“This is a bike path, YOU go back!” Cyclist has no time for driver in cycle lane; Evans Cycles slammed over order delays; Sarah Storey “shocked” at police response to dangerous driving report; Hinault steps in to help ailing Mavic + more on the live blog
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Backlash continues on Evans Cycles social media pages, with customers complaining about order delays
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— Evans Cycles (@EvansCycles) June 1, 2020
Since posting a statement on the 1st June, Evans Cycles now have over 1,000 comments on their Facebook page and hundreds on their Twitter account, mostly from customers complaining about delays to orders and being unable to contact Evans staff.
Evans say they can’t respond to order queries on Twitter and have advised customers to contact them via email or Facebook messenger; but a number of customers claimed they have been waiting weeks for a response. Like many other bike retailers, Evans have seen sales increase hugely during the lockdown cycling boom citing “unprecedented demand”, and say they are “doing everything we can” to get orders fulfilled in good time.
It’s not the first time Evans have been in hot water since the lockdown began, with the Sports Direct-owned retailer accused of taking advantage of an increased demand for turbo trainers back in March by inflating prices. They’re also not the only cycling retail business who are frustrating customers due to order delays, with Winstanleys Bikes receiving a flurry of negative reviews on TrustPilot due to missing orders, and delays; some also claimed their bikes were poorly set up and/or damaged when they did receive them.
London Congestion Charge rises to £15, with extended charging hours
Congestion Charge in London rises to £15 and has longer hours. This could cut car journeys by a third, reduce exhaust emissions by 11 per cent, and make walking and cycling safer.https://t.co/LLWPJyHdbr
— APPGCW (@allpartycycling) June 16, 2020
The All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking say the rise could cut car journeys by a third and “make walking and cycling safer” in the capital.
Wiggle update: retailer promises all customers affected will be refunded in full, and details were accessed externally
road.cc have now received a statement from Wiggle regarding a number of their customers who were targeted by scammers – full story here.
South Yorkshire Police camera footage controversy: force confirm they are now looking to identify the driver
Following replies on Twitter from Inspector Kevin Smith (see further down the page), South Yorkshire Police also sent road.cc this statement:
“Enquiries are underway into reports of dangerous driving on Manchester Road in Crosspool, following reports of a cyclist being overtaken by a car on a double white line on Sunday 14 June.
“Officers are in contact with the rider and enquiries are on-going to identify the driver of the car. “
"This is a bike path, YOU go back!" Brisbane cyclist has no time for driver blocking the bike lane
In the clip, the cyclist filming is faced with the driver of a Hyundai van who has somehow managed to find himself driving down a segregated bike lane. While we can’t quite hear what the driver is saying, the cyclist claims he was arguing that he couldn’t go back and had to go forward to get off.
Standing his ground, the cyclist says: “No, you go back! I’m not going anywhere, you go back!”, before the driver sheepishly reverses to a crossing point: “When he was turning into the road, the people in the back of the van were calling me an assortment of crude names”, he added.
To add icing on the cake, as a traffic light turns green on the main carriageway the van looks to be inching out, so the cyclist then has to warn the driver to watch for the cars before re-joining.
16 June 2020, 08:45
16 June 2020, 08:45
16 June 2020, 08:45
New computers (sort of) from the GPS giants
Garmin adds ‘Plus’ models to the Edge 130 and Edge 1030 GPS cycling computers
Incremental updates announced for Garmin's Edge 130 and 1030 GPS cycling computers
16 June 2020, 08:45
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Farage has said at least one thing that is true "Never trust a tory. I'll repeat that, NEVER trust a tory." And he was right, which is why Refuk is full of ex-tories.
@mdavidford while it can, I think of nonsense as more of a "pick your own" (hence bunch-servings) affair rather than BS, which is more like to arrive by itself in a steaming mess, or pile/heap.
I thought nonsense came in piles, rather than bunches.
@EastLondonCyclingNut I wouldn't be keen to find non-cyclists in my shoes - there wouldn't be room, even though they're fairly "walking-friendly" SPD ones. Not sure if public hire bikes change much. But I do think ultimately things only change when there's a significant fraction of the population with "skin in the game" - either because they cycle regularly themselves or more likely because they know their friends and *children* / other relatives do...
"Christie continued to follow the victim and drove the van into the back wheel of the bike."
Generally, I get off my bike and walk in pedestrianised areas. Cyclists and pedestrians in close proximity do not mix well. I'd be pretty pissed off if cars decided it was okay to use a cycle lane because they didn't want to use an alternative, legal route.
@EastLondonCyclingNut I'm going for 'very suspicious' on this one- Trollfinder General Is this the increased sympathy where the driver attacks the cyclist causing serious injuries and is rewarded with the joke non-custodial sentence; or where the driver murders the cyclist in the most horrible manner and the Shyster Defence Barrister offers the mitigation that 'he didn't intend to do it and expresses remorse'?
@Rendel Harris Unfortunately the idea that subjective "lived experience" trumps everything else in every situation is now quite popular and widespread. I once had an extremely depressing conversation with someone who insisted my opinion on a matter - a matter in a subject on which I'm well educated and have spent a great deal of time carefully considering my positions on - was worthless, incoherent, and irrelevant since I was straight. No attempt to engage with the substance - I was straight, so nothing I said could possibly be correct. It got more depressing still when I pointed out that actually I'm Bi I just don't go around draped in a Pride flag at all times, and the numpty came back in to work the next day and had completely changed his mind and decided actually I was stunningly insightful - I asked how he could rationalise thinking the same argument was wrong one day and right the next despite the argument, the evidence, and the person making it being completely unchanged expecting some kind of attempt to obfuscate or explain, but nope he just came out and said "but I didn't know you were Bi then, now I do, so it's valid now". They live among us.
@mitsky afaik most 100 point cases are dodgy businesses where the keeper regularly gets 3-6 points for failure to identify because they make no effort to know who is driving pool cars. And either don't actually drive (hence not worrying) or are on company policy that covers anyone... I suspect the solution to this would involve seizing vehicles when they 'don't know who was driving'...
I think one of the biggest factors in increased sympathy for cyclists is the fact that so many people increasingly Lime and other hire e-bikes. It’s an easy and attractive gateway into cycling that suddenly puts non-cyclists in the shoes of cyclists, and naturally makes them understand their perspective.
24 thoughts on ““This is a bike path, YOU go back!” Cyclist has no time for driver in cycle lane; Evans Cycles slammed over order delays; Sarah Storey “shocked” at police response to dangerous driving report; Hinault steps in to help ailing Mavic + more on the live blog”
How tragic that such a
How tragic that such a pathetically intrasigent force such as SYP actually has to be publically shamed into action by another police force
Will they really look? I
Will they really look? I wonder if he’ll have the decency to follow it up on social media.
I appreciate what Andy Cox is doing but it’s seems it’s like one man vs the rest.
Apparently Ant Middleton has
Apparently Ant Middleton has now deleted his tweet above, and apologised if anyone misconstrued his tweet and took offence…
He’s a liar.
He’s a liar.
Kinda wondering how a tweet
Kinda wondering how a tweet that directly equates BLM to the EDL can be mis-construed. He’s basically saying that people who just want to be treated equally are the same as wannabe Nazi’s.
Yes, but bear in mind he is
Yes, but bear in mind he is the sort of retard that went to Afghanistan to shoot people for their own benefit in the first place.
Servicemen and women go where
Servicemen and women go where they’re sent. I don’t think anyone who served there would have really wanted to go, but that’s the job.
Agreed
Agreed
Of course he’s deleted it.
Of course he’s deleted it. Everyone should know by now that critising BLM shall not be tolerated. There is a free speech vacuum around that organisation. Any negativity wrt BLM will result in a forced grovelling apology/cancellation/firing from your job etc.
Its laughable and terryfing in equal measure, though not surprising from that end of the political spectrum.
You’re dead right.
You’re dead right.
The Left has highjacked free speech and the commercial media and the BLM protests are proof of that.
BLM – is that the same as the
BLM – is that the same as the ‘Lloyd George bandwagon’ that you mentioned in one of your previous post? LOL.
You still haven’t told me what the ‘Lloyd George bandwagon’ is – can I join? Do i need to be a Liberal and support Irish Home rule? Should I grow a mustache to join?
NZ Vegan Rider wrote:
So: you are using the BLM protests and reporting of the same all over the media, and the anti-BLM protests and reporting of that all over the media, as evidence that there is no freedom of speech?
Alrighty then…
I’m glad you didn’t mention
I’m glad you didn’t mention how much of the media is controlled by Murdoch’s News Corp which is listing so far to the right it’s almost capsized, that might have made his head explode…
What you need to remember is
What you need to remember is that with free speech comes with a responsibility to moderate what you say, such as the difference between “Black Lives Matter” and “get out of MY country”, think about that sheep worrier <irony>
You have just criticized BLM.
You have just criticized BLM. So what exactly is your real point?
Lukas wrote:
Lol. That’s always the problem with rightwing racists – are there any other? – a lack of self-awareness and perspective.
Freedom of speech is a right that carries with it responsibilities. If they can’t abide by the second then expect the adults in the room to at times curtail their use of the first.
billymansell wrote:
…and written without a hint of irony.
Remind me which party is currently being investigated by the EHRC?
srchar wrote:
The Labour Party. The EHRC decided not to proceed with their own one against the Conservative Party only after the latter agreed to an indepedent investigation into complaints. Both should be looked at, no-one should really think any of the parties are spot-less angels and the rest demons but that appears to be the case all too frequently, always has… perhaps the John Cleese clip posted the other day could be introduced as a Public Information Film….
I’m posting it again: https:/
I’m posting it again: https://twitter.com/JohnCleese/status/1271535485467283457
hawkinspeter wrote:
Wow. History never repeats, but it does rhyme…
fukawitribe wrote:
Exactly. The left won’t get back into government until they realise that they have to actually bring along some of the more centrist Tory voters over to their side. Simply calling anyone to the right of oneself “racist” won’t do this. And labelling whole swathes of not-racist people like this gives feelings of legitimacy to the genuine racists who do need to have their attitudes changed.
Is Dave looking for child
Is Dave looking for child care, or is he after an eye test??.
Regarding the Mavic story, If
Regarding the Mavic story, If Bernard Hinault can assist in getting them up and running again, may I suggest an idea for continued success. Return to building quality wheel sets again instead of the shit they have produced in recent years.
The cycle lanes that are
The cycle lanes that are ‘popping up’ around central London are really good – or at least the ones I have used. Some of them are looking quite permanent and are being introduced under an ETO (emergency traffic order) which means the consultation will be post implementation – in 12 to 18 months time. By which time the filtering and infrastructure will be part of the environment and accepted. Unfortunately not all boroughs in London are using the available funding or the ETOs and are doing ‘nada’.