“He’s not going to get anywhere quick doing that”: Pro cyclist can’t get his bike chain back on; London cyclists spot homemade sign asking if they can “tell the difference between red and green”; Einstein’s saddle is for sale + more on the live blog
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Missing cyclist found stuck in ravine for six hours after falling off trail
Upper Otay Trail Head (Credit: Google)
Cyclist, Keith Leyva, was seriously injured after falling down a 50-foot cliff in Paradise Hills, San Diego. He was found when a Customs and Border Protection team heard his cries for help, reports NBC San Diego.
“I thought I was going to be there until morning and have to pull myself out of a ravine, but I couldn’t even move,” Leyva said from his hospital bed.
He was cycling a different route of the trail than he said he would be, making the search more difficult. His wife, Jennifer Wolschlag said that she always feared an accident like this could happen.
“I’m panicked: I know it’s late and they are not going to be looking at night,” Wolschlag said. “Collapsed lung, contusion to the chest, broken bones all over the place, liver laceration.”
“Just with the collapsed lung – alone overnight, that could have been it.”
Levya will be moving out of the ICU and into rehab tomorrow, but doctors say it will be six months before he regains just 50% use of his wrist. His wife is calling for the trail her husband fell off to be closed.
“Even if some other parts are hikeable, this part is not hikeable,” Wolschlag said. “You can’t hike, and you can’t take your bike.”
There's slammed and there's slammed into the floor...
Is this taking it too far?
A chance to swap atoms with Einstein
Albert Einstein’s old bike saddle, which he left in Germany when he fled Nazi persecution, has been put up for sale for £20,000.
Einstein’s saddle (Credit: Dominic Winter’s Auctioneers)
The saddle, along with the violin “Linna” and the book Renati des Cartes et Benedicti de Spinoza have been put up for sale.
The Nelson brown leather saddle was part of a bike gifted to Max von Laue, when Einstein fled Germany for America to escape Nazi persecution in late 1932.
Max Von Laue, a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914, got rid of the bicycle when it seized up, keeping the saddle because it was “so comfortable”.
The auctioneers describe it as “A highly significant and possibly unique Einstein association item. Einstein was a famously keen cyclist and cycled, not just for transport, but for inspiration for his scientific ideas.”
Von Laue gave the bike to Mrs. Margarete Hommrich 20 years later, and it has stayed in her family for 70 years. Now, her great-great-granddaughter has put it up for auction at Dominc Winter Auctioneers for an estimated £20,000 – £30,000.
His violin, which was Einstein’s first violin, is also being sold, for between £200,000 and £300,000.
The senior auctioneer, Chirs Albury, told The Telegraph: “Einstein’s violin is a particularly precious and exciting item to handle.”
“It is spine-tingling to think that he would have been playing pieces by his beloved Mozart and Bach while his young mind was thinking through his revolutionary ideas, many of which still underpin so much scientific and technological research today.”
It might even be a chance to swap atoms with Einstein, as novelist Flann O’Brien has said, people get their “personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them.
“You would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles.”
Cyclists injured in crashes caused by "faulty" Lime bikes that "fell apart" file 12 compensation claims
A “significant increase” is needed for spending on cycling, wheeling and walking after “historic failure” in Northern Ireland, says auditor.
Ten years after Changing Gear, a Bicycle Strategy for Northern Ireland was launched, progress to achieve the goals has been minimal.
Three of the key aims have been missed. This includes the target of 20% of all journeys less than a mile being cycled by 2025, but just 1.1% are cycled based on the most recent data.
Belfast bike route Alfred Street (Credit: Department for Regional Development, Northern Ireland)
Auditor General, Dorinnia Carvill, has found that the Department for Infrastructure’s record on delivering its active travel targets is “poor and has had little impact”, the BBC reports.
She said it was “disappointing” that there was no evidence of a long-term trend of more active travel, given it has the potential to make “a substantial contribution” to health, the environment and the economy.
Similarly, the target of 10% of journeys a year between one and two miles, and 5% of journeys between two and five miles should be cycled by 2025.
However, the targets have been missed, with just 0.5% and 1.1% respectively being cycled in 2021.
Carvill has also warned that without increased spending, the Department for Infrastructure risks not complying with the Climate Change Act, which requires 10% of the total budget to be spent on active travel per year.
Departmental analysis suggests the average transport budget is around £850 per year, meaning £85m should be spent on travel. However, current estimates suggest it is spending £50m a year.
Cycle lane parking in Belfast (credit – Dominic Bryan, Twitter)
The Walk, Wheel, Cycle Trust, formerly known as Sustrans, said they were “disappointed and frustrated at the lack of progress on increasing active travel journeys”.
“Our analysis is that we need both protected cycling infrastructure and behaviour change programmes to really get modal shift, and it takes time to achieve this,” the charity said in a statement.
“Unfortunately, DfI and the [Northern Ireland] Executive in general has not invested enough, particularly in behaviour change. We urge DfI to redouble its efforts to direct spending towards active travel, not just by building the infrastructure but investing in behaviour change programmes.”
In her report, Carvill made seven recommendations, which include the creation of an overarching, “properly resourced”, and timetabled strategy.
She said: “The report identifies a number of areas for improvement, citing the need for improved coordination and clarity around how any future plans will contribute to strategic objectives, as well as transparency on how funding will be prioritised.
“Improved engagement with interested stakeholders will also be vital if the department is to inspire confidence in its future delivery of active travel.”
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Anyone else play the theremin on their ride to work?
Derby to host 2026 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships
UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships (Credit: Derby City Council)
From 16–18 October 2026, Derby Arena will host the world’s top athletes in artistic cycling and cycle-ball as they compete for the UCI Indoor Cycling World Championship titles.
“Derbyshire has a proud sporting heritage and passionate supporters, and we look forward to showcasing that spirit as we welcome the world in October next year,” said Councillor Ndukwe Onuoha, Derby City Council Cabinet Member for Streetpride, Parks and Leisure
“Hosting the 2026 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships will bring international attention to our city, inspire local participation in cycling and sport more broadly, and deliver benefits for local businesses and tourism.”
In Artistic cycling, riders present a five-minute programmed set to music. It can be performed individually, in pairs, or in teams. It is judged similarly to gymnastics, based on difficulty, execution, and artistic impression.
Cycle-ball is a fast-paced two-a-side team sport, in which a team uses the wheel of their bikes to hit a ball, trying to score goals. It is often compared to football on bikes.
In both of these sports, the athletes will be competing to win the rainbow jersey, like other UCI World Championships.
UCI President, David Lappartient, said: “It is always a pleasure to bring the UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships to cities that combine enthusiasm for cycling with the facilities and expertise to showcase our sport.
“Derby has demonstrated all these qualities, and we believe it will offer an outstanding platform for athletes in artistic cycling and cycle-ball to shine on the global stage.”
Further event details, such as ticketing and community engagement opportunities, will be announced in spring 2026.
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Are you considering a new bike, or swapping your existing components onto a new frameset? What's important to you?
Paul Grêlé has some personal thoughts around features or standards that he must have, ideally have, and actively doesn’t want.
> As I search for a brand new bike, here are the features and standards I’ll be looking for
Homemade sign tests if cyclists can “tell the difference between red and green” with a colourblind test
It’s laminated and everything…
Old men yelling at clouds in Angel
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The signs have popped up around London, “Saw one of these at Farringdon last week and thought fair enough. It is an issue,” said LongjumpingRest597
However, will a cyclist speeding through the red light spot this sign?
Thereverent “saw one of these on the CS6 cycle lane just south of Blackfriars Bridge. You only really seem them if you are stopped right at the front of the lights, which makes them pointless. I don’t think they will be there long, given the length anything attached to a post in central London lasts.
CoaxialDrive agreed that “Putting these at traffic lights where cyclists who stopped will read them is like telling the prefect off for the other children being naughty.”
This sign has brought up a debate over the danger of cyclists compared to cars, especially after the Department for Transport’s latest road casualty stats.
As Bill H said: Cyclists not stopping may not presage the end of the world, but it can be, and I stress the can be, problematic. Pushing a wheelchair around E10 can feel like a game of chicken. Drivers are more dangerous, weight x speed etc, but that does not make encountering someone on a bike any less unpleasant.
My credo is to always stop at Ped’. If I’m on super-earlies (7AM start) I can take a few liberties, but any later and I stop religiously. Barely makes a dent in my commute time to SE1. Just selfishness at the end of the day.
The comments on imjustbait’s Instagram post reveal that some cyclists intentially run red lights because of the cost of rental E-bikes.
acee.tee commented “guess I’m colourblind now every penny counts.”
“Not while on LIME bike. You want me to be wasting money looking at light because it’s RED 😂😂,” heyyking also commented.
Ashamed_Chart3296 commented on Reddit that advancements and modifications to E-bikes make this issue a “bigger threat”.
“I think this is starting to balance out with the weight and speed of some of these E-bikes. I got hit by a rental bike in central London on my commute to work by a cyclist jumping the red light, and it sent me some distance.
“I came away pretty unscathed as I landed on my rucksack and water bottle, but the rider broke a few ribs and had to go to the hospital.
“I got pretty lucky, but dread to think the damage that guy would have caused to the pedestrian in my personal case if you replaced me with an elderly person or a child.”
In 2023, a different resident took matters into their own hands, telling cyclists to “slow down for NHS sake” in the village of Exton, Rutland.
The sign was placed on a “50 metre stretch of cycle path between two 90 degree bends”, said councillor Tom Jones.
Words fail me. pic.twitter.com/TMt4V87O07
— Tom Jones (@93vintagejones) September 12, 2023
"He's not going to get anywhere quick doing that": Pro cyclist can't put his bike chain back on
Pro cyclist Santiago Ferraro of VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè, was caught struggling to put his chain back on during the CRO race in Croatia.
“What’s he doing?” questions Brian Smith, as Ferraro tries to continue cycling, “he’s not going to get anywhere quick doing that.”
People were quick to criticise the pro struggling with his chain. “He expects the chain to miraculously fix itself?” Nelson_m41 comments on Instagram.
It may have just been the stress of the race, as barrybbean comments, “Sometimes in a race, the brain doesn’t work right.”
However, David_bassett53 is more critical, “Doesn’t want to get his hands dirty, part of their training should be how to put your chain on.”
Lucky Ferraro managed to continue with some help, and finished the first stage of the CRO. The nineteen-year-old rolled home 106th in the stage from Split to Sinj, in the tenth Tour of Croatia since its revival in 2015.
Paul Magnier from Soudal Quick-Step sprinted to victory at the end of the 162.5km opening stage, beating Danny van Poppel to the win
Luckily for British holidaymaker Willie McColl, some pros are more technically savvy…
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Jetmans Dad "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." Indeed, mistaken identification of e-motorcycles as bicycles is a significant problem because different regulations and training apply, so different enforcement. Even worse are the illegaly modified e-motorcycles that are not operated as such, without training, insurance and compliance generally. Zero hour employment contracts and employers taking no practical responsibility make it worse yet. Then there's the health impacts on customers that fall on taxpayers through the NHS.
I might be cynical about Police re-organisations but how many new senior officer posts will be created in this re-organisation.
I have to put it back into mode eight so rarely that I will have to open up the manual. Normally when I stick it on the bars when I had to send my r4 back to Hope. Or if it seemed to go a bit weird. Can't remember the last time.
I have nothing but praise for my helmet mounted Exposure Axis, running eight years now. Battery only does two and a bit commutes now, so I'm going to either upgrade to the Diablo or see if they will upgrade the battery. If they'd released their STVZo road/4k lumens when your giving it some going downhill off road light I would have bought it first day. Mode 8 for me, low low, good mid and top high, decided after a couple of weeks of use and I've never changed. I use the button or the tap function (Tap 2 for me) to cycle through the power levels. Exceptional helmet light. The button is it's weak point, but very livable, I am glad of the tap function. It can sometimes take a few presses to get the flashing bit with its press and hold, but not for too long because that's off.
Hard to see who replies on any thread. I only visit the site a couple of times a week as it is not usable.
People who want to travel safely in a 20 mph area, so that no motor vehicle tries to overtake them, need to be capable of 20 mph so get no assistance at all from a legal e-bike that provides 15.5 mph. So the e-bike regulations are broken because they encourage unsafe overtaking by impatient drivers (5 mph). In 30 mph roads, the 10 mph difference would still allow safe overtaking to be completed in short distances. So the low speed 15.5 is less safe in practice not safer.
I have been doing some cross-checking between my records and the police dataset How do you do that? The spreadsheet has been designed to ensure that you can't. There's no unique code for each incident, so why haven't they included that? There are many incidents dated from the same location on the same day by the same despised reporter category (cyclist) for the same offender category (such as 'car'). The great majority of intended (as usual in these misleading 'databases', it's not the real outcome) outcomes is the entirely useless 'warning letter'. Is there anybody out there who believes that the average police officer could rouse either the wit or the willingness to determine whether the offender has received a warning letter previously?! Some people will be receiving numerous such letters to throw in the bin, which encourages them to repeat the offence. As for the claimed 'positive outcome'!- only the most deluded could believe that
I pretty much have stopped bothering. I also find when I come to the site it loads the previous days page and I have to refresh to see today’s front page.
I regularly submit reports to A&S Police, and keep detailed records of what I have submitted, and the responses. I have been doing some cross-checking between my records and the police dataset. I'm afraid correlation is patchy at best. So, I am not confident in the dataset's accuracy. Further, where I can be fairly certain of a correlation, it's been largely warning letters issued for very clear video evidence of hand-held mobile phone use whilst driving. No wonder I see so many doing so. They have nothing much to fear. :o( Should I keep bothering?
That was a reply to Hirsute by the way, which I naïvely assumed would appear on the thread underneath his comment given that I clicked the reply button on his comment. The Admins really need to sort this, and various other problems, out before people stop bothering.
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I saw one of these on the CS6
I saw one of these on the CS6 cycle lane just south of Blackfriars bridge. You only really see them if you are stopped right at the front of the lights, which makles them pointless. I don’t think they will be there for long given the length anything attached to a post in central London lasts.
They are not pointless. They
They are not pointless. They are the perfect illustration for “blind with one’s own prejudice”
“road tax” etc
“road tax” etc
Remind me again – is it (just
Remind me again – is it (just over) one person every fortnight in the UK who dies as a result of cyclist going through a red light, or one person a fortnight who dies as a result of a driver going through a red light?
(22 per year killed as a result of drivers going through a junction red light, plus 6 specifically on a pedestrian crossing red light. 28 in total. On average, 0 per year as a result of cyclists going through a red light – stats here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/reported-road-accidents-vehicles-and-casualties-tables-for-great-britain#factors-contributing-to-collisions-and-casualties-ras07).
the little onion wrote:
For reference – around 400 per year KSI’d as a result of driving through junction red lights, and 130 KSI’d per year as a result of driving through a pedestrian crossing red light.
KSI – killed and seriously injured.
Won’t someone please think of
Won’t someone please think of the NHS… (sarcasm, regarding KSIs where the collision involved a driver usually at fault)
It’s just basic decency to
It’s just basic decency to follow the rules, especially when we want others to do the same. I’ve never seen it so bad in London, an will regularly be the only cyclist who waits for the lights at key junctions. Does our cause no good
Boofus wrote:
The effect of demonstrating compliance is quite variable and depends on who you are demonstrating this to. Short – I would be doing likewise but this may be pointless to change opinion.
If the majority stop and obey the rules they might be able to socially police a few who would otherwise break them, but not the “don’t-cares”. If a large number – or even the majority – don’t stop, you’re likely just making yourself feel good for “being better”.
Though you’ll probably get a few smiles / nods from pedestrians, and get to have a good rant with the other few cyclists pedantically waiting at lights with no pedestrians in sight.
OTOH if your experience is like mine you might occasionally become the “bad cyclists representative” and have some people on foot rant at you because you’re there. And they won’t care when you say “I’m not like those others”… because *you’re a cyclist*.
As a member of a minority (out-group) ultimately public perception is out of your hands. The majority will decide for their own reasons, quite possibly arbitarily and unfairly.
Brng it up at the AGM…
There’s a cause? Does one
There’s a cause? Does one have to join it to get involved in this whole “war” on the roads?
I must also ask. You stop at key junctions. Do you therefore ignore the rest?
No one states that it “Does
No one states that it “Does our cause no good” when we (as many of us drive) see other drivers using vehicles dangerously.
So we shouldn’t apply that to us as cyclists.
Unfortunately, shouldn’t and
Unfortunately, shouldn’t and won’t/don’t are not the same thing.
I agree we shouldn’t lump all cyclists together but that won’t stop people doing it.
Boofus wrote:
OK – so let’s imagine what would happen if someone put up the same signs but replaced the word “cyclist” with “driver”. How would ‘the internet’ react? How would ‘drivers’ react?
The point is that cyclists get lumped together into a homogenous, collectively-responsible, dangerous group, whereas we don’t do the same for the statistically far more dangerous group of drivers.
All road users must equally
All road users must equally abide by the traffic rules. Period. There is no such thing as “cycling relativism” based on lethality and pollution. Deliquent cyclists and ebikers create unnecessary dangerous situations and give a bad name to the cycling community.
Thank you for lumping
Thank you for lumping cyclists together into a homogenous, collectively-responsible, dangerous group, while not doing so for the statistically far more dangerous group of drivers
Is “Period” really necessary? It feels like such a stale cliche. It’s like drawling “Not!” after an ironically false statement. Get with the groove, daddy-o
Anyway, it’s worth noting (because drivists often overlook this) that, although the traffic rules apply to all, they sometimes apply differently in different contexts and modes. We are not all the same all the time.
Is “Period” really necessary?
Is “Period” really necessary? It feels like such a stale cliche. It’s like drawling “Not!” after an ironically false statement. Get with the groove, daddy-o
We don’t say ‘period’ at all! He’s just a berk. When the Filth begin enforcing the laws (no going through red traffic lights; no use of handheld mobile devices while driving; no illegal transgression of unbroken white lines; no driving around in vehicles without MOT and / or VED; wearing seatbelts when they’re fitted) disregarded by offending drivers, I’ll consider taking comments like his seriously! There’s no danger of me having to do that in the foreseeable future, in Lancashire at least. This is PO64 AUR at the latest sighting, no front plate, rear plate hidden under the chassis, driver and passenger not wearing seatbelts, no VED or MOT for 10 years. Police and DVLA informed over 2 months ago- no response, no action
“Equally abide” also seems
“Equally abide” also seems redundant, or legalese. But perhaps just phrasing resulting from typing?
Otherwise “rules are all equally important” and “letting down the community” which is nothing new or helpful.
Perhaps the AI which was being discussed previously is not the only one appearing on this site?
You are a bike-jacker’s dream
You are a bike-jacker’s dream commuter …
My sense on London (I can only really speak for the EC2 area which is probably the most extreme) is that this is another thing which changed fundamentally around the time of covid. It might be coincidence, but maybe having had the roads to themselves for a while, the deilveroonies etc just got into bad habits?
What I see now isn’t “jumping” in the sense of going through as a signal goes red or just before it goes red/amber, it’s treating a red signal like a give way sign … sometimes without much giving way.
I’ve never stood at a junction and compiled statistics (maybe I should!) but my sense is that it’s food couriers who are the main culprits. I’m sure elsewhere in London, it’s teenagers on Lime bikes, but I kinda take the view that if teenagers aren’t putting themselves in harm’s way and annoying middle-aged people whilst they’re about it, they’re not doing their jobs properly.
Now tell car drivers to stop
Now tell car drivers to stop driving above the speed limit, and another telling them to stop drink driving, and another telling them not to drug drive, and another telling them not to use a handheld phone when driving.
Or to get insurance, which
Or to get insurance, which car drivers always seem to think cyclists should have. But, in 2024, the police took 138,000 uninsured vehicles off the road, of which 860 were in the City of London alone. That’s just the ones the police stopped. The MIB’s estimate is that 300,000 uninsured vehicles are on the road every day.
THe DVLA’s statistics for untaxed vehicles for 2023 show that there are 498,000 untaxed active vehicles, which is 1.3% of the total stock of active vehicles in the UK. Regionally, London sits at 1.3%.
That’s all before car drivers have even started the engine….
1765 drivers in Greater London received points on their licences for driving an unroadworthy vehicle. The national total was a bit over 13,000.
And now we get to the scary numbers for those law-abiding motorists. in 2023-24, 32.6 million vehicles were presented for an MOT test. Of those, 7.5 million failed, and of those 2.5 million failed with at least one dangerous item. Of course, these vehicles did not suddenly become unroadworthy. They were dangerous beforehand, and those numbers don’t count the cars that are not tested or those that stay on the road with a nice, fresh notification of failure.
Sources: DVLA MOT testing data for Great Britain and DVLA vehicle excise duty evasion stats, both from GOV.UK; The MIB for insurance and; an FOI request by the RAC to the DVLA on unroadworthy vehicle licence stats.
PS – the reason that car jumped the lights might be because it couldn’t stop..
“… the reason that DRIVER
“… the reason that DRIVER jumped the lights…”
mitsky wrote:
You’re quite right of course, and I knew it as soon as I clicked ‘save’!
Where’s brooksby ?
Where’s brooksby ?
Oh – good point! Been a
Oh – good point! Been a while now I think about it…
Re: “Missing cyclist found
Re: “Missing cyclist found stuck in ravine for six hours after falling off trail”…was that just copy-pasted from some American online news word salad? Or did someone let ChatGPT have a crack at improving it?
Even road.cc doesn’t usually
Even road.cc doesn’t usually go as far as copying the headlines. The original story is headed “Missing cyclist found severely injured in ravine by Customs and Border Protection” (which has its own issues – why did Customs & Border Protection injure the cyclist?).
It doesn’t seem that bad to me though. The word ‘found’ is a bit awkward in conjunction with ‘for six hours’, but otherwise it seems perfectly fine. And alternatives like ‘…found after being stuck…’ seem a little clunky for a headline.
Perhaps they were found but
Perhaps they were found but then went missing again 6 hours later.
The rest of the article is
The rest of the article is utter gibberish as well, or maybe that’s just the people involved.
You might have to elaborate,
You might have to elaborate, as it all looks perfectly comprehensible to me. The tense of some of the quotes is a bit odd, but they’re quotes, so not much can be done about that (and I suspect they would have been less odd in the context of the interview they were lifted out from).
There is one typo – ‘along overnight’ should, of course, have been ‘alone overnight’. Which just goes to show that our live blogger isn’t just copy+pasting, but appears to be painstakingly typing everything back out by hand! Who wants to explain CTRL+C CTRL+V?
AI Explainer
AI Explainer
This laminated sign is funny because it uses a stale stereotype to stigmatise – or maintain the stigmatisation – of users of a particular, environmentally positive, mode of transport, while conveniently ignoring the equivalent (but more lethal) transgressions and negative impacts of user groups in motor vehicles.
It is also funny because the author is so insecure that he* needs to scapegoat others, and does not have any credible policy ideas to improve traffic and transport in urban areas, in spite of the obvious solution presented by the user group they are demonising.
(* it is almost certainly “he”, for multiple reasons)
Reminds of the signs in
Reminds of the signs in Richmond Park directed at cyclists. Were the Royal Parks involved in the production of this sign?
In the current context, he
In the current context, he may identify as they.
MaxiMinimalist wrote:
Think about the author for a moment. Is it likely to be somebody who states preferred personal pronouns in their bio?
Cyclists not stopping may not
Cyclists not stopping may not presage the end of the world but it can be, and I stress the can be, problematic. Pushing a wheelchair around E10 can feel like a game of chicken. Drivers are more dangerous, weight x speed etc, but that does not make encountering a twat on a bike any less unpleasant.
My credo is to always stop at Ped’. If I’m on super-earlies (7AM start) I can take a few liberties, but any later and I stop religiously. Barely makes a dent in my commute time to SE1. Just selfishness at the end of the day.
A “significant increase” is
A “significant increase” is needed for spending on cycling, wheeling and walking…
Except for Holland and Denmark, there is no political will to plan, finance and build nationwide slow-mobility networks in Europe.
Is that true though?
Is that true though?
Certainly efforts outside NL * tend to be much more local. I believe there are some “intercity” or even regional routes across eg. the German-Dutch border in planning **.
I do agree that most counties are at effectively a lower rung of development. The idea of “strategic” cycle routes would seem nonsensical in such places! We have s strategic *road* network, there is the rail network – but *cycling*?
Most of the UK is probably at a level lower than that, even, where the idea of cycle infra for anything is met with bafflement – isn’t that what parks are for? Wait – you mean *adults* riding? etc.
* NL not only has a nation-wide pretty dense national grid of cycle routes but has specifically upgraded sections for efficient, safe long-distance transport.
** From here:
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/from-fog-to-sunshine-revisiting-the-f35-continuous-cycle-route/
A short section has already been agreed, a longer route towards Münster is in an early planning phase (article in German):
https://www.euregio.eu/de/aktuell/masterplan-fahrradkorridor-zwolle-enschede-munster-fertiggestellt/
It’s also possible to follow linked routes between NL and Belgium eg. here:
https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/cycling-from-belgium-to-the-netherlands/
The IPT squad competes at the
The IPT squad competes at the CRO Race. An Israeli rider even finished third in stage 1, won by Paul Magnier. Are pro-Palestinian protests only for Grand Tours, or does the Croatian public understand that a cycling race isn’t a political stage?
MaxiMinimalist wrote:
Or do protesters understand that a UCI 2.1 race (third tier) isn’t going to get much attention if it’s disrupted? That’s like asking why people demonstrate at the Cenotaph but not at the war memorial in Weston-super-Mare. Stop being silly.
Someone needs to re-word that
Someone needs to re-word that sign to say “ATTENTION DRIVERS”.
With the same message underneath, add in the KSI stats for red light jumping along with financial/journey delay costs etc of collisions and print off about 25 million copies.
Then put them under every parked vehicle’s wiper blade for the driver to read.
If you want someone driving a
If you want someone driving a car in London to see a message, you need to send it via their mobile phone.
If it’s ok for cyclists to go
If it’s ok for cyclists to go through red lights because not many people are killed, then it must be all right for motorists to do a close pass on cyclists because not many cyclists get killed.
kingleo wrote:
I don’t agree with red light running and I don’t do it myself but that’s not a very apt comparison, as far as I recall the number of people killed by cyclists running red lights averages out at well under one per year and the number seriously injured in such incidents is correspondingly low; around 100 cyclists are killed by motorists every year and 4000 seriously injured. I don’t think there are any figures showing how many of those fatalities and serious injuries are caused by drivers misjudging close passes but experience and observation says it must be a very significant proportion. So when one type of behaviour leads to 10,000% more fatalities than another, they’re not really comparable.