Live blog: Video: Cyclist clipped by wing mirror – no action taken; Whoopi Goldberg says bike lanes are “screwing up” New York, Twitter post threatening to “run over” cyclists backfires, important Lance Armstrong lavatory news + more
SUMMARY
Peter Sagan takes first victory of the season (+ videos)
Peter Sagan took a bike-throwingly narrow victory on stage three of the Tour Down Under in the Adelaide Hills – same as he did last year.
Behind Sagan everything was completely different. Luis León Sánchez was second and Daryl Impey was third. Last year Impey was second and Sanchez was third.
The Kiwi Patrick Bevin retains the overall lead by a second from Sagan.
Stage four of the Tour Down Under features the Corkscrew climb about 6km from the finish
This is normally the point in the race where we get a much clearer idea who’s going to win.
BREAKING: Lance Armstrong shows us his toilet
We know that many of you become violently enraged whenever we cover anything to do with Lance Armstrong, so we’ve made a vow that from now on we’ll only do Lance stories that are of the utmost importance.
Today’s big news is that he showed Architectural Digest round his home in Aspen and made a big point of showing them the toilet.
Apparently he has one of those Squatty Potties because he once saw Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad recommending them on TV.
Clever
Doesn’t this make more sense? #TTDC19 #TRBAM2019 #TRB19 #mobility pic.twitter.com/5JLesQaozx
— Colin K. Hughes (@colinkhughes) January 16, 2019
Sagan applauds teammates after TDU victory
Jess Varnish fails in attempt to prove she was employee of British Cycling and UK Sport
British Cycling says its culture has improved since Varnish raised concerns and it hopes to ‘welcome her to national cycling centre’.
Well this is going well... #bloodycyclists
Either ride on the cycle tracks or stop being a twat and drive or get the bus, fucking done with cyclists next one I see I’m running over
— Chlo (@ChloeLarcombe98) January 16, 2019
Probably not a great idea to plan an attempted murder on social media, but we reckon this individual may learn her lesson (well we hope so before getting in a car again) judging by the comments…
“You screwed the city up,” says Whoopi Goldberg of New York bike lanes
The actress has been praised in the past for her activism promoting LGBT rights, but perhaps the same can’t be said of her views on the environment after she expressed her dislike for segregated bike lanes in New York City. Appearing on ABC’s ‘The View’, Goldberg said to the New York Mayor Bill de Blasio: “You know what’s really pissing me off? You’ve built 83 miles of protected bike lanes, okay. And I like bikes, I like people who ride, but I don’t think you understand the impact of taking something like 10th Avenue, which is six lanes down to two-and-a-half, particularly when you have a winter storm and you can’t move – none of that is movable.
“You screwed the city up. I come in every day, and I find that because you can’t make a turn anywhere, you can’t go straight anywhere. When there is a storm, people can’t move anywhere, because you got all these medians in the way, and I’m just saying you might want to take a look at some of this. Because now you have Cuomo coming in talking about congestion pricing, and I kind of feel like it’s a set up.”
Goldberg has been reminded by transport activists that the bike lanes, part of New York’s Vision Zero, are reducing road deaths according to stats. Speaking to Metro USA, Joe Cutrufo of Transportation Alternatives said: “Vision zero is saving lives. She contends that the mayor has screwed up the city, we would argue that cutting traffic fatalities by a third in just five years is the opposite of that. Maybe even more important, bike lanes are a critical part of the transportation system in a city where the majority of residents don’t drive.
Of the 3.8 million workers in New York City, only 27 percent commute via car, truck or van, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation. In Manhattan specifically that number drops to 8 percent. For a long time there has been a perception that drivers rule the roost, that needs to change and frankly that is changing. We have reclaimed many miles of street space in this city and intend to reclaim even more.
“You can’t move as many people in cars as you can in space-efficient modes like buses and bikes and [by] walking. It’s a shame that this narrative continues when the benefits of designing streets for pedestrian and bicyclists and transit riders are so obvious, for economic and environmental and equity benefits.”
Spanish actor releases seriously shocking video of a French motorist ploughing into the back of him while cycling
Dani Rovira, who was taking part in charity challenge, was somehow back on his bike the following day.
Froome out for a casual spin in South Africa
The 140 mile ride with teammate Salvatore Puccio covered over 22,000 feet of climbing… only to be flagged by vigilant/jealous members of the Strava community (team car suspicions perhaps?)
Click here to see the deets.
Police say driver "may not have realised" that Lincolnshire cyclist was pushed into railings
Video: Cyclist clipped by passing driver’s wing mirror – sluggish police response meant no action was taken
The incident occurred on Holcroft Lane, which runs between Glazebrook and Culcheth in Cheshire.
Barry writes: “After being told by the police this would be treated as a failure to stop, the investigating officer then decided that because I had traced the car’s insurers, it would be left to the insurers to apportion blame.
“It was only after exchanges with the police that they decided to do something about the driving offences and it was clear the most likely outcome was going to a driving awareness course (DAC). The driver was finally contacted and agreed to go on a DAC.
“The investigating officer’s recommendation for a DAC for the driver was ‘declined due to evidence and not in the public interest to prosecute. Also the time elapsed since the initial incident.’ As a result the police are taking no further action against this driver.”
Barry added that the delay was with the police not him. “They had the full footage and a statement from me the same evening as the incident.”
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@FionaJJ These officers deployed next-level stupidity, and it must be difficult for the police to find people this dim. It doesn't even need rolling-roads or whatever, just a reputable bike computer on a quickly changed mount for the difficult cases where a proper EAPC has been modded, although you would need to look hard in Lancashire to find a police officer who knows how to make a pedal cycle go. Most illegal electric motorbikes are immediately obvious, not least because the crim is wearing a face mask. I saw an obvious one tonight coming out of Garstang Sainsbury's, not pedalling but without a face mask because everybody knows that the police only come into the town to hide away in the police station 200 yards away.
Gustav Gullholm.. that's not a good look mate
@Chris RideFar I think what you meant to say was "REMOVE this and put it on PODCAST CC".
As Mary Whitehouse never said - one doesn't have to read the article if one doesn't want to read about an off-road bicycle.
@FionaJJ In London they're allowed to stop on single and double yellows to deliver packages or empty pillar boxes; in practice they take this as carte blanche to park wherever and whenever they want, such as this chap on the Brixton Road who pulled into the bus/cycle/motorcycle lane without indicating, as I approached at 20mph, to park on a red route, response to a remonstrance, "I suppose you never get post delivered do ya?"
@Rendel Harris We have a pavement parking ban, but around here at least, royal mail vans are already exempt, subject to certain caveats, such as allowing at least 1.5m, and only being stopped to do their work.
It was already embarrassing for the police that they made such a mess of their attempt to determine whether a bike was legal or not, but I had assumed it was a group of well intentioned, but under-trained officers acting on their own initiative, having spotted something they thought looked not quite right. I'm now discovering this was a planned activity, something sufficiently organised to have been given a name - Operation FRISLEN, designed specifically to identify and remove illegal e-bikes and scooters. It's apparent that the officers were sent out without adequate training, never mind the kind of equipment that should be used for this sort of work. I'm not saying they always need specialist equipment to spot all illegal bikes, but at least if they'd been given a demonstration with that equipment, they'd have realised why their approach was not going to end well.
Have put drop bars on a 2001 B1 mtb, a 2007 stumpy hardtail and a 2010 stumpy full suss. In all cases fairly basic conversións leaving gearing and wheels broadly the same and concentrating on correct positioning of bars and fit. Oddly, with all 3 I was happy with the result when recently done, but after a few months found that the extra speed on easy trails was more than offset by the lack of ability (probably mine) on tougher routes and finally preferred flat bar with slammed and inverted stem as best overall compromise. Good fun playing around, though.
The photos in this review look they are for a different bag?
This is a strange reactionary knee jerk overall. But what is this "are essentially motorbikes in disguise" waffle? "One letter claimed that high-powered electric ‘e-bikes’ were “essentially motorbikes” in disguise, with many being used without lights, helmets, or any hi-vis clothing." Surely, they simply ARE motorbikes?
20 thoughts on “Live blog: Video: Cyclist clipped by wing mirror – no action taken; Whoopi Goldberg says bike lanes are “screwing up” New York, Twitter post threatening to “run over” cyclists backfires, important Lance Armstrong lavatory news + more”
It’s funny how some races
It’s funny how some races suit the same couple of riders, particularly in the early season.
Good to see Armstrong has
Good to see Armstrong has found a big job to keep him occupied in retirement
Good to see Armstrong has
double post
That must be why she did The
That must be why she did The Color Purple instead of something greener.
Quote:
Translated as “Some of my best friends are <something>, but <generally I hate that something>”
“I like bikes, I like people
“I like bikes, I like people who ride”
But apparently not enough to keep more of them alive by restricting the dangerous, city choking, pollution spewing motorised traffic to designated road space, which presumably is her preferred method of getting around New York.
Yeah Whoopi, we need to get
Yeah Whoopi, we need to get every one off bikes and into cars to ease the congestion.
Glad you’re okay after that
Glad you’re okay after that pass Barry, terrible driving, expected response by the police, I have zero faith in them after a number of close passes and being knocked off all being caught on camera, they really don’t give a toss.
bike_food wrote:
The article doesn’t say where this happened, does anyone know? Just so that I can avoid an area with worse police than where I live. They failed in their duty to protect the public and that driver is still in charge of his death-dealing weapon.
Likewise, glad Barry survived, with just a few mm difference that could have been hospital or a cemetery.
And Whoopi, it was the drivers who screwed up the city, like they have everywhere, and it’s the cyclists that are curing it.
burtthebike wrote:
It was near Warrington. I’ve just updated the article.
Why anyone would pay any
Why anyone would pay any attention to that raving fucking idiot Whoopi Goldberg, I dont know?
She said of the 13 year old girl who was drugged then raped vaginally and anally by Roman Polanski that it wasnt “rape rape”.
zanf wrote:
Well, she is a member of the Harlem Globetrotters: https://mentalfloss.com/article/74714/meet-10-honorary-harlem-globetrotters
(Guess who my favourite player was?)
Henry Kissinger?
Henry Kissinger?
That driver should not be
That driver should not be allowed on the road again until they have passed a stringent test and have been forced on a bike to experience a series of close passes.
hirsute wrote:
Not something I usually do but have raised it with my local Force, needs a sense of entitlement check.
Could it be one of the popes?
Could it be one of the popes?
ktache wrote:
Close, but I was thinking of an actual player – Squirrel Murrell: http://harlemglobetrotters.wikia.com/wiki/Squirrel_Murrell
Barry’s case… surely that
Barry’s case… surely that can’t be the end of it. Why is there a question of apportioning blame by the insurer. Whats that got to do with the offence?
Is there no higher power that can pick this up and press for answers… Jeremy Vine, Chris Boardman, maybe this esteemed site?
Can I take it that Goldberg’s
Can I take it that Goldberg’s complaints about ‘not being able to make a turn’ are from the perspective of sitting on her fat arse in a car while she attempts to go from one side of the tiny island of Manhatten to another?
She might find that the benefits of daily cycling (maybe combined with some modest intermittent fasting) could be the way to shed those excess kilos and may even cheer her up a bit.
> Probably not a great idea
> Probably not a great idea to plan an attempted murder on social media
Isn’t that a bit like planning to fail? You can plan to murder someone, but if you plan to fail to murder someone, then that isn’t really murder even if you do end up killing the person (as you didn’t intend to).