Video: What happens when a TV helicopter gets a bit too close to a bike race?

"your occipital bone – you know, your head’s bum". LOL you should teach anatomy. I'll never forget that word now.

@mdavidford I must admit that my first reaction while watching was that Ciccone had got it. Two things that aren't clear are where exactly was the finish line supposed to be (along the centre of the white line) and what is the margin for error in setting up the scanner to give an unbroken beam signal / image? It may well be that the winning time difference quoted is less than the setup variability of the system. In which case the result should be a dead heat. Perhaps it is more important to have an absolute winner at the expense of a technically correct result?

Maybe that's just underreporting because people don't think it'll be taken seriously, though. "I reported a tiger mauling, and all they did was give me a crrr-ime number."

@TJCD to my 56 year old eyes, I have occasionally been surprised to pass pedestrians in dark clothes or I don't see their dog on a leash unless my light is in the 2000lumen setting. The light is several years old, so probably not putting out 2000lumens any more. When I replace that light, 2000lumen will be the minimum. That's why I read this article. I've also had good impression of CatEye products. I have also tried commuting with my new Exposure Axis Mk10 (1300lumen) and it's not sufficient. I only use it for road bikepacking in case of tunnels, etc. and because it's sturdy and small. For offroad, I think 4000lumen range is where you want to be.

@quiff Which stokes the headlight war even further, because to trigger the automatic system and avoid being blinded yourself, your bike light now has to be bright enough for it to recognise it. 🙃

Obviously police are going to go where the most crime is. Well, the most crime that's currently (un)fashionable with their bosses. Cold comfort to path users though - "the number of reports of people being mauled by tigers remain relatively low when considered across the entirety of the route..." But ... a good fraction of people are going to be traversing a chunk of the route Is imagine, not just crossing it. And - it's a *route*. (Even allowing for the fact it actually goes round Bristol, not straight in...). Certainly far more appealing that the traffic-heavy junction-rich steeply-inclined roads thereabouts. (Not a local but have visited the area a few times now).

Apologies noted: https://road.cc/news/cycling-live-blog-5-october-2026#Death%20taxes,%20Valterri%20Bottas%20doing%20something%20mad Hmm - comment system is helpfully stripping off the anchor, but it's the second item down.

Yeah - that's kind of what I mean - it's the only photo there is - it's not like they have a bunch of these cameras at all different points and just chose to use the wrong one (because that would be... silly).

I've heard cyclists do disturb many people. Still, i hope they get the blighter.

@I love my bike I just pulled the same info. We are underestimating the photographer's skill. It's a manual exposure of two seconds. Two seconds is an appropriate exposure to replicate how it would look to a dark-adapted eye. Kudos photographer. No post-processing needed.