road.cc live blog: Stop Highways England banning cycling on the A63, Froome racing is “super bad” for cycling says Tony Martin, Aussie speed awareness campaign pulled (and more)
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Fri, Feb 16, 2018 14:22
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Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn’t especially like cake.
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mikewood 1 hour ago
@StevenCrook Horses for courses...
ajft 2 hours ago
@Backladder you think you're joking, but sadly I _have_ met bikes locked to these! Tends to make an almost impassable obstacle even more ridiculous Definitely lawyers at work, they're obsessed about not having cyclists ride out in front of cars on the cross streets
gadsby06 11 hours ago
Are you sure they weren't overshoes?
GravelIsNothingNew 12 hours ago
Winning GC is irrelevant, what a relief. The best thing about knowing Pogacar will most likely win GC, is that it frees us to focus on all the more interesting aspects the mountainous chess game that is the TDF. The real challenge for all (riders, teams and spectators) will be the hot weather. This might be the last TDF to be ridden in the heat of the afternoon. There will also likely be major climate protests against the rampant sports washing by fossil fuel corporate sponsors that defiantly continue as the core funding strategy of pro cycling, despite all evidence that their products are endangering the health of the greatest grandstand in all sport. Corporate surveillance and AI will not be far behind for protestors in coming years (if not this year), as a world on fire impacted by corporate greed and wilful ignorance towards the human rights of all earths citizens begins to bite; all whist cycling through some of the planets most glorious and endangered lands. The irony is palpable and the suspension of public disbelief seems about to crack. The onus is on the UCI to shift policy. Protests and epic TDF crowds could yet be the deciding factor in 2026.
ktache 13 hours ago
I had very much enjoyed his rides around Birmingham previously.
ktache 13 hours ago
A fine career from a great rider, backed by an exceptional team. I hope that we haven't lost him completely from the world of cycling. There were a few solo breakaways, when and where I cannot recall, but they were just great and for me unexpected.
ktache 13 hours ago
The LBS had a few copies of this when I had to pop in a few weeks back, needed a new rim, grrr. It piqued my interest, I like exploring the Chilterns and beyond and I love cake. Almost purchased. But noticed that the ride description wasn't up to what I liked, and the maps are all navigation app based, not really suited to a luddite such as myself. So I'm going to have to stick to my 1p very tatty copy of Nick Cotton's 24 one-day routes in Berks, Bucks & Oxfordshire. Much less cake based mind, but suited to the way I ride, that and a few local OS explorers.
StevenCrook 14 hours ago
"Continental’s GP5000 S TR tyres are a stable in the pro peloton" Really? A stable? There's a thing...
mdavidford 14 hours ago
It's trying to gazump everyone else in the claim to be 'the fastest bike ever' - what's faster than a bike that can only exist in a particle accelerator?
Simon Withers 14 hours ago
The writer's name is Ty (handy synchronicity for Ti ) Rutherford, hence Rf. I'd have to have a bike made of an alloy of silicon and tungsten, which does exist, but it's apparently used in computer chips rather than bike frames. Hey ho.
8 thoughts on “road.cc live blog: Stop Highways England banning cycling on the A63, Froome racing is “super bad” for cycling says Tony Martin, Aussie speed awareness campaign pulled (and more)”
Ah, those wacky Australians –
Ah, those wacky Australians – dontcha just love ’em…
So perfectly demonstrates the
So perfectly demonstrates the attitude of Australian government to cyclists; it’s a punishment and something no intelligent person would do.
Not entirely surprising, coming from the home of the helmet law, an action with the sole purpose of punishing cyclists.
The videos are still online
The videos are still online at the Brisbane News website, link here:
https://tinyurl.com/ycdbe5wx
They’re well worth watching – the actress playing the girlfriend at the end is quite the looker, a bit of Margot Robbie about her.
Tony Martin is another moron!
Tony Martin is another moron!
alansmurphy wrote:
Please elaborate.
Well… the rules stipulate
Well… the rules stipulate he is allowed to ride, I could comment that anyone with a first name for a surname shouldn’t ride, it doesn’t make it so.
He’s not a doctor or a lawyer, so what more does he have to add to an old, tired, non-story.
Maybe he should ride tandem with Bardet, another rider being made to look decidedly average by Froome.
How is it bad for cycling? I’m still commuting by bike, being a weekend warrior, buying cycling weekly.
Anyone that says ‘super bad’ is a little girl or from LA and should be tested for drugs…
alansmurphy wrote:
Putting ‘super’ in front of everything just makes it sound like they’re doing an impression of Kenny Van Vlaeminck, which is no bad thing.
Not great for English, though.
I’d like Froome to not race
I’d like Froome to not race with this hanging over him, but I concede that the rules allow it, so he is free to do so.
The reason he is free to do so is that this is not a doping case, its a case where there is a stipulated maximum level of medication, prescribed not because of potential performance gains, but due to acute health risks to the athlete, has been surpassed.
The reality of this, is that good or bad, it should not be public knowledge at this time. If this was not leaked, we wouldn’t have this conundrum and I’m sure it would have been dealt with by now.