Chris Froome reveals Rapha’s 2016 Team Sky kit

If this is the case, I wonder why I can even buy an ebike battery, bring it into my home, take it to public places, take it in my hand luggage when I fly,.. Looking forward to reading a proper risk assessment, informed by science.

I wondered about this too. Did he get the appropriate RTO or whatever official legal permission to post such instructions on the public highway (of which the pavement is a part?) As for the double negative aspect of it... 🤦🏻

We have to hope.. REAL infrastructure ( not painted lines on clogged choking roads ) is what is needed to encourage the shift. Do as the Netherlands, make it MUCH easier to cycle to your destination rather than drive. Make driving harder, less and less convenient and provide meaningful alternatives.

Honestly, I don't see the point here. E-bike batteries are a danger, that is simply a fact - and it doesn't apply just to illegally converted bikes. Even a perfectly legal bike could get it's battery damaged, resulting in a hard-to-cointain, potentially lethal fire whose consequences could go into millions of pounds. And what's just as important, we can't expect railway workers to know the technicalities required to confidently decide whether a given bike is OK or not. Just because you like your e-bike and it helps you get to work does not make it any less dangerous. Just like there is a blanket ban on petrol canisters (even certtified ones, which are genrally safe to use), a blanket ban on e-bikes is just common sense and a justified precaution.

No, just non-folding ones...for some inexplicable reason.

@Surreyrider Maybe just have a wank to relieve some of the tension in your body?

Seeing as it is a national title for cyclists to compete for across various age groups, I would have thought it hasn't missed the boat. Maybe the event could be held over several races on consecutive weekends and the UK gravel title awarded based on the best aggregate points total.

This article (and probably this post😀) would be greatly improved with a few images of the additional screen layouts and individual icons for the various vehicles. I upgraded to the Rearvue 820 and have found that the lack of disappearing vehicle icons -from when they match your own pace- a game changer. The intelligent use of new size icons also really excellent. Other than that, the additional added screen showing 2 lanes of approaching vehicles, interesting but not really adding much value. This screen lasted a month before I removed it from my activity profiles and I don’t miss it .

I wonder if councillor Moutray considered spray painting a bicycle with a raised red hand to indicate no cycling. That may have raised the profile of his campaign within the community and perhaps provoked further debate.

I can see compromise coming. Droning round a 20k or whatever lap 10 times will bore the pants off riders, spectators & so ultimately sponsors. That said, we cannot continue putting lives at risk from lack of funding. Maybe some funding from the stupidly expensive streaming services. Maybe cutout some of the tediously long bits, have a combination of laps but keep the sense of adventure, like rallying compared to roundy roundy racing.