told that he was worth

      I was told that he was worth in the region of £13 million. That takes some spending

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    • mdavidford
      July 28, 2020 at 9:47 pm
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      Rick_Rude wrote:

      If I had Wiggins money I couldn’t be bankrupt. I’ve not even got a 1/50th of Wiggins money and I’m ok I guess. What do they do with it all?

      — Rick_Rude

      Spent it all on tattoos.

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    • AlsoSomniloquism
      July 28, 2020 at 9:51 pm
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      Bad friends and bad business

      Bad friends and bad business advice normally. Plus you start to live within what you earn so they buy the mansion, the posh car, the clothes, the staff etc and then when the main earnings dry up, they don’t want to downgrade so the expensive stuff continues along with the hangers on.

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      • Nick T
        July 30, 2020 at 9:06 am
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        It’s why Robert de Niro still

        It’s why Robert de Niro still has to put out 4 or 5 shit films per year, that lifestyle doesn’t come for free

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    • Organon
      July 28, 2020 at 11:21 pm
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      Looks like to wife took half

      Looks like the wife took half and the house and he didn’t pay his tax bill in time because he is a sports star and doesn’t do accounting and isn’t on PAYE. It’s a tale as old as time. He probably still has a few gold coins in the drawer. Don’t worry.

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      • jollygoodvelo
        July 30, 2020 at 8:54 am
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        “The wife” has a name, is a

        “The wife” has a name, is a person, supported Wiggins and raised his family throughout his whole career and his struggles since.  Both the law and simple common sense say that once the relationship breaks down she is entitled to a significant proportion of their joint wealth, so let’s not blame this on her.

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  16. wtjs
    July 28, 2020 at 7:11 pm
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    Nick Ferrari, like Clarkson,

    Nick Ferrari, like Clarkson, will say what is needed to generate response from (usually) the unwashed masses regardless of consequences

    This was the first post in this topic and is about right. Dim witted local radio deadbeats dreaming of becoming Shock Jocks, pandering to the crazed thoughts of Daily Mail reading mindless drivers. They’re not worth much of a response beyond saying they’re dim and wrong.

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  17. giff77
    July 28, 2020 at 9:06 pm
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    The fridge delivery to BoJo

    The fridge delivery to BoJo reminded me of Sustrans moving their entire office by Cargo Bike

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  18. Drinfinity
    July 28, 2020 at 10:43 pm
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    Maksim Viktorovich:

    Maksim Viktorovich:

    Give me $10million or Garmin Connect won’t load data from your 810!

    Everyone:

    How would we know?

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  19. Rome73
    July 29, 2020 at 6:30 am
    0

    The comments by fat, gammon

    The comments by fat, gammon faced media ‘hosts’ remind me of a few years ago – when ignorant, baseless lies and myths were endlessly repeated about the EU and London (London centric blah, blah, metropolitan elite, blah, blah,) It’s like a recurring nightmare – and this time it’s against  bicycles. 

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  20. Shake
    July 29, 2020 at 7:42 am
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    Life imitating art

    Life imitating art

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OnYerBike 30 minutes ago

@Rendel Harris being slightly pedantic, as I understand it, light segregation dividers have no legal significance and therefore irrelevant whether or not a driver saw them before parking in the cycle lane. It is the solid white line demarking a mandatory cycle lane and/or any separate parking/waiting restrictions that carry the legal weight. More seriously, whilst I agree that of course all road users should be continuously looking out for hazards, it also behooves the council not to go out of their way to create hazards by installing infrastructure that is hard to see. I'm not personally familiar with the relevant stretch of road, but from StreetView and the image on this article, it certainly appears to me that the offending divider is of the type that is meant to have a wand attached - the vast majority of otherwise identical dividers along Hertford Road do have wands. And presumably, the wands exist precisely because it's pretty obvious that without the wands, the dividers are not especially easy to spot. I would agree with the victim that this is further compounded by the highly variable approach to the cycle lane. Depending on where you are on Hertford Road (and in some cases which direction you are travelling), the cycle lane varies from entirely unprotected, through light segregation, to proper separation. Finally, there's the poor design of the cycle lane being interrupted by the bus stop that forces cyclists to leave the cycle lane to go around stopped buses, and navigate the dividers in the process. It can be tricky to scan effectively for hazards in front whilst simultaneously looking behind to find a gap in the traffic to move out, and then timing the manoeuver to be both in a gap in traffic and a gap in the dividers. Slowing down only makes it harder to merge into the traffic. So not an easy manoeuver to begin with, let alone when the hazards are hard to spot.

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mdavidford 43 minutes ago

Yeech! I think you should at least give some sort of trigger (or perhaps thumb shifter) warning before sticking that in front of us!

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mdavidford 1 hour ago

Given that the UCI wouldn't allow a two week tour, are you suggesting they set up a breakaway women's tour and split the sport?

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mitsky 2 hours ago

"... when his wheel hit the divider..." Come on. If a driver hits someone the reports would not say "... when the bonnet/front grill hit the pedestrian..."

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eburtthebike 2 hours ago

While the failure is on the Highway Authority for installing something that the briefest H&S analysis would have show to be a serious hazard, the fact that these things are installed so widely implies that there is something very wrong with the system. If they did a risk analysis and it said there was no problem, then that analysis was flawed: if it said that there was a problem but ignored that conclusion, then their decision was flawed: if they didn't do a risk analysis, then they're incompetent. Any cyclist would have told them that having a black lump on a black surface is an accident waiting to happen, so did they even ask any cyclists? I just did a quick google for 'cycle lane dividers' and the first eight were all contrasting colours, some with reflectors.

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Chris RideFar 3 hours ago

My favorite quote regarding power accuracy "it’s close enough to train and track with" - unless they are magicians, that is not possible. The only way this could be true is if you're aiming for an increase in your power from one ride to the next of at least 10%, otherwise the inherent noise in their data sources is going to dominate everything. Good luck with that 10%-per-ride power increase.

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Mr Blackbird 4 hours ago

@C3a No. They don't, but cyclists (competitors in my argument) are obliged to follow the rules of the road and not ride at speeds which are unsafe for the conditions.

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Rendel Harris 4 hours ago

@AidanR Alright, bad analogy. What if a driver pulled in and parked in the cycle lane, inconveniencing cyclists, and claimed in mitigation that he could not see the dividers? I'm not defending the design of the cycle lane, which could indubitably have been done much better, but I maintain that a competent and careful cyclist will be scanning the road surface for hazards, especially when manoeuvering, and should have spotted the offending divider, which, contrary to the claim made, is not actually invisible even if it is less easy to spot than might be desirable.

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