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The argument "where else am I supposed to park?" is often used by drivers who have parked illegally. Why are you trying to make it my problem? It's your car. Park it on the fucking moon for all I care.

Yet another dumb idea. Too many variables. Just look at the latest Lorena Wiebes fiasco. Does anybody actually like UCI, can they just go the way Guy Fawkes intended the Palace of Westminster to go? Get sensible people like Adam Hansen to come up with a more sensible governing body with a set of fair but sensible rules.

I can think of some people who shouldn't be let out. Although, in fairness, the heat isn't a relevant factor there.

The outcome of this will be interesting... "A Texas woman is suing Tesla and a driver … after one of the electric vehicles crashed into her family home..." "... after a Tesla Model 3 sped into their shared home." "The Tesla driver told police that he was using the car's autonomous or "full self-driving" technology at the time of the crash." "Musk took to X ... to refute the idea that Tesla's self-driving technology was to blame for the crash because it happened at a high speed." "... the driver was going at 73mph (117 km/h) and had overridden the car's self-driving mode "by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%."" "... the driver "had the accelerator pushed even after the crash"." "... the driver was operating his Tesla on "in a reasonably foreseeable manner" with full self-driving engaged when the car's technology "failed to detect the end of the street", went into "sudden unintended acceleration" and crashed into the Barbour residence." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x2rzke05yo

Please can cycle lanes have this sort of protection? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbjEkU26e90

It's a major retail/business destination in and off itself not just a through route, the way you frame it you'd think it was a back water, that's simply not the case, even if the bit closer to the city centre is a bus/taxi/cycle only space. Have you considered some through traffic using a different route is a success and by design? Not a failure. 🙄

Where is the equivalent cycling and mobility aid parking?

It's a major retail/business destination in and off itself not just a through route, the way you frame it you'd think it was a back water, that's simply not the case, even if the bit closer to the city centre is a bus/taxi/cycle only space. Have you considered some through traffic using a different route is a success and by design? Not a failure. 🙄

"Remain indoors!" Is the road.cc team advocating for "climate" lockdowns? We're in June when days break early and last longer. This means there is plenty of time to log a 2- or 3-hour spin, and for the cycling locos who like muy caliente a 4- or 5-hour ride. Just carry enough water and be back home before noon. I'm old enough to know that cycling is an outdoor sport.

@andystow On the 100 mile day, I really needed electrolytes. Two Nuun tablets per bottle or equivalent. No straight water, no matter how cold. Any kind of Gatorade doesn’t have enough electrolytes I have to report a change of mind here: for 40 years I have operated a No Added Salt policy as a precaution to reduce the probability of hypertension. It was in my mind that the body is so efficient at sodium conservation that it's pretty much impossible to consume insufficient sodium. This turns out to be incorrect. No matter how fit and acclimatised, a heavy day of sweating exercise will lose 10-15g of salt. I have taken no electrolyte replacements over this time, including some big trips in what the UK considers to be heatwaves - like the one in progress now. I was away for 6 days on a long (well, fairly long) distance walk during the last heatwave at the end of May, carrying all food and camping equipment with no resupply. Presumably, I have managed because there's so much excess salt in the average diet and the trips haven't been long or intense enough. I'm not planning to change from ordinary food and water, but I now recognise that I must be in sodium deficit on heavy exercise days. Elite athletes are, of course different.