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

OMG where do I start? I work for the Public Rights of Way team in a county council. There are so many mistakes in this article. Not UK - England and Wales. Legislation starts from National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 - See also 1968 and CROW 2000. For Clarity: Footways - these are the tarmac walkways beside a Road. Urban Footpath - these are the tarmac paths with grass either side often found on a housing estate. Neither should be confused with Public Footpaths - please. Public Footpath. A Highway recorded on the Definitive Map and Statement and open to users on foot only (may be accompanied by a dog or a pram). Most are on Private Land. Use of a cycle or EAPC will constitute a trespass but is not illegal. Pushing a bicycle is a grey area! Public Bridleway. as above recorded. Open to users on foot, horse back and cycle. Cycle users are expected to cede priority to other users (1968 Act). Public Restricted Byway. As above but also horse drawn carriages. No Motorised users. Use of any of the above PROW by a motorised vehicle excepting where private rights exist is an offence under the RTA. Public Byway Open To All Traffic. As above but also recreational use for motor vehicles. Hope that helps.

The Guardian article says all electric bikes that can go faster than 15.5mph are illegal. Is it not the case that if they have the likes of insurance and vehicle tax they are in fact legal? Not that I think many do.

Is this article about rights of way in the "UK" as the title suggests, or is it actually just about England? The article doesn't mention Scotland or the north of Ireland anywhere - and at least one of those has quite different laws than England.

@lesterama Very nicely worded article, there, from Peter Walker (a k.a. Peter Pedestrian 😉)

No spare chain needed, just use the chain tool to remove the broken link(s) and remake the chain. A couple of quick links can still be a big help though.

GCN* did this recently (I don't know when they made the video but I saw it a few weeks ago) and the surprising (to me) finding was that the difference between t-shirt and lycra was greater than the difference between suit with flapping jacket and t-shirt. But what hasn't been mentioned is that a flapping jacket is great for getting extra passing distance! *I think there might be some overlap in personnel between road.cc, GCN and ye olde Future Publishing? Certainly great coincidence of locations!

"I'd rather just be riding my bike." True, so true.

@lesterama I wonder if there will ever come a day when specialist motorcycle journalists and news outlets find themselves constantly battling 'mainstream' outlets and colleagues, to get them to distinguish between legitimate, legal motorbikes, ridden by upstanding citizens according to the relevant laws and norms, and the illegal e-motorbikes ridden by wrong 'uns in a dangerous and anti-social manner.

A bit of factual correctness about ebikes vs motorbikes in the press today, in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/15/ebike-powerful-illegal-engine-roads-cyclist BBC, Telegraph, Mail etc, do try to take note.

Re: Brooks B17 Utmost "There’s also a redesigned nose and tension pin at the front" It is unfortunate that Brooks didn't redesign the nose it so that it can be tensioned with just an allen key. The Brooks spanner is just yet another tool to take on tour (or lose) and if the nose rotates then long nosed pliers are needed as well.