Nothing much to say about this really, just watch and enjoy this fantastically executed face plant. It's a perfect ten, we reckon. If anyone knows who Ian is, let us know and we'll send him some road.cc socks for his star turn…
Video: Three peaks comedy faceplant
We could spend our whole lunch break watching this
Wed, Oct 03, 2012 11:56
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Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He’s won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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mctrials23 3 minutes ago
@perce I'm not sure I agree with that. I think thats just confirming that he is take fully responsibility and recognises that the cyclist could have done nothing to mitigate it.
Paul J 45 minutes ago
If we don't fight it now, we'll all end up forced to wear baggy shorts!
kinderje 2 hours ago
@Rendel Harris Agree, I am baffled that the 84 year old who is now banned from driving for year can then start driving again without a retest. We should be re-tested regularly.
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
@mitsky Just checking the figures and apparently the 2026 average cost is £58,000 per year per prisoner; worth noting that is only the direct cost, you then have to factor in ten years of lost tax income from the prisoner, ten years that the prisoner is making no contribution to society as a worker or as a consumer, plus the fact that if they were the primary breadwinner very likely the costs will include benefits for their family as well. None of which should be a reason for keeping violent recidivists out of prison of course, nor drug/drink drivers who kill, but it is a factor worth considering for lower-level offences.
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
@Surreyrider I ride in Surrey a fair bit and absolutely many do look like that but the point is they all *think* they're driving perfectly reasonably (as one discovers when remonstrating with someone who's skimmed one by 30cm, "I gave you masses of room") so deterrent penalties have little effect. That's why we need to strike at the root cause and actually train drivers properly and test them stringently (and more than once over the course of a potential 70+ years of driving, it's absolutely absurd that competence and knowledge in what for most people is the activity in their life that will run the biggest risk of killing people you never have to have your qualifications renewed).
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
@mitsky Imprisonment currently costs over £50k p.a. per prisoner and obviously that will rise over the course of a ten-year stretch with inflation. Regarding culpability and mitigating sentences etc, of course I'm not against condign punishment for drivers who kill (and cyclists on the tiny, tiny handful of occasions when this happens), including prison as appropriate; I was objecting to the ridiculous and oft-repeated demand of MM that drivers who kill cyclists must get ten years, "no excuses, no exceptions".
Blackthorne83 7 hours ago
Hey, but their wool blend cycling adjacent t-shirts are/were fantastic.
RoadYeti 8 hours ago
@Surreyrider Still the boss. Ride one, you'll see why
chrisonabike 11 hours ago
@Smoggysteve "Most would happily ride on the roads and be treated with respect by drivers". But people aren't - and as far as I can see they won't be. Not until there is a lot less driving and it's slower around cyclists, and far more people driving have "skin in the game" eg. they sometimes cycle and their friends and family do also. That's what leads to the model - which is perhaps most advanced in NL - where cycling, walking and driving are all seen as separate normal transport modes. Their needs, vulnerabilities and any dangers to others are considered. And *that* leads to "mix / share when possible, separate when necessary". But "possible" is "where your 10-year old would be safe to cycle unsupervised" - so very few motor vehicles, going slow! And AFAICS everybody - even "existing cyclists" - is happy with the result. (I dunno about a few pro cyclists - but don't they tend to have training camps in different counties anyway?)
chrisonabike 12 hours ago
@quiff as an Edinburgh resident I can confidently say he's speaking without moving his lips in one sense: - while as I noted in a separate comment there *is* now some real separated cycle infra, all the examples i can think of have *at least as much space* for pedestrians. The rest of the "cycle infra" is essentially similar to the situation in the rest of the UK: eg. bus lanes*, cycle lanes and shared use paths (eg. "build" infra by sticking up a sign). Edinburgh is one of the places with a moderately extensive network of former railways which have been converted to "shared use" paths (completely motor traffic few). However though shared they are not narrow by UK standards. And this is all effectively a "free extra" for all non- motorised users, not like the "sign a cycle path" where pedestrians do lose space. I think this all comes from the "popular understanding" of cycling in which ultimately cyclists are the "other". They don't fit "motor vehicle" or "pedestrian" (including wheelchairs on the very rare occasions people think about that). Thus "cyclists are cheating" in multiple ways! They shouldn't get their own space as "there aren't enough" of them. And "they can just use the road / path". But being able to *choose* "on the road" or "on the footway" (shared use path) is clearly unfair - nobody else gets to do that! BUT of course even if they did pick just one of road OR pedestrian space it's still not fair anyway because they're "too slow" for the road (don't pay "road tax" etc...) and "far too fast" for pedestrians... * Though some existing cyclists may appreciate them when there are few buses, buses and bikes are a very poor mix for several reasons.
37 thoughts on “Video: Three peaks comedy faceplant”
Oh dear…the internet is a
Oh dear…the internet is a cruel place!
Bless Ian! Come on Road.CC it
Bless Ian! Come on Road.CC it must be worth more than a pair of socks I think a ‘Road.CC’ L/S jersey should be sent to. Well caught on video!
Roberj4 wrote:Bless Ian! Come
Seconded 🙂
Roberj4 wrote:Bless Ian! Come
okay, deal. if we can find ian, he gets a jersey too. happy now?
Think Ian needs something to
Think Ian needs something to wash his (white!) bike down with (Disk brakes it does looks brand new!)I bet it’s still in the garage unwashed. I think some beer will do the trick (I know I’m pushing it!) 😀 😀 😀
Roberj4 wrote:Think Ian needs
Ian, is that you?!
Poor sod. At least it was a
Poor sod. At least it was a soft landing!
is that entry number 250 or
is that entry number 250 or 331 ???
250 ian gait
331 ian brown
looks like 331 to me
looks like 331 to me
actually i think it’s 333:
actually i think it’s 333: Ian Edward Ashworth
Contact
Contact keith@3peakscyclocross.org.uk who could inform Ian to contact you on his new found internet stardom and sock/jersey/beer haul #britainsgottalent
Roberj4 wrote:Contact
done and done 🙂
Quality! At least he came up
Quality! At least he came up smiling! 🙂
Just too funny.
=D> Just too funny.
and that is why i do NOT have
and that is why i do NOT have a CX bike.
Ian should enter again next
Ian should enter again next year draw an even bigger crowd!
Guess he should’ve carried
Guess he should’ve carried his bike over that soft bit like the others.
Having gone over the bars in a race a few weeks ago and knackered my wrist in the process I’m glad to see Ian had a softer, if wetter, landing.
Free gear?
I’m Ian.
Free gear?
I’m Ian.
I’m Ian and so’s my wife!
I’m Ian and so’s my wife! 😀
He’s not Ian, he’s a very
He’s not Ian, he’s a very naughty boy!
Lacticlegs wrote:He’s not
Not a naughty boy, a very dirty boy.
And Ian, Chapeau!
Good, but “joeys ok” still
Good, but “joeys ok” still makes me laugh…
Hey, we found him! he’s a
Hey, we found him! he’s a mate of Ashton from Hope.
😀
The “here’s mud in your eye”
The “here’s mud in your eye” line every time he goes down the pub with his mates is going to get tired pretty soon I reckon 😉
That’s a brand new Crosslight
That’s a brand new Crosslight Pro6 that he’s riding [well ‘not riding’]. Disc brakes are good, but sometimes they just can’t save you!
ah ha … found him !
and
ah ha … found him !
and “outed” by a mate too 😀
Chapeau, absolutely muddy
:)) Chapeau, absolutely muddy marvelous! :))
Here he is on a still from
Here he is on a still from the other angle. Smile on that muddy face is great.
brilliant pic! is it yours?
brilliant pic! is it yours?
Somebody tweeted yesterday
Somebody tweeted yesterday that CX was all about taking part and getting a funny photo of yourself on the Internet. If that is true; Ian is a legend! 🙂
Well done to Ian for being a
Well done to Ian for being a good sport — love the smile on his face in that photograph!
othello wrote:Well done to
I second that. I took a look at this years photos! Oh man it looked extra extra tough due to the weather conditions. Hats of to Ian and all who entered and finished.
I just had a nice chat to ian
I just had a nice chat to ian on the phone and I’ve bundled him up a jersey and some socks to go in the post. He’s unsure about his new celebrity status but deffo being a good sport about it. Yesterday when we put the story up the vid had received 134 views, now it’s on 11,000… who knows, it might ‘do a Joey’ 🙂
Some cracking photo’s from
Some cracking photo’s from British cycling’s flickr
This erm “puddle” seemed interesting
How to power though…..
How it can catch you out…..You might aswell swim….
Hi just like to say big
Hi just like to say big thanks to road cc for shirt and socks. Thanks for positive comments, had brilliant first ride of peaks.on behalf of fellow CSP riders thanks to support crews(wives, parents,kids& CSP).marshaling fantastic. Roll on 2013!
And now, there is the “Go on,
And now, there is the “Go on, Ian” T-shirt…
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/go_on_ian_shirt-235746016824305300
I hope they have permission
I hope they have permission for that 😉
But not as good as the joeys ok one’s. Need to get his muddy smile on them.
Also, hello and welcome Ian