Third win for Demare in fastest-ever Giro road stage; Rapha + Palace EF Pro Cycling kit sells out; Paris Roubaix cancelled; Free storage space; Visconti keeps his toes; Vaughters’ soup dilemma; Giro latest + more
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Gianni Visconti's toe retention
We’d say he still has a full complement, but without knowing his medical history we can’t state with absolute certainty he started the stage with 10.
Lucky/unlucky for Giovanni Visconti during today’s Giro stage when a piece of metal came up off the road and went through his shoe (he’s put a hex key here to show the diameter)… as he writes, if the angle had been different 🥶 , via IG: visconti_giovanni pic.twitter.com/4uvQTpeMzS
— the Inner Ring (@inrng) October 8, 2020
Vaughters asking the big questions
Eating through my leftover Covid scare/lockdown canned soup supply for dinner tonight. Question: should I wear pants? Always tough to say when you live alone.
— Jonathan Vaughters (@Vaughters) October 9, 2020
Today's stage of the Giro d'Italia
Short and completely unremarkable on the face of it… but there is talk of crosswinds…
Free parking
Your local authority: Let’s allow everybody to store their property in the road for free
Also your local authority: We’ve got no money and no possible way to raise any
— Ian Walker (@ianwalker) October 9, 2020
Paris-Roubaix cancelled
Official Communication: see you on the 11th April 2021
Communiqué officiel : rendez-vous le 11 avril 2021 !#ParisRoubaix pic.twitter.com/g1ao7F9ZG3
— Paris-Roubaix (@Paris_Roubaix) October 9, 2020
More to follow.
There's an online queue for the Rapha website
It’s because that Palace EF Pro Cycling kit has gone on sale today.
Priority access is being given to people who joined Rapha Cycling Club on or before last Sunday, or who have renewed a lapsed membership since then.
Roubaix reaction
It’s 2020, of course it will rain and we’ll all miss the first muddy Roubaix in 20years.
— Magnus Backstedt (@Maggy_PR) October 9, 2020
Tony Martin TT suit anyone?
Everyone loves a bit of UCI fines-based humour, right?
From the Head of Performance at Team Jumbo-Visma:
For sale: limited edition TT suits of the living legend @tonymartin85 (2000CHF each) pic.twitter.com/Ts618ZPZiS
— Mathieu Heijboer (@m_heijboer) October 9, 2020
Martin was fined 2000CHF during the Tour de France because while former world champions may wear rainbow bands on the collars and cuffs of their jerseys, his long-sleeved skinsuit had the bands midway up his sleeves.
E-scooter test group recommends you just buy a bike
A Belgian consumer test group has concluded that anyone currently looking to buy an e-scooter should probably just buy a bike.
Cycling Industry News reports that 11 e-scooters were tested with an average price point between €300 and €400.
According to one of the testers: “Based on our test results, we do not recommend a purchase. If you really want to invest in a mobility solution, we recommend an (electric) bicycle or folding bicycle.”
One of the main complaints related to waterproofing, with 10 of the 11 stating in the instruction manual that they should not be used in the rain.
More expensive models tend to flag water resistance on spec sheets.
The Rapha + Palace EF Pro Cycling kit has sold out
We’re up to the eBay phase of the trade cycle now.
For @larakazakos pic.twitter.com/jOroZl5rsW
— tom owen (@tomowencc) October 9, 2020
One of the great billboards
Not sure the next time one of the family will be on a billboard so I’m making the most of it 🤣💚 #sorrynotsorry pic.twitter.com/upn3DlTQbQ
— Vincent Bennett (@vincentbennett1) October 8, 2020
Why (and how far) drivers really drive
From death-threat attracting defender of low traffic neighbourhoods, Hackney councillor Jon Burke.
We know from Department for Transport data what most private car drivers use their cars for… pic.twitter.com/uZtFoDpqch
— Cllr Jon Burke (@jonburkeUK) October 9, 2020
Frankly, that’s their own business. But, choosing to drive is not a neutral act. It imposes air pollution, noise, disruption, and road safety costs on everybody else. It’s not my job to facilitate unjust circumstances like this; it’s my job to minimise these problems.
— Cllr Jon Burke (@jonburkeUK) October 9, 2020
UCI refers Dolticini-Van Eyck inappropriate conduct case to its disciplinary commission
In March, the French Cycling Federation asked the UCI to launch an investigation after two female riders on the Doltcini-Van Eyck team made allegations of inappropriate conduct against Marc Bracke.
The riders claimed that they were asked to send pictures of themselves in underwear to their male sports director so that he could check that they weren’t “too fat”.
The UCI today announced that its Ethics Commission concluded that violations of the UCI Code of Ethics had been committed.
The case has now been referred to the UCI Disciplinary Commission, which has initiated disciplinary proceedings.
UCI statement on the Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus Continental Team procedure https://t.co/r6Sne3YYl2 pic.twitter.com/jHGEXTvI6F
— UCI_media (@UCI_media) October 9, 2020
Pidcock bossing the U23 Cross-Country at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Pidcock 🇬🇧 and Blevins 🇺🇸 have already powered away from the pack in this first full lap
Looking like a battle between these two for the 🥇 #Leogang2020 pic.twitter.com/Y350aUTVpQ
— UCI MTB (@UCI_MTB) October 9, 2020
The E-MTB World Champion is now solo with two and a half laps to go.
Amsterdam's approach to on-street parking
Following on from that ‘free parking’ thing from this morning…
WATCH: Amsterdam is removing 10,000+ parking spaces for cars in their centre city, to make more room for people-places, walking, & biking. This great @Streetfilms video explains why & how.
Just more evidence that #Amsterdam wasn’t “always this way.”pic.twitter.com/sft91SWOPv
— Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) October 9, 2020
Entry open for Ride Across Britain (and already selling out)
Entries opened for the Deloitte Ride Across Britain yesterday.
The Plus Package – “for those who don’t like living under canvas” – has already sold out, as has The England Package.
Ogmios School of Zen Motoring
Not really cycling, but a calm counterbalance to the usual road rage on a Friday afternoon.
Pidcock is U23 Cross-Country Mountain Bike World Champion
Tom Pidcock is WORLD CHAMPION. AGAIN.#Leogang2020 🌈 pic.twitter.com/LvP5D0RT0k
— British Cycling (@BritishCycling) October 9, 2020
A third stage win for Arnaud Demare
💪 @ArnaudDemare #Giro pic.twitter.com/47v08GqA6j
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) October 9, 2020
Watch: Giro Stage 7, last kilometre
Démare doesn’t have rivals and wins the third sprint out of three in Brindisi. Watch now the Last Km!
Arnaud Demare non ha rivali e vince la terza volata su tre a Brindisi. Ecco l’ultimo chilometro!#Giro pic.twitter.com/Vw0Jed3gaY
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) October 9, 2020
UK 4th in European league table for covid-19 cycling investment
Finland has spent €7.76 per person on cycling, the most of any European country, followed by Italy (€5.04 per person) and France (€4.91 per person). Studio @EuCyclistsFed https://t.co/A8oIWw4sQj pic.twitter.com/sgaqrezrVd
— Francesco Iacorossi (@francis_rojo_) October 9, 2020
Today's was the quickest ever Giro road stage
Fastest stages in Giro d’Italia. (No TT’s)https://t.co/jtgEkTH5vr pic.twitter.com/2rgWAqlQDQ
— ProCyclingStats.com (@ProCyclingStats) October 9, 2020
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In respect of the murder charge: based on him hitting Mr Mullins and making no attempt to help him (this killing him), how would the case compare to a hit and run driver who seriously injures or kills a cyclist, knowingly, and flees the scene without helping? Would this make the cut for a murder charge? Or is there something very different going on here that I’m missing? Genuinely curious because I don’t recall there being a murder charge before for this kind of thing unless it was premeditated. In fact, in my experience most cases like this seem to go the opposite way - where the driver can merely say the sun was in their eyes and get away with a slap on the hands.
@Rendel Harris...and there was me dishing out the praise!
@polainm He must also be an already hardened criminal. It wasn't mentioned during the court proceedings to avoid influencing the jurors and ensuring he had a fair trial, but he had been released from prison shortly before this incident and was couch surfing at his cousin's house days before. Just look at his face, he's only 35, but looks older than his victim who was 56. Must have spent half his adult life in prison.
@jaymack They did offer him manslaughter though but he declined to plead guilty. Without wanting to seem curmudgeonly, yes great that they preferred the most serious charges but hard to see how they could have done differently considering that Richardson got out of the car, saw Mr Mullins was stuck underneath and then got back in and carried on. That clearly moved it above anything that falls under death by dangerous driving.
@thrawed Agree - the UK winters are utterly grim; grey, wet & windy. Not the type of weather you really want to go out and ride. Everything get covered in filth, and takes time to clean it after a ride. Oh for colder, drier & crisper days which can be enjoyable to be out in.
@ymm In my view, lax sentencing of dangerous drivers, especially where cyclists are involved, makes the judge, jury and CPS complicit in UK driver culture. This driver is a sociopath.
@Mr Blackbird i reckon the libido is a bit overrated. I'd let that go rather than a limb or a nice bike.
There are a number of armchair prosecutors on this site who happily heap criticism on the CPS for the decisions they make, sometimes deservedly so. I note that none of them have so far applauded the over worked, under paid specialist prosecutor at the regional Complex Casework Unit who successfully took this to trial. It would have been easy to accept guilty plea to a lesser charge, but she didn't - thank you.
The force also noted that almost all of these serious collisions occurred in 30mph zones where, police claim, “drivers feel most comfortable and familiar in their local area”. Yes, my neighbourhood is a 30mph zone, and the residents have become so comfortable and familiar with it that they feel comfortable with exceeding the limit with regular aplomb, parking in the most ridiculous of places and overtaking parked cars into the path of oncoming vehicles (despite those vehicle having bright lights) 🙄
@Rendel Harris I'd like to see a lifetime driving ban. I may be disappointed...
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But what size is the hex key?
5mm, it says it on the side
5mm, it says it on the side
Oh, fair enough then. Can’t
Oh, fair enough then. Can’t see that on a tablet screen.
As expected, the entire EF
As expected, the entire EF line is sold out at Rapha and Palace and eBay has kit listed already, including one f*cktard who’s sking for 600 quid for a jersey.
It won’t happen, but I’m
It won’t happen, but I’m enjoying the idea of the usual scalpers being left with all their slightly-mad kit as the sneaker and skate crowd decide that cycling jerseys etc. are naff.
But it won’t happen.
I always get confused by the
I always get confused by the American meaning of ‘pants’.
Is it something to do with
Is it something to do with riders spreading CV through small villages?
I don’t know why. Pants as a
I don’t know why. Pants as a contraction of underpants is silly. Underpants go under your pants.
You know, Ian Walker may have
You know, Ian Walker may have a point…
Can I get Jon Burke cloned
Can I get Jon Burke cloned and standing for my local council?
The guys a legend. Want to
The guys a legend. Want to see him in govt.
Jon Burke and Ogmios.
Jon Burke and Ogmios.
Re: Ogmios. I posted a link
Re: Ogmios. I posted a link to his third one in one of the comments sections a few weeks ago. Two is great for Purim but the third is the best of the bunch in my eyes, especially for cycling parts. He lets a cyclist go ahead a few times and has a video cotaining an angry yank moaning about cyclists.
AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
Ogmios for Transport Secretary!
I thanked you at the time,
I thanked you at the time, and I’ll thank you again. Those vids are beautiful, funny, relaxing, in addition to restoring faith in human nature
Do you think if you go back
Do you think if you go back far enough there is a Van Aert or a Van der Poel in the Pidcock family tree? Or vice versa?
Jon Burke’s post on car
Jon Burke’s post on car distance journies; I think we are all quite familiar with the stats. But it never fails to confound. 13% drive less than 1km. That is the equivalent of getting into the car and driving to the top of the road. It’s one thousand metres or less! WTF does that on a regular basis – or ever?
Peple who drive round the
People who drive round the corner to the fag machine.
And I suspect a
And I suspect a disproportionate amount of these contribute comments that are opposed about any traffic calming measures on every single consultation.
I was having a coffee in my
I was having a coffee in my local cafe last week (walked, maybe 5 minutes) and saw my nextdoor neighbour drive up to pop into the bookies across the street…
HOLEY SHEETS! Follow the
HOLEY SHEETS! Follow the rapha palace ebay link… click the ‘sold’ filter (sort by price) and be amazed at just how many people have more money than they can be responsible with.
£104 for a musette… £80 for
£104 for a musette… £80 for a bidon…. £140 for a tshirt…. I won’t spoil the jersey prices for you.