No action for dangerous overtake…but cyclist cautioned for swearing; Hi-Vis Baby: Indie-rockers Bakers Eddy release single about life on two wheels; Mamnick edgy PR continues; Movistar doc returns; Gold Dogma; Free bike hire + more on the live blog
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Hi-Vis Baby: Indie-rockers Bakers Eddy release single about life on two wheels
You might have heard of Bakers Eddy if you’re big into your music…the New Zealand-based band has supported acts like Highly Suspect and The Rubens, and has a new track out called…*drumroll please*…Hi-Vis Baby.
And yes, it’s about life as a cyclist. “I could go forever, distance is nothing. I think i feel better because my heart is pumping. If you’re in a four-wheel drive you can fuck off because i am not your problem ’cause I am on a journey don’t concern you.” Catchy.
There are hints of their punk-inspired past, and the band describes its sound as “loud, fast and dirty” which incidently is how I describe my bike (although more often than not loud, slow and dirty would be more accurate).
So where would this chart in our 2016 People’s Choice: your favourite songs about bikes and cycling?
Tour de France by Kraftwerk came out on top in that, Bicycle Race by Queen second and Half Man Half Biscuit’s See that my bike’s kept clean was in third. Any danger of Hi-Vis Baby cracking the podium?
Mamnick continues to fight all comers over edgy gun ad
Remember this?
How could you forget…The brand got a fair bit of heat for it when it first dropped, and then got the official telling off from the Advertising Standards Authority, informing Mamnick’s owner Thom Barnett that the ad breached UK advertising code.
However, the company isn’t ready to go down easily, and is still popping back at the critics…
— Mamnick™ (@Mamnick) January 20, 2022
Olympic champ's Pinarello build
There’s something very therapeutic about bike build vids. It’s like ASMR for cyclists…
Thankfully Richard Carapaz avoided smashing up his new Pinarello, but only just. I say Carapaz almost smashed his bike…an impatient driver almost smashed his gold Dogma is definitely more accurate…check out Near Miss of the Day 700, Ineos Grenadiers training camp edition if you missed that one…
No action for dangerous overtake...but cyclist cautioned for swearing
Warning strong language. Swearing while you fear that you are about to be killed by a driver using a vehicle as a weapon against you is a public order offence according to the local Inspector. Long thread @SafeCyclingEire @IrishCycle @righttobikeit @CitizenW0lf @ciarancannon pic.twitter.com/49nPBzuNDy
— I Against I (@CyclingForMind) January 16, 2022
Here’s a lesson you should apparently consider: don’t swear if you’re put in danger on the roads…
@CyclingForMind found out the hard way after reporting this driver for a dangerous overtake ahead of a blind bend, only to receive a caution and see no action against the motorist. The manoeuvre came moments before this later footage and “out of fright at being overtaken so close to a blind bend I ended up swearing,” the rider explained.
“I could see the look of anger on the driver’s face as he overtook. Five minutes later I passed the same driver in a car park. He appeared to be checking his phone. I shook my head at the fact he had time to stop to check his phone but not to wait until it was safe to overtake.”
That’s where we join the footage…with the driver chasing after to have a few words…
“I was inches away from being forced onto the gravel,” they continued. “If I crashed I could have hit the stone wall to my left or gone underneath the van.”
In the following ‘debate’, “he came out with such gems as ‘you’re swearing in front of my fucking young lad’.
“At no point did I swear at the driver while he was out of the van or make threats against him. Not proud of myself for the language I used in front of the kid but I did not expect a kid to be in a work van when he first overtook.
“I think most people would react the same. When you fear that you are about to be killed you don’t have time to consider your words. It was a primal reaction to the most primal fear.”
When the incident was reported to the Garda, the inspector cautioned the cyclist for their language, and cautioned the driver for their language also, but “no action in regards to overtaking towards a blind bend”.
Despite repeated requests for updates and an appeal the original decision stood. “What message are the Garda sending out here? If a driver causes you such fear that you swear don’t report them or you will end up in court.”
Prague makes bike-sharing project free for all *T&Cs apply
People in Czech capital Prague will have free access to short-term bike-sharing after a pilot project was made permanent. The Lítačka public transport pass will now give users up to 15 minutes free use of hire bikes, four times a day.
Canadian Cycling Magazine reports the scheme was initially implemented to alleviate the city’s congestion by offering an alternative to bus or car journeys.
Having begun in October the three-month pilot has now been made permanent. The stats from the pilot showed the majority of journeys lasted around five minutes, most likely as people commuted or popped to the shops.
VAMOS! Movistar documentary returns for a third season
Heard about this a couple of months ago – despite noises to the contrary for a while last year, there WILL be a third season of the Netflix documentary on the Movistar team, El Día Menos Pensado. https://t.co/QbiYoZkDXM
— Daniel Friebe (@friebos) January 20, 2022
Forget yesterday's LADbible readers...some people are excited about the Highway Code changes
We’re so excited about the forthcoming changes to The Highway Code that we did this! (thread!) pic.twitter.com/sLzkKv8LXX
— Better Ealing Streets (@BetterEaling) January 19, 2022
Chris Froome suffers another setback — out until mid-March at the earliest
Chris Froome will not race until mid-March and, “It is difficult to estimate what we can expect […] but we are trying to get the most out of it.” That’s the verdict of Team Israel – Premier Tech sporting manager Rik Verbrugghe who today told Het Nieuwsblad that the 36-year-old is still suffering from a knee injury which had hampered his winter preparation.
Why pros flock to baaaalmy southern Europe for winter training...
“Guys, we have to hurry up a little bit” @jakob_fuglsang’s TT victory was stolen today 🤣 pic.twitter.com/uvKH1uuMVl
— Israel – Premier Tech / Israel Cycling Academy (@IsraelPremTech) January 17, 2022
Glasgow commuter spotted cycling across M8 Kingston Bridge during rush hour
A Glasgow commuter (hopefully not behind the wheel at the time) snapped this shot of a cyclist riding along the ten-lane M8 road bridge on Tuesday morning. Glasgow Live speculated they must have crossed the Clyde by taking the slip road up from Waterloo Street in the city centre or Newton Street after being spotted heading towards the Tradeston exit.
The bridge is regarded as one of Europe’s busiest, seeing more than 150,000 vehicles a day. It’s not the first time a rider has taken the wrong turn. In 2017, a cyclist was “fearful and in tears” after ending up on the bridge.
Better than Tadej Pogačar? UAE Team Emirates has a new star...and he's not short of confidence
Juan Ayuso enjoyed 2021, winning three stages of the Giro Ciclistico d’Italia, the baby Giro d’Italia, winning the GC by almost three minutes, before signing for UAE Team Emirates.
And at 19, born in 2002, he almost makes new teammate Tadej Pogačar look old…
Speaking to El País, Ayuso’s coach said the Spaniard has lofty ambitions to be as good, if not better, than his esteemed colleague. “He thinks that Tadej is not his ceiling – but that his ceiling is to be better than Tadej,” Iñigo San Millán said.
At a recent training camp Ayuso showed his promise, finishing 14 seconds slower than Pogačar as the two-time Tour de France winner smashed the KOM on Coll de Rates.
“I put both of them together at the same time [on the climb] so that they would get itchy, so that Tadej could see that he couldn’t relax because Ayuso is so strong. And also so that Ayuso can see that he is getting closer to Tadej.
“On the Coll de Rates, the intensity was similar to that of a Tour stage. If Ayuso does this in a race which Tadej isn’t…He dreams big. Why is it going to be possible to beat Tadej?”
Electric! Could this be the best 2022 kit design?
L39ION of Los Angeles has revealed its 2022 kit that’s inspired by night racing and designed in collaboration with Rapha. It’s stunning, isn’t it?
Warped traces of light and a fast paced graphic style fill the jersey. The design is intended to symbolise “Legion’s attitude towards warping people’s perceptions of them and the sport”, all in a colour palette that mirrors their natural habitat: nocturnal crit races.
The team kit will be available to buy on rapha.cc, with a portion of the profits being reinvested back into the team to help fund their development.
Enough to get you home?
Today’s menu for the 6-hour endurance ride ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/VeGNSTvRog
— Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert (@IntermarcheWG) January 20, 2022
Apparently the bonk doesn’t exist when you’re a pro rider…
Could the Vatican Cycling team make the 2024 Olympics?
There’s a new team on the block. The Vatican Cycling team was accepted as a member of the UCI in the autumn, with president David Lappartient travelling to Rome to give Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi a cycling jersey for Pope Francis.
Now, we’re pretty sure Pope Francis himself won’t be donning the Lycra for a bid at road race glory…so what is the team’s goal?
The dream of the Vatican team is apparently to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, but for now team officials say team spirit and spreading Pope Francis’ love of cycling will be enough.
NCR reports Ravasi told attendees that although Leonardo da Vinci did not invent the bicycle, his 16th-century sketches helped intuit what would become today’s bikes.
In June, Egan Bernal presented Pope Francis with a Pinarello Dogma F12 and Maglia Rosa from his Giro d’Italia win.
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Finally! A new bike with a paint scheme that's not boring.
My Wilier stockist tells me this will also be available as a frameset. I've got high hopes for this one.
@chrisonabike See those white lines mate? That's a Gove Way that is.
My Giant TCR is certainly a bit of an all-rounder. It bats right handed at 5 or 6 and bowls right arm leg spin as well as fielding regularly at backward point. It has just signed a two year contract with Northants.
@ktache You have to realise that Michael Gove, one of the elite, gifted team of Brexit architects, operates on a highly elevated plane of thinking. This leaves a lot less spare brain capacity for functions like coordination and awareness of his surroundings. In fact I once read a column in the Sunday Times that described his jogging style as "...like a nun being chased by a bee...".
Presumably if you've already got a Discovery / Alfa Romeo / Bentley * then the incentive *not* to drive it is small. Particularly if you're in that phase of life where walking is a bit more effort and you've many decades of driving habit under the belt. And ALL the friends, neighbours and relatives drive, without exception. * or in fact any car...
Steady - he might just blow through the lights...
"Accept cyclists"?
That does look nice, but a shame not to see a Campagnolo option.
Has Bishops Stortford been annexed by the USA?
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I see ITV News blame a vehicle for killing this cyclist, not the driver, despite a 65 year old man being charged…
You might have heard of
Erm, I’ve not heard of them either.
Not heard of them either, but
Not heard of them either, but it’s not too bad in a lightweight Frank Turner kind of way. I didn’t approve of the half-wheeling that was apparent towards the end of the video though!
Shout Out (do the kids still
Shout Out (do the cool kids still say that) for Midwest Emo/ Math Rock outfit Bottom Bracket. No I don’t know what happening to the Bike on the cover of the latest album.
IanMK wrote:
Why are you asking us???
IanMK wrote:
Are they a contemporary popular beat combo? do they feature in the Hit Parade?
Captain Badger wrote:
I refer the honourable gentleman to the response I gave a few moments ago!
SimoninSpalding wrote:
Fascinating times in which we live
Indeed! Also, what is Math
Indeed! Also, what is Math Rock? Is it formed from Pure and Applied or Pure and Statistics Maths? I hope P&A as I was never very good at statistics.
Whichever is harder,
Whichever is harder, presumably.
Alternatively, erm, here‘s some math rock.
mdavidford wrote:
I think that’s Rock Math
IanMK wrote:
Ah, sorry – I didn’t realise it was non-commutative.
mdavidford wrote:
A friend of mine was living in an apartment block in NY, and Dwayne Johnson moved in whilst filming a flick.
Sounds great, but apparently living down the corridor from “The Rock” is a nightmare. My friend said it was worst at tea time. You could always smell what he was cooking…..
kinderje wrote:
I’m the same. Stats isn’t exactly what you’d call maths, is it?
Totally agree, Stats always
Totally agree, Stats always seemed to be part formula/part guesswork – I think it was too much for my OCD to cope with. I was much happier, sadly, with things like double and triple integration/differentiation.
kinderje wrote:
Here’s an explanation of sorts:
IanMK wrote:
How about some Math Metal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc98u-eGzlc
(Warning – do not listen to this if you are a drummer)
kinderje wrote:
I’ve never really understood the distinction between applied maths and physics
https://xkcd.com/435/
Mamnick : they make crap
Mamnick : they make crap clothes, have a crap photographer, a terrible advertising director but at least their social media guy is on fire…
Do you think they realise
Do you think they realise that we’re supposed to be laughing at David Brent in that clip?
EddyBerckx wrote:
Is that because he stood too close to the model when the latter was finding out how his photoshoot accessories worked?
Just checking, we are aware
Just checking, we are aware that by keep highlighting the Mamnick advert,its actually getting more coverage than it ever would have done had it complied with ASA ?
Awavey wrote:
Yeah but do you think anyone visiting this site has actually bought any of their stuff?
I won’t think less of anyone that has, but at least I am now sure I will remember their name and avoid their kit like the plague.
Chances are youd have avoided
Chances are youd have avoided their kit anyway,simply by them just being another mostly anonymous small online kit brand producing identikit designs in bland colourways, so the ad doesnt really negatively impact your purchasing choices in the way you think,you werent a purchaser to begin with.
But by being provocative and generating news articles on them in the cycling press, now you’ve heard of them, as have people in a far wider reach than some expensive black & white arty hark back to the 60s, ASA compliant ad full page spread in Rouleur would have and for a fraction of the cost because people are literally printing their ad now for free.
And there will be people who wouldnt have heard of this brand otherwise, who the ad & how the brand styles itself appeals to, who will buy their stuff, it wont have mass appeal, but not all ads are designed to be mass appeal and directly influence you personally to buy their stuff, given their size they might be quite happy being a bit niche.
All that continually revisiting the ad does is keep the free publicity for it going.
Maybe, but as a bored office
Maybe, but as a bored office worker that likes cycling, small online cycling brands are the kind of thing I do come across. The risk would be if the price was right I might buy something without realising I was supporting a racist pr!ck.
I guess I have just never subscribed to the idea that there is no such thing as bad publicity.
Either way, I would agree with your sentiment that it is time to move on and not feature their advertising again.
When he comes, and he will…
When he comes, and he will….. to make some comment about how yet again he has been proved right that cyclists who swear at drivers for threatening their lives with motor vehicles are fully deserivng of a caution against them (or some iteration of how he doesn’t respond to bad driving). Don’t feed his response.
I have made the decision that I will not engage with him because he has repeatedly made things up and views his opinion as fact when it can be demonstrated that his opinion is false
TriTaxMan wrote:
TriTaxMan wrote:
that’s been my policy, until the ridiculous statement about wheels being discovered – you know, just lying around in the woods waiting for people to put them to use.
wycombewheeler wrote:
Further evidence to support my thoughts that he is a habitual liar
wycombewheeler wrote:
I certainly would not be surprised to discover (ahem) that they eschew Darwinian evolution for Intelligent [sic] Design
Captain Badger wrote:
ironically he may be along soon to tell you that statement is an invention
wycombewheeler wrote:
It certainly would be ironic – they like to respond to my posts to let me know that they no longer respond to my posts. The irony is further compounded by the fact that I haven’t interacted with their bigoted nincompoopery for weeks….
Perhaps I can just leave this
Perhaps I can just leave this here.
Genuine question before we
Genuine question before we part our ways – were they speaking English? Pretty hard to tell whether the offence merited a caution when you can’t understand anything in the video.
Ahh this the fine Gaeilge. A
Ahh this is the fine *Gaeilge. A beautiful language interspersed and corrupted with the occasional English profanity. The offence occurred in the depths of Cork where even English tends to be unintelligible. So even if they were speaking English you’d be none the wiser.
*bloody thumbs spelt it wrong should be Gaelige ?☘️
https://www
https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/irish-farmers-accent-strong-nobody-ireland-can-understand-video/
Love it. Try this one. Young
Love it. Try this one. Young lad from the hinterlands of Derry. I personally know folk from across the country whose accents are even thicker and all you do is nod in agreement and hope for the best.
should have added the link.. Covid messing with my head!
Quote:
I’ve had that in the Black Country and I was only 5 miles from where I was born and bred.
Derrygirls is the only
Derrygirls is the only programme both of us at home require the subtitles on for !
Someone on Twitter asked the
Someone on Twitter asked the OP if it was Gaelic…….
It is! Apart from the
It is! Apart from the occasional “fookin'”, “van” and “overtake”…
Actually now I’m not so sure, but I think it is…
Erm, I wouldn’t let an Irish
Erm, I wouldn’t let an Irish person hear you call it Gaelic. The OP didn’t take kindly to the person asking stating “this wasn’t in Scotland”.
Giff has it right with the naming.
At the risk of upsetting
At the risk of upsetting anyone, Irish Gaelic is a term for the Irish language in English and indeed Gaelic is derived from Gaelige; insisting on calling it Gaeilge when speaking in English is the same as insisting on saying Francais instead of French or Espanol instead of Spanish. I’ve never met an Irish person who objected to it being called Gaelic.
Most Irish people I know call
Most Irish people I know call the language ‘Irish’
As Steve said, he just called
As Steve said, he just called it Irish (with a little snide dig at the English for calling it Gaelic.) I suppose it might be based on the location of the Irish people who didn’t object and the feelings on English people.
Still even with this discussion, I’m sure none of us would ever be as crude as to just post “I didn’t understand them” as even in other languages, arguments are quite universal and the scattering of English and similar sounding words it was definitely understandable. Sounds like something only someone posting xeno comments on Scots might post if they did.
AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
Oh indeed, that was just an arsehole being an arsehole. That’s how arseholes roll.
The Irish you’ve met are
The Irish you’ve met are probably being polite! Scottish and Irish Gaelic are pretty much different languages. So you need to differentiate. So best bet is to fall back on Irish. Meanwhile the Scottish chuck a spanner in the works as you’ve got Scots as well as Gàidhlig and that’s before those in the NE throw Doric into the mix. Pretty much a massive shibboleth!
Scots call it Gaelic/Gàidhlig
Scots call it Gaelic/Gàidhlig, both pronounced ‘Gallic’ (approximately)
AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
oh dear. That will not have gone down well.
You can refer to the Irish language as Gaelic when not in Ireland but prefix it with Irish. Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is the Scottish language. Meanwhile in Ireland it is either Irish or Gaelige
You were right the first time
You were right the first time.
Did you lot just hear
Did you lot just hear something…….?
Kind of annoying grating noise in the background somewhere, it’s often there.
No? excellent
Clem Fandango wrote:
It’s probably a mosquito. Highly irritating but (in Britain at least) of no real consequence
It would seem that Mamnick
It would seem that Mamnick employ a seven year old as their head of social media, as well as their head of marketing!
What are the odds of Mamnick
What are the odds of Mamnick being a one-man-band run by an arse?
He has a long history of
He has a long history of general twattery, some of which is documented over the 53 (!) pages here https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/326079/
He’s no worse than any other common or garden little England bigot or teenager on xbox live, and best ignored. I bet he’d like to think he’s being censored by the ‘woke brigade’ for ‘speaking the truth’ as it gives him ammunition in the culture war, but in reality people just think he’s a bit of a tit.
Just had a quick look at that
Just had a quick look at that thread
“The Mamnick Thread”
First post (three years ago):
I read probably to far into
I read probably too far into the thread, but basically it seems that this ad is the very best we can expect from him, it appears he retweets Tommy Robinson quoting Hitler!
And abuse aimed at a female
And abuse aimed at a female black labour MP. Not sure if I got further then you but noticeable he was banned and had posts deleted from that site and his personal twitter they linked to has also been banned.
Although it is noticeable that recently racists claim they haven’t been banned, just asked the site admins to delete all trace of them instead. So maybe that was the case on Twitter and on that thread.
I’m presuming WVM was also
I’m presuming WVM was also cautioned for his use of swearing/offensive language against the cyclist.
You can’t use that against the cyclist if you do not use it against the driver…irrespective of any presumed or alleged provocation provocation.
Rural Ireland is awash with such drivers (so are the urbanized areas)…
Once had a WVM pull alongside myself and and another cyclists (two abreast…heaven forbid)…on a quiet road with no other traffic and then begin to lecture us on why we shouldn’t be riding two abreast…to which I told him he shouldn’t be driving on the wrong side of the road having a conversation with cyclists…
I offered for him to pull over and I would show him the rules of the road (.pdf copy) where it clearly stated we were entitled to ride two abreast and told him to be on his way, otherwise I’d submit my camera footage to the Gardai.
So, he had actually delayed himself by presuming to lecture us, when in fact we were not even posing any delay to his ‘necessary’ journey in the first place.
The _Kaner wrote:
And apparently WVM was very
And apparently WVM was very accepting at that caution compared to anything more serious like driving offences. Cyclist was understandably more upset and complained about both decisions.
Those goats didn’t seem to be
Those goats didn’t seem to be very happy with Jakob at the end. Maybe commenting on a cyclist with TT bars.
Sheep.
Sheep.
Also, didn’t we do this on Tuesday (or should that be t-ewe-sday)?
You can tell by the tails –
You can tell by the tails – sheep hang down; goats stick up.
And this weeks winner of ‘PR
And this weeks winner of ‘PR Of the Week’ who has single handidly justified the cost of our annual subscription to theasaurus.com… is….. Claire who’s been working on the Rapha account and came up with this gem.. Warped traces of light and a fast paced graphic style fill the jersey. The design is intended to symbolise “Legion’s attitude towards warping people’s perceptions of them and the sport”, all in a colour palette that mirrors their natural habitat: nocturnal crit races. Well done Claire, we’re very proud of you, in celebration we’ve refilled the office fruit basket.
I love the way the Mamnick
I love the way the Mamnick head of social media has triggered so many peoples’ anger and bile.
Witty if intended (or even if it was unintended).
Remember that by accepting a
Remember that by accepting a caution you are admitting to having committed an offence. You don’t have to accept a caution, you can go to court instead.