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I think I was hoping that using g this website, with its ” near pass of thd day” video would meet with a response showing concern and a ” what can we do to get along together” attitude. I don’t want cyclists to be castigated, but pedestrians have rights too. Why can’t that be respected. Now I drive to a different location ,walking around d a beautiful lake,where cyclists are not allowed!!
Cyclists aren’t a collective, so there’s very little “we” can do to get along as there is no “we”. It’s similar to asking what you can do to stop other motorists from speeding/using phones etc.
It’s a shame that you need to drive to get your exercise now.
It’s a general problem with
It’s a general problem with shared infrastructure. You get pedestrians that don’t realise that they may be on the bike side or even walk two/three across and block both sides. You also get cyclists that think that they should be able to go full speed as it’s “cycle” infrastructure and maybe even “buzz” pedestrians that are on the “bike” side. I don’t think that a painted line will do much to help anyone.
The law is very much on the side of pedestrians (no matter which side of the path that they’re on) and as cyclists are the ones with the greater speed and/or mass, they should be mindful of the increased danger that they pose. However, at least 5% of people are inconsiderate assholes and it sounds like you encountered one of them – I’m thankful that they were just on a bike and not using something faster and heavier.
Usually, cyclists are more than capable of slipping past obstacles with much less than 1.50m room and as cyclists have skin-in-the-game, they’re typically much more careful than motorists (or at least they tend to be more careful after misjudging distances). Also, if an asshole cyclist is going to close-pass people, then they’re likely to ignore any minimum distance laws, so I don’t think legislation is going to make any difference at all.
Anyhow, I hope you get over your fear of close-passes (they can certainly be very scary for cyclists) and continue with your exercise. Don’t let one incident bully you from getting a few walks in.
Most other jobs would invoke
Most other jobs would invoke ‘gross negligence’ and sack them and that would be after only one or transgressions.
Then again, the MET police have shown how politicised the police can become and end up acting as Downing Street’s personal army. Or was that just Thatcher?
Shortly before 3pm yesterday
Shortly before 3pm yesterday a car turned onto its side after colliding with two parked vehicles on Dovercourt Road. Emergency services attended and the driver of the vehicle, a man, was taken to hospital with an injury to his arm
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/crash-outside-lockleaze-houses-leaves-7345699
hirsute wrote:
Thanks for the summary but I’m still not giving him any clicks.
Nor me although I do like the idea of him increasing his cycling experience. The few sections of his videos that I’ve watched have been boring and I don’t think he’s particularly insightful or knowledgeable.
feeling sorry for the family he spending all this time with if he does a hard session on the trainer and then just goes about his dayThis seems to be a common delusion, presumably carefully fostered by the deodorant and laundry products industries- most of the smell is on the clothes. Indoor training = sweat pouring out like rain, which is a wash in itself. Personally, I wouldn’t be online telling strangers how to accomplish ‘personal hygiene’
Genetics can also affect whether sweat is smelly or not, so it’s quite possible to be drenched with sweat and yet not have an offensive odour.
Changing into cycling shorts
Changing into cycling shorts shouldn’t take very long at all, so unless you’re doing very short trainer sessions you might as well get changed as you’ll be likely sweating into your clothes anyway.
Personally I don’t like saddles with lots of padding as they initially seem comfy, but can apply pressure in the wrong places as the padding gets squeezed. However, people have different size and shapes of their sitting anatomy so the chances are that you’ll just have to go with testing out saddles until you find one that works for you.
This doesn’t quite fit the
This doesn’t quite fit the brief, but here’s a mysterious autonomous? car just waiting to pounce. It appears to have crashed but it’s not clear what it crashed into.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-cordon-place-after-car-7315048
Flipping autonomous vans!
Flipping autonomous vans!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/van-flips-over-bristol-city-7305578
Ask HP, and stand back!I tried replacing my Ultegra crank with a few strands of (uncooked) spaghetti held together with a bit of duck tape. It’s not ideal, but seems a lot stronger than Ultegra/Dura-Ace cranks.
That looks promising, but it
That looks promising, but it hasn’t been launched yet – “The Department for Transport expects to include measures to enable the creation of the branch in the forthcoming Transport Bill.”
Richbeck wrote:
Not cheap, but I guess if David at DCR uses one, then it must be good!
Tools – DCR Wheels https://dcrwheels.co.uk/products/misc-parts/tools/
I like the look of that spoke holder, but can’t justify replacing my Park Tool one.
Had to hunt around a bit to
Had to hunt around a bit to find the spokes (DT Swiss Aero comp) as well, so I hope I don’t need to get some 256mm ones
Couldn’t find one for
Couldn’t find one for straight pull spokes using the Prime RD010 hub and Prime 60mm rim
I did use an online spoke
I did use an online spoke calculator, but must have got one of the measurements wrong. Probably the distance to the rim including the nipple height (which I didn’t have).