Cyclist slapped with ‘parking ticket’ by Lime for leaving bike in car parking bay; Show your council this the next time bike lanes are snowed under; Where’s Cav?; If the World Cup was pro cycling; Peculiar puncture; Best new kit + more on the live blog
SUMMARY
Show your council this the next time the bike lanes are snowed under
Look at this hero go…
Gr8 to see @wfcouncil #CycleLanes being cleared of snow & ready for safe use for cyclists. This is about cultural & system change, as well as infrastructure. #BuildItAndTheyWillCome but also #MaintainItAndTheyWillCome! Thanks to our contractor #Rineys. @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman pic.twitter.com/sym5LfgRFs
— Labourstone (@Labourstone) December 13, 2022
These are nothing new in some parts of London, but does anyone outside the capital get the same glorious gritting?
Check out Tom Pidcock's Pinarello Crossista F cyclocross bike
After Ryan spent the weekend on the ground at the new Dublin round of the cyclocross World Cup I’m making the case for a team trip to… the Benidorm round in January.
And while he enjoyed Saturday night watching England’s crushing quarter final exit alongside a certain Tom P, come Sunday morning he got even more behind the scenes access — taking a look at his rather fancy bike.
Now you can too…
> Check out Tom Pidcock’s Pinarello Crossista F cyclocross bike
The BEST new cycling gear of the month | road.cc recommends episode 21
Peculiar punctures
A new kind of puncture for me! Went straight into the tube, or I might not have noticed 👎 pic.twitter.com/GKxoiII1aI
— Dave McCraw (@david_mccraw) December 14, 2022
Where's Cav?
Is there anything more peaceful than a coastal road training ride? #HumanPoweredHealth pic.twitter.com/lZitElNeWW
— Human Powered Health (@HumanPwrdHealth) December 14, 2022
As we reported yesterday, along with the rest of the cycling world, US-based UCI Pro Team Human Powered Health are rumoured to be interested in Mark Cavendish’s signature. Like an end-of-PM Cabinet exodus, just about every WorldTour team (including most recently Trek-Segafredo) has come forward to either state their roster is full for 2023 or distance themselves from signing the Manx Missile.
By our count Ineos Grenadiers, Astana, AG2R-Citroën, FDJ, Bahrain – Victorious seem the only WorldTour options left.
Fiver for the first person who spots a British national champ’s jersey in team training camp footage…
If the World Cup was pro cycling
Semi-final time and last night, seven years after the fact, Eduardo Sepúlveda finally got revenge on Kristijan Đurasek for beating him to the 2015 Presidential Tour of Turkey GC…
You can’t say I’m not putting the Procyclingstats hours in to this live blog series…
‘Good luck finiding Morocco vs France’ I hear you say. Well, I’ll raise you the final stage of this year’s Tour du Cameroun, won by pure Moroccan domination…
I’m sure there’s nobody in Casablanca, Rabat or Marrakesh who wouldn’t take 4-1 tonight…
Ned's had enough
I mean, I’ll carry on cycling obviously; picking my way along ice-rutted cycle paths. But with deep anger in my heart.
— Ned Boulting (@nedboulting) December 14, 2022
The world's craziest Strava segment
This attraction in a tourist park in Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil, which lets you ride a bike across a slack line 500 ft in the air, is NOT for those who fear heights 😅 pic.twitter.com/9h4hxgX89i
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 14, 2022
I mean, there is a Strava segment, right?
I’m now picturing KOM hunters from around the world rocking up with skinsuit, aero helmet and asking if they can fit their own aero bars… although at those speeds you might be better off walking the tightrope…
Tadej Pogačar: Phenomenal Remco Evenepoel can win the Tour de France
Okay, maybe we didn’t need a Tour de France winner to tell us Remco Evenepoel is a very talented cyclist, it’s kind of a given…
[📷 : @cauldphoto/Specialized]
But Tadej Pogačar has spoken glowingly about his fellow all-conquering Gen Z superstar, saying he’s both “phenomenal” and capable of winning the Tour de France in the future…
Speaking to Eurosport, Pogačar said: “This year he had a phenomenal year but next year he can be even better. He’s going in the right direction, for sure. He won the Vuelta, so the Tour is just a little different.
“But I think if you can win one Grand Tour and be world champion at the same time, you can win the Tour as well.”
Also on the Gen Z talent list is teammate Juan Ayuso who scored an impressive third on GC on debut at the Vuelta won by Remco… “If I am shit at the Tour, then he [Ayuso] can go,” Pog philosophically added. “For me, it’s no problem. We understand each other and you can only be good for so many years; you cannot be at the top all of the time.”
“For sure, if he gets better we will exchange some races and some roles, but we are all here in the UAE team to take the team as a group together to a higher level, so we try to win as much as possible and it doesn’t matter who.”
Maybe I’ll go tell Ryan that if I’m shit at the blog he can take over…
Brighton bike hangar row rumbles on as councillor says storage scheme went ahead without scrutiny
Conservative councillor Robert Nemeth, who last month appeared in the local press supporting a “concerned and distressed” resident who didn’t want one of the “giant ugly” bike hangars outside her house, is back in The Argus…
He told the local paper the scheme introduced by the Green Party-run council avoided “scrutiny of financial, legal and equality issues and numerous other related matters”.
> Hove woman persuades council not to locate “unattractive” cycle hangar outside her home
Cllr Nemeth argued there was “public frustration” and “unfavourable national press coverage” of the scheme since it started earlier this year. The comments come not long after Green councillor Steve Davis revealed the city’s bike hangars had enjoyed a 100 per cent take-up rate since installation in July.
“Since then we have installed 40 more, and all but one of the total of 360 spaces have now been snapped up. This means that 359 residents now have somewhere safe and secure to store their cycles,” he said.
Blasphemy
🇩🇰 Mads Pedersen
🗣 “I’ll ride Milano-Sanremo again in 2023, but I don’t like the race. I absolutely hate it. Italians will be mad at me after saying that, but it’s a boring race. We do nothing for 5 hours and all of a sudden everyone goes crazy for 1.5 hours.”
(Sportwereld)
— Domestique (@Domestique___) December 14, 2022
Cyclist slapped with 'parking ticket' by Lime for leaving bike in car parking bay
£2 parking ticket for not blocking the pavement🫠 https://t.co/zS6d9Fw90I pic.twitter.com/Ota7OJHina
— CycleGaz™ (@cyclegaz) December 12, 2022
It seems this one isn’t a new problem…
I see badly-parked @limebike bikes every day. I go out of my way to find a spot that doesn’t block pavements, and I get this. Sorry, I didn’t realise the carriageway was only for cars. Cc: @IslingtonBC pic.twitter.com/t3GNRALUyu
— John McGarvey (@johnmcg) December 12, 2022
According to Lime, who we’ve contacted for further comment on this specific case, London users like Gaz should “park like your gran is watching” and should “never leave your e-bike in a way that obstructs the pavement or could create an access issue for pedestrians, including those with disabilities or access needs”.
And while in Camden, City of London, Hackney, Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham users are required to leave their bikes in designated parking bays, Gaz was in Westminster and John in Islington.
> Wandsworth says it may start impounding Lime e-bikes if pavement parking isn’t tackled
But, Lime adds, “being in other boroughs is no excuse to park irresponsibly. When you’re elsewhere, make sure to still park out of the way, avoiding creating an obstruction for people using the pavement.”
Thoughts?
14 December 2022, 09:04
14 December 2022, 09:04
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@SVXY It does not say you can't ride three or more abreast. It does not say that to do so would be inconsiderate. I'm afraid your opinion that it would be has no particular legal status.
@SVXY Rule 66 of the highway code says you can ride two abreast but to also 'be considerate of the needs of other road users when riding in groups.' It does not say you can ride three or four abreast which would not be considerate of the needs of other road users. As the highway code is used by prosecution lawyers as evidence to convict in Road Traffic Act offences cases you certainly could therefore be prosecuted and convicted for careless cycling if cycling three or four abreast
@SVXY This is a curious tactic - rebutting your own argument with your very next sentence.
Affordable? Starting at £6K? You 'having a larf?
@SVXY Ah, so it *is* the "flood the zone with shit" argumentation technique then? Or perhaps ... you are genuinely unclear about the difference between the Highway code and the law (and perhaps the difference between cyclists, drivers and indeed horse riders? And rusty on safe practice? As mdavidford notes you appear to be confusing rule with Rule 66 (for cyclists, which doesn't say anything about not riding x abreast) with Rule 53 (for horse riders which gives guidance not to more than double up - I don't think this is a direct summary of any law since "should" not "must"). Charitably I'm going with "*i* know what it says!" which as I noted many of people feel they do. Anyway away with you, I feel you've had your fill of attention for today.
Road tax was abolished in 1937 by Winston Churchill because, as he said, "road tax makes motorists believe they are the moral owners of our roads." He got that right.
@SVXY None of the magistrates who sentenced him said the CPS should have charged him with dangerous driving. Why should they? He was not speeding, he was not on his phone and he was not drunk or under the influence of drugs either
@SVXY The court does not decide on whether someone was driving carelessly or dangerously, they can only decide on the guilt or otherwise of the defendant on the charge the CPS decides to lay against them. The CPS is notorious for preferring to charge careless rather than dangerous because it's an easier win; this results in entirely unjust sentences such as this one.
@Rendel Harris Wearing sandals may be fine if cycling on tracks over fields or in a quiet residential street with a 20 or 30mph limit. It is not sensible cycling on a 60mph main road
@chrisonabike maybe, but things that used to be banter & jokes in the 1960s/1970s have (thankfully) become socially unacceptable , and this is mostly because enough people spoke up about it. We even managed to make drink-driving a lot less acceptable, by the same means.
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The problem in London with
The problem in London with cycle lane snow clearers has been the bridges. The gritters can’t get past the anti terrorist barriers at each end of Vauxhall and Blackfriars (and presumably other?) bridges. I saw a Pedal Me rider clearing the snow from Blackfriars Bridge on Monday.
I saw that on Twitter, fair
I saw that on Twitter, fair play to them! Perhaps it’s time to reconsider the spacing of the anti-terrorist barriers (personally I don’t see the point of them anyway, given the number of unprotected crowded areas there are in London, but I suppose nobody would dare risk removing them now), the cycle lane gritters I’ve seen don’t look much more than half a car width so it ought to be possible to accommodate them without allowing cars through.
Yeah, it was me who tweeted
Yeah, it was me who tweeted it 🙂
It’s still slippy out there – https://twitter.com/NoContextBrits/status/1602963989243506688
The point is that pedestrians
The point is that pedestrians on bridges have no means of escape, and this has been used at least twice by terrorists to murder people in London. If they weren’t there or got removed and there was a third incident there would quite rightly be hell to pay for those that made the decision. In streets and squares you have options, doorways etc. to get out of the way.
The problem therefore is not the barriers, it’s the fact that nobody has bothered to come up with a plan for gritting areas protected by them. And as a rural resident where getting any of my regular cycling routes gritted is a distant and unrealsitic dream I would say be grateful for what you have got.
Surely the opportunity for a
Surely the opportunity for a cargo e-bike based gritter?
IanMSpencer wrote:
Well, it was an cargo e-bike based man with a broom.
Blackfriars Bridge has now been gritted – I know not how – so it is clearly do-able. I suspect the issue was more the plough element than the gritting element.
Now disappeared from the ‘net
Now disappeared from the ‘net but Dave McCraw (mentioned recently) used to have an article on his blog detailing him making and using a bike-fitted snowplow… Couple of bits of wood on a towed frame as I recall. Could certainly see this being doable with an eBike.
Again “just copy the Dutch already”! Or alternatively it’s just “decide to make cycle / pedestrian areas part of the priority “routes” cleared. There *will* exist small vehicles which could cover this. I’ve seen mini-diggers used in Edinburgh IIRC. And once we’re going – use brine not salt, it clears things better and I believe requires less salt!
Calm down chap, I simply said
Calm down chap, I simply said there might be a way of adapting the barriers so that the cycle lane gritters could get through. I don’t think that really warrants such an aggressive response. I am grateful for what we’ve got but as routes like Blackfriars Bridge are used by many thousands of cyclists a day I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest it might be a good idea to find a way to grit them.
I have seen some walk along
I have seen some walk along gritters when perusing work supply catalogues.
Westminster council currently
Westminster council currently does not allow any dockless rental e-bikes in its borough, and has begun seizing them, which may be why Lime charged the parking fine, and not for bad parking
Unbelievable! On what grounds
Unbelievable! On what grounds and under what authority are they restricting our freedom of movement? If I lived in the area I would be doing my best to fill the place with dockless rental e-bikes.
I mean if youre in Islington
I mean if youre in Islington or Camden. The usual place to park hire bikes is the local canal. (Regents Canal)
No wonder you got fined. Cant speak for Westminister but they have the River Thames.
Better luck next time.
RoubaixCube wrote:
Very tenuous link, but at lunchtime today I saw someone slide out on the ice riding a Lime Bike having just crossed a bridge over the Regent’s Canal. She was unhurt, thankfully.
Glad she was ok.
Glad she was ok.
As much as the cold doesnt bother me, I wouldnt even consider going out on the bike with so much black ice about on the roads nevermind the cleaning after said ride if i manage to come home without any broken bones or scrapes.
regarding the cycle hangars
regarding the cycle hangars in Brighton: ‘a “concerned and distressed” resident’ contacted their MP. It’s just ridiculous. You look at any urban environment; there are hundreds of privately owned parked cars, there are bins and lots of them big and small, there are dual carriageways and shops selling junk food every 5 metres, there is litter and vermin, smog and noise. There is plenty to be concerned about and plenty to be distressed about . . . but a cycle hangar?