"Supporting LTNs is not controversial": Criticism for BBC over Jeremy Vine impartiality ruling; "You can't just paint lines and think you have bike lanes"; CyclingMikey helps stop suspected drug dealer; Why is my bike creaking? + more on the live blog

⏪😎¡Velocidad, lucha...! 💨💨 Revive el ÚLTIMO KM de un nuevo sprint en #LaVuelta22 gracias a @CarrefourES.

⚡️Speed, the battle for position, pure action! Enjoy the last KM of a victorious sprint for @kaden_groves - @GreenEDGEteam, courtesy of Carrefour.#CarrefourConLaVuelta pic.twitter.com/OXIRbE8n5V

— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 31, 2022

Two Brits in the top ten, Dan McLay in sixth, Fred Wright eighth, but the day went to Australia and Team BikeExchange-Jayco. Having lost Simon Yates to a Covid positive this morning, that's just about as incredibly as the team could have responded...

Not the best moment to practice your Yoga poses. pic.twitter.com/E8ngsUKBHK

— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) August 31, 2022

To be fair, it's been that sort of day at La Vuelta. The three-man break never got more than a couple minutes lead and everyone seems content getting from A to B expending as little energy as possible...

With that said there's 5km to go and finally things are hotting up, we'll bring you the sprint result shortly... 

Supporting LTNs is not controversial, no matter what the review says. If you ever wonder what a car dominated society looks like, this is it. https://t.co/0Ahg1vMNIG

— Holywood Cyclist (@HolywoodCyclist) August 31, 2022

Here's what you've been saying about today's big news that the BBC concluded Radio 2 presenter, and vocal proponent of all things cycling, Jeremy Vine had breached the broadcaster's impartiality rules by publicly supporting LTNs.

One road.cc reader, IanMK, wrote: "Jeremy Vine is basically supporting government policy (Gear Change) and local democracy (decisions made by elected representatives). Are BBC employees not allowed to do this? 

"I'm a republican but I don't complain to the BBC every time one of their employees says something supportive of the monarchy (or even accepts a gong from the Queen). Perhaps I should."

Another added: "In other news, Gary Lineker accused of breaking impartiality rules for suggesting that sewage in the sea is not a good thing."

brooksby said it was "ludicrous" that the BBC claimed Vine should not have taken a public side in the debate as LTNs are the "kind of topic to which considerations of due impartiality applied for the BBC".

Gus T suggested the rule was simple: "Pro cyclist comments — not impartial. Anti-cycling articles & programmes — impartial. So much for a balanced view on cycling by the BBC."

On Facebook, Chris Lowe commented under our story: "The BBC's policy on the neutrality of its staff needs a serious looking at. This nonsense of 'there are two sides to everything' results in cranks and extremists being given a platform when there are no reasonable voices on certain sides of a debate.

"A lot of the anti-LTN rhetoric has been repeatedly debunked — but it is allowed to be repeated on the BBC again and again because they have to give both sides."

Last March, a BBC report into LTNs was branded "shameful" by a councillor amid accusations it "perpetuated falsehoods" by a Labour peer who is a patron of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling and Walking. Lord Berkeley said the report had "embarked on its own journey to stir up a manufactured culture war".

During the report, the BBC failed to address the claims of MP Rupa Huq who said the schemes were "more contentious than air strikes on Syria" and stopped women getting to their homes safely, although a month later the broadcaster did correct Nick Robinson's comment that "you cannot use your car" in an LTN.

> BBC corrects Nick Robinson’s comment that "you cannot use your car" in a low traffic neighbourhood

"We agree that LTNs do not prevent cars from being used," the BBC said in response to complaints.

Great wisdom from the little onion in the comments...

SimoninSpalding has an alternative diagnosis: "You missed the most obvious — it is your top-end Japanese chainset that is soon going to fall apart."

No idea what you're talking about, Simon...

> Shimano denies design problem with Hollowtech cranks despite reports of cracked arms

Hmmm, not sure how that got there...

Continuing the bottom bracket topic, majikstone commented: "I recently reinstalled my threaded bottom bracket on my titanium frame, and as I was in a hurry, I forgot to tighten it up properly. Next day I go out for a ride, and after some 30 km, it starts creaking like crazy as it came slightly undone on the NDS.

"I only had to ride with that horrendous creaking sound for maybe another hour before getting home and fixing the issue, but it was enough to give me a glimpse of what the average ride on a Press-Fit BB bike feels like. Have I had one, I would honestly end up throwing it in a ravine or give it away to the person I hate the most."

OldRidgeback replied: "The external BB on my BMX cruiser has been creaking for a while. It's annoying me now. As the race season is nearly over, I'll change it out shortly. There's no play in it and it isn't stiff, so I'll do one more race with it before it's changed. Irritating it is."

As someone who recently got, and promptly killed, a plant by going away for four days during the 35 degrees week, I'm sending my deepest sympathy and condolences to the Mullens...

I loved that plant. https://t.co/KH4ddoC0F0

— Ryan Mullen (@ryanmullen9) August 30, 2022

It's a scene worthy of a psychological horror film: you're spinning along happily through the sun-bathed lanes when, at first, you're not even sure if you heard it right...*creak*...not very loud at first, 'it'll go away' you think...it doesn't...soon, rhythmically with each pedal stroke the piercing pain shoots through your bike and body (and anyone and everyone riding near you at the time)...

> Bottom brackets - get the insider info on your bike's beefiest bearing

My bottom bracket is creaking, is there a support group for this? #cycling

— mistress of hellvetica (@sexandtheswiss) August 30, 2022

It's like when you get a cold after a long time without one and can't believe you ever took for granted not having a sore throat...

Step one: enter purgatory...

Before you apply to our support group you need a month in the "is it my bottom bracket or something else that is creaking" purgatory.

— 💉💉💉🦠JF (@jfparis) August 30, 2022

Is the sound coming from my bars, cleats, or further back in the bike? You're sure to have an undisclosed period of riding where your brain plays tricks on you and will send the mystery creak all over your machine...

Step two: follow the leads.

Just because it sounds like your bottom bracket is creaking, doesn't mean it is...

My bottom bracket was creaking but then my mechanic tightened my rear skewer and it went away.

— Dafydd Hughes (@dafydd61) August 30, 2022

Tick off all the easy ones first before you opt for more invasive surgery...chainring bolts, quick release skewers, cleat bolts, seatpost clamp...

I regularly fix creaky BBs by tightening seat post clamps and rear quick release skewers.

— WorkCycles (@WorkCycles) August 30, 2022

Step three: accept defeat.

It’s never the bottom bracket — until it is 😂

— Jen See (@iamjensee) August 30, 2022

Alternatively, bypass step three...

Wrong.
You require a new bike.
Thems the rules.
🚴👍😉

— Mr Bad Dad 1975 (@bad_1975) August 31, 2022