Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash; Giro bike chucking saboteur arrested; road.cc in-house NMoTD; Pink Giro Canyon for Carapaz, Adam Blythe shirts + more
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Pink Canyon for Carapaz
Another angle on that incident yesterday where a spectator threw a bike in the path of the Giro
— Sacha Modolo (@SachaModolo) May 30, 2019
Yesterday we featured the incident above when a spectator ran across the road to clear a bike left in the path of oncoming riders, today we got a much clearer view (in the second video clip) of what actually happened. The man in the hoodie has reportedly been arrested.
Adam Blythe's shirts
If you’ve been watching the Giro on Eurosport (or the highlights on Quest) you’ll have noticed Adam Blythe’s shirts.
So have his co-presenters.
Trek reveals two new Madone SL Disc models
Trek has unveiled two new Madone models that become the cheapest disc brake Madones in the range. The Madone SL 6 and Madone SL 7 are made from a lower grade of carbon than the existing SLR models and feature a traditional-style handlebar and stem rather than a single-piece design.
road.cc in-house Near Miss of the Day + bonus slo-mo swearing
Our man Pat shares a moment he had out on the bypass on this morning’s commute. One of those that demonstrates that the camera doesn’t always give a true impression of how close a pass was – though it’s pretty close and fast. It takes quite a lot to shake up an experienced rider like Pat, but a stiff drink (coffee we think) and he’s back to his usual composed self now.
GT Grade 2020: Davey Arthur gives his first ride impressions
The first incarnation of the GT Grade was possibly the ultimate Marmite bike – some thought touched by the ugly stick, while others though it touched by genius… we’ve not met anyone who rode one that didn’t love it. So what’s the new version with adjustable geometry like? Find out here
Team Ineos 'strangling the sport' says Bradley Wiggins
He argues that the future of cycling is all in one team and says Ineos will ‘park the bus’ at the Tour de France.
Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash
This video, from Victoria in Australia, shows a ute driver pass six cyclists before braking and turning off the road.
A Message from the Council for Ill informed and Opinionated Bicycle Aesthetes
Oops! A quick gander at the road.cc bike rack reveals we’ve gone seriously off-message on this one… the wrong one just looks so right.
Lovely
Postcard from #Giro pic.twitter.com/Q4Vah7WZz4
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 31, 2019
Mood music: Heavy metal makes drivers too agitated, but classical makes them too cool
You’re better off with Taylor Swift, apparently.
Holyrood committee rejects default 20mph speed limit
British Cycling says 20mph Restricted Roads Bill would make streets safer pedestrians and cyclists.
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@Boopop I don't think it is but other countries have less stolen per cycle ride I would guess. Living in Switzerland the major city stations have huge bike parking areas often with swipe card access for regular commuters but are generally behind locked gates. Even so bikes are taken from these and in cities in general - I rarely use my own bikes in cities and stick to rental ones (with an annual contract) to just get around. I used to have a city "crap bike" but it finally gave up the ghost (cracked frame).
Maybe I've misread the article but closing a route because it's unsafe for women doesn't solve the problem, it just further limits the freedom of women and comes across as a weird punishment for being victimised. That said this is a consequence of cycle lanes always being tucked away out of sight rather than in places with enough footfall to feel safe.
@FragileBoris Sounds like your dad is a crap driver and you're a crap person by helping him get away with it by exploiting the cops' laziness. Then again if you pal about with ex-coppers that tells anyone decent everything they need to know about you. There's a reason they're called Filth.
Don't know the site nor all the considerations around it, and there's usually a long story... But my response to those who say "but *this* isn't the right place" is the same: OK, so how *are* you providing for the safe * and convenient movement of vulnerable road users? * Including 'social safety'. I mostly love a green route, but some at some times may not be savoury, and for some people they're as "impossible" as nipping across a dual carriageway.
Shurely etymologically if they're living along the roads then they are real pikeys, not fake ones? (Although not wanting to tread on anyone's stopping-place regarding reclamation of a term of abuse...)
@Nigel Thanks for the confirmation that you are indeed Nigel, road.cc mods have declared that any time you attempt to return you will be removed so enjoy your latest pathetic little run, you'll be going the way of your other twenty-eight personas soon.
@Rendel Harris take time to breathe in your rant! Paragraphs help. Oceandweller is perfectly entitled to give his lived experience of London life without being shouted down. "Viciously aggressive inhabitants"? Yep, checks out!..... After all, here's a guy (according to Gemini) who has such a potty mouth that his own case got thrown out of court for being viciously aggressive on his own video.
@FragileBoris Needless to say they didn’t give me details of the cyclist or pursued the £60 fine. Didn’t have any reply at all…. Apart from the bit about 'no response at all from the police', what a load of fabricated tripe! We don't need to tart up our videos because they're bad and incriminating enough already. Why not contact Lancashire Constabulary with your suspicions that this has been 'digitally manipulated'?: ttps://upride.cc/incident/yn67mvj_sainsburys44tonner_closepass/ If they could have 'done me' for that, they'd have done it already- money no object! For those police sympathisers who still don't accept the extreme 'bentness' of the UK police, see this from Black Belt Barrister: ttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/86n1iAa49jk
Is cycle theft at rail stations unique to the UK? I wouldn't have thought so, but I guess it wouldn't surprise me. They seem to be one of the worst places to lock a bike up in the country. Even if your bike doesn't get stolen the would-be thief might damage your frame in the process of trying to steal it.
11 thoughts on “Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash; Giro bike chucking saboteur arrested; road.cc in-house NMoTD; Pink Giro Canyon for Carapaz, Adam Blythe shirts + more”
what, a rim braked bike
what, a rim braked bike leading the Giro, oh for shame for the disc brake lving road CC, I see you haven’t mentioned that have you yet when it’s the other way around you’ve got your crusty socks out!
BehindTheBikesheds wrote:
what does brake system have to do with some one winning the giro? road racers generaly don’t use the brakes as often as you think!
tsarouxaz wrote:
You’ve not been reading the hype over disc brakes for the last 5 years or so then? Everytime a cyclist wins a stage/event on a disc braked bike Road CC are all over it like a rash singing triumphantly over their superiority, yet when a cyclist with rim brakes wins, nothing. The promotion of discs as an essential tool in road cyclists armoury is massively pushed everywhere, yet as you’ve said pros and even top amateurs use their brakes fairly infrequently comparative to your average and even then discs are simply not necessary in any road conditions.
I’ve never seen a bike with a
I’ve never seen a bike with a front disc and rear rim brake. Attention to detail please!
Butty wrote:
I’ve got one!
Chris wrote:
Yep, Suspension fork at front with post mount disk, and regular rear with V-Brakes…granted it was an XC MTB… but still a bike with front disc and rear rim brake
Maybe not the best bit of
Maybe not the best bit of driving by the ute driverq who could have waited, perhaps they weren’t sure where the turn was, but it seems the lady caused the crash by touching the wheel of the rider in front. The leading 2 were able to pass the ute on the inside easily enough.
So WTF was going on with the
So WTF was going on with the bloke dumping his bike ahead of the oncoming peloton?
The close pass- Did you see
The close pass- Did you see the driver try and keep inside the line of the left lane. Riding central would of made the driver think about the overtake
That close pass was terrible,
That close pass was terrible, no excuse, nothing in the outside lane stopping them pulling out.
Please tell me it was reported
Pat certainly tried, but that
Pat certainly tried, but that bit of road falls under the jurisdiction of the Wiltshire Police and the upload for video reporting on their site wasn’t working earlier when he tried. Not that, he won’t try again I’m sure