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Rendel Harris 8 minutes ago
@chrisonabike I was just reading that myself, it seems a bizarre kneejerk reaction before poor Finlay's cause of death has even been fully investigated. What does Mr.Hansen think has been going on, have the manufacturers had the means to make safer, more robust helmets that are just as light and well ventilated but haven't bothered releasing them? Or does he want the peleton racing in motorcycle helmets, because that's the only way there's going to be a chance of meaningful protection in 100 kmh crashes?
chrisonabike 17 minutes ago
I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work: AFAICS anti-social consequences are inherent in the business model. Models which seem to work better: advertising (Santander cycles), using bikes to make using another service which is more profitable (or less unprofitable) easier (Dutch OV Fiets). After that it's "local authority subsidises it" and then you're down to "flogging customer data"...
Destroyer666 19 minutes ago
Back in the day square taper bb's rolled on bearings that were considerably larger than inside these Maxhit ones. The ball bearings in these fully serviceable models cost a couple of euros. Don't get me wrong, they had their issues, like poor sealing. But those days, servicing bearings was the norm. The current state seems to be something of an attempt at non-serviceability, where efforts made at making products that you DO NOT have to service are accompanied with products that you CANNOT service. And those two things are mixed in different ways. For example with this Maxhit bearing you pay a crazy amount of money for supposed durability - that you are nonetheless expected to service once a year. And once these bearings wear enough, there is no way to service them anymore - no cups, cones, ball bearings to replace, unlike with the old bb's (sure, it was not THAT easy even with them to e.g. find just cups in bike shop). I guess my point is that while I applaud e.g. Enduro for making "bike specific" bearings, I nonetheless long for products that are just easy to service - that is the key to durability. And that does not have to mean it costs a lot. To prove my point: There is absolutely no reason why Shimano could not manufacture it's ubiquitous 20eur BB-MT501 with easily replaceable industrial standard 6805 bearings (where SKF quality bearings cost about 20eur), for the same cost they manufacture the BB in it's current form. They just chose not to. And I would choose that over crazy expensive bb's with marketing schpiel and small print regarding warranty any day.
chrisonabike 27 minutes ago
He's wildly over the top / backwards about what is a risk to the hard-pressed motorist and local places: those are "other motorists" and "mass motoring" respectively. He's almost right though in that many places - even in the UK - are gradually realising that a great way to save themselves money, improve their places and aid their chances of hitting targets on health, obesity, climate etc. is indeed to slow down motorists, restrict parking and deter (not prevent...) much *private motor* travel.
chrisonabike 39 minutes ago
RIP. According to the president of the Cyclistes Professionnels Associes the first thing they need to look at is ... helmets? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/czxqqlpnx98o Of course this could make perfect sense for a professional sport, perhaps standards haven't kept pace etc. It's certainly a rarefied extremely fast and hazard-rich environment, compared with my experience of normally <20mph utility-and-leisure cycling. But since the main factor seems to have been an uninvolved vehicle on the course this does sound like a convergence with the standard "cycling safety" narrative? ("Can't fix anything else, so what we *can* do is...")
Matt Page 57 minutes ago
@jaymack Praxis bottom brackets have Enduro steel bearings fitted through most of the range.
60somethingcyclist 4 hours ago
Re. Pro-car campaigner slams “hidden agenda” to “slow down motorists, restrict parking, and deter travel” this is just another right-wing conspiracy loon spouting off their usual rubbish. Why give him publicity? Like the sad people who walk through our town centres ranting on about anything and anyone they're best ignored.
60somethingcyclist 4 hours ago
Been a cyclist since I was 5 (63 soon), but I can't support this kind of behaviour. Just dumping bikes like this isn't on. Lime should have been made to provide enough designated pick up points before they were allowed to operate the scheme.
AlanMyles 5 hours ago
It is easier to trace fatalities and match them with the news story. In 2018 for instance, the only reported death where a "cyclist" was the other party, was the death of Sakhine Cikan, who was killed by someone riding an illegally modified machine. I have done a bit of research for other years and found similar. Injuries are going to be harder.
IanMK 5 hours ago
It's quite important if it's an illegal motorbike, you could claim against the MIB for damages etc. How will you (or the MIB) know if it's not recorded properly.
11 thoughts on “Live blog: “We were all children of our era” says Lance Armstrong’s ex-manager Johan Bruyneel after he is handed lifetime ban, odd video of texting cyclist appears on social media (fake news?) + more”
No capes!
No capes!
hawkinspeter wrote:
That is one quality image. I needed that chuckle … which scared the student sat just in front of my desk.
hawkinspeter wrote:
Does that include Rick Wakeman?
leqin wrote:
… which makes me wonder what the average age for readers on road.cc is. Whenever I see a name like this pop up it reminds me we’re probably not a particularly young bunch!
Fair’s fair: I normally stick
Fair’s fair: I normally stick the boot into Will Norman, but that tweet comes suspiciously close to him ‘getting it’.
Well done Will: have an upgrade from ‘walking platitude’ to ‘stopped clock’.
I think Endura’s video would
I think Endura’s video would’ve been better if they had a jacket that fitted their model…
Is it that hard to believe a
Is it that hard to believe a cyclist would ride into something while looking at their phone? Car drivers do it all the time, after all.
vonhelmet wrote:
No. It isn’t. I did precisely this while texting and completely separated my shoulder (AC joint) which remains to this day. I don’t see why the video has to be staged. He’s certainly not the first cyclist to ride into the back of a car whilst texting.
It isn’t only “anti-cycling
It isn’t only “anti-cycling nonsense on the radio” that we need to beware of, it is the media’s refusal to report in any proportional manner the benefits of cycling. I mainly listen to R4 and the local BBC station (Bristol) and I couldn’t possibly count the number of articles they’ve had about obesity and diet, it must be hundreds, but I could count the number of articles about the benefits of cycling on the fingers of a closed fist.
Given the overwhelming benefits of cycling, why isn’t this top of every programme about pollution, health, obesity, congestion etc? There are two ways to lie: an explicit untruth, or just ignoring the truth and reporting everything else. The media has mostly been lying about cycling for the past thirty years, unfortunately including the BBC.
I always like the idea of
I always like the idea of rain capes, but – like many people – my front light is clipped onto my handlebars so a cape would render it useless…
brooksby wrote:
I could be wrong but it doesn’t look quite like the cape of old that pretty much covered everything and was a real tent. Tried one once, it came with a job lot of stuff I’d bought for one or two things and thought what the hell, it’s fine if going at a very sedate pace but by god anything much over 12mph and it’s like pushing a barge.
this one looks quite stylish however and not in that nasty mustard yellow they always seemed to come in, oh and ones with a built in hood always makes people look like a gnome. hahaha