Is this the worst bike rack ever? Substandard cycle rack that looks like toast rack mercilessly mocked online; Cadex unveils crazy top tube-less prototype triathlon bike; Happy Giro d’Italia; Election karma; DnB on a bike to Berlin + more on the live blog
SUMMARY
Drive slow (or just ride a bike) to hit Russia
Europe’s largest motoring association has sent a clear message to its members, get on yer bike…or just drive slow.
Obviously we prefer the first suggestion: tip number three of the ADAC’s top tips on reducing fuel consumption to reduce dependence on Russian energy imports. In an open letter published on ADAC’s website, Christian Reinicke said:
The war in Ukraine and the incomprehensible suffering of the population fill us in the ADAC Presidium with horror and deep sympathy like everyone else. Watching helplessly is hard to bear.
In recent weeks, our country’s dependence on Russian energy imports has become very clear. It is all the more important to reduce these quickly. Each individual can contribute to this.
You, dear ADAC members, can use many options to reduce fuel consumption when driving a car. Speed plays a major role in this. However, anticipatory and steady driving is also important. On our homepage you will find many tips on how to reduce fuel consumption. All in all, you can reduce consumption by up to 20 percent just by driving.
At the same time, we ask you to check whether and which car journeys you can possibly do without. If you have good access to public transport, you should make more use of it. Some routes can also be covered by bike or on foot. With this in mind, let us remain mobile and exploit the potential together.
Dear members, we can already see how you are getting more information and how willing many of you are to save energy. If more than 21 million members behave more consciously and more fuel-efficiently, the effect will be clearly visible. And a strong sign is set. In the spirit of personal responsibility and voluntariness: “Save fuel. Help. Stay mobile.”
So, there you have it…just drive slow (or ride a bike). We know which one we’d rather do…
Happy Giro d'Italia!
Ladies and gentlemen, we made it…
IT’S GIRO D’ITALIA DAY
pic.twitter.com/GZqqB9RTgF— Nairo Quintana Fanclub (@NairoInGreen) May 6, 2022
GCN+’s coverage of the Giro d’Italia gets underway at 11, so hopefully you’re working from home. If not, better get that sly tab open and keep a keen eye for your boss’ fun-stifling gaze. That is, of course, assuming you aren’t the boss yourself, nipping away from the action to check on the peloton’s progress. Or maybe you’ve taken the day off?
@giroditalia T-shirt on. Headphones in so I can sneakily listen to the commentary at work 😉 pic.twitter.com/gsd2NlXIhl
— Neil Gray (@mrneil80) May 6, 2022
The Grande Partenza in Budapest will see the riders ease out for a fairly simple day of racing, backended with 10 minutes of fireworks at the summit finish in Visegrád. It’ll be a slow burner with tension and expectation building throughout the stage before…BANG!
#Giro 🇮🇹 – 📏 195 km – 1390 altitude meters
Grande Partenza in Budapest for the 105th edition of the @giroditalia. Today the riders will finish on a hilltop in Visegrád (5.5km; 4.2%). The build up to the final 5k is quite flat, so we’ll see a crazy final 10 minutes. pic.twitter.com/vGEJxmKTsN
— Domestique (@Domestique___) May 6, 2022
Is that the sound of Mathieu van der Poel detonating 1,000w on the five per cent slopes? Is that the elder statesman Alejandro Valverde dancing to a maglia rosa in his final Giro? Is that Caleb Ewan’s redemption for Milan-San Remo disappointment? Or how about breakthrough star of the classics Biniam Girmay getting another sport-changing win? Get your predictions in down below…
Soooo....how did those elections go?
We’ll have something more in depth about yesterday’s elections, and what they mean for LTNs, up on the site later today. Simon will have all the results, analysis and knowledge, but in the meantime let me offer my personal expertise on the subject…the memes and shithousery…
Anti-LTNers standing for election: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Anti-LTNers seeing election results: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
— m̶a̶i̶d̶s̶t̶o̶n̶e̶onbike (@maidstoneonbike) May 6, 2022
LTN opponents took one hell of a beating.
— Brian Whelan (@brianwhelanhack) May 6, 2022
Enjoy the Giro...just don't mention politics
Sit back, relax, clear your mind of any worries, stresses, anxieties, negative thoughts, opposition to the Giro d’Italia starting in a country with anti-LGBTQ+ laws…
Race organiser RCS has told the media that it does not want politics taken “into consideration” during the Grande Partenza in Hungary. It’s like being back in Jerusalem again, isn’t it?
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán, as recently as yesterday was quoted saying his nation could not support EU sanctions against Russia. While, in the past year the country has passed laws that banned dissemination of content in schools deemed to promote homosexuality and gender changes.
But, here we are…day one of the Giro, rolling out of Budapest…
“I think that I would like to go out and not to take into consideration politics,” CEO of RCS, Paolo Bellino, told reporters.
“I have no barrier and I think that our intention is to create an incredible event, in an Italian style, with the best riders in the world competing and giving the opportunity of a great party. I’m not entering in any political or different situation.
“I’m a sports organiser, I think that sport is the only moment in our lives as a society where everybody is free to demonstrate their capabilities, and their passion. There are no barriers. I would like for the Giro d’Italia in Budapest to do the same thing.”
Is it possible to separate sport from the regime hosting an event? Or is the only thing that matters: who’s writing the cheque?
DnB on a bike visits Berlin
𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬!!
Drum & Bass On The Bike Heads to Germany, 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡 this 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗬 (8th) Starting at BRANDENBURGER GATE from 2PM.
(Full Route TBA) pic.twitter.com/vKBLlfaOVu
— Domonic (@domwhiting) May 6, 2022
Forza!
🎞️ “Win The Crowd. At my signal, unleash hell” 🔥
🎞️ “Conquistate la folla. Al mio segnale, scatenate l’inferno” 🔥 #Giro pic.twitter.com/VqJhjWk6id
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 6, 2022
They’re rolling out of Budapest. Moments away from the flag being dropped on the 105th Giro d’Italia…
It’s a long way to Verona on your own…
The Bicycle Doc hit by burglary of bikes worth £30,000
Seven masked assailants in two vehicles stole £30,000 worth of bikes and other items from bike maintenance and repair firm The Bicycle Doc Ltd just after 6pm on April 23. The crime happened at their unit in Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, and saw the group’s neighbour at The Window Blind Centre threatened and locked in his unit, before the group smashed their way in, stealing seven customer bikes and other items.
“At about 6.10pm about seven people turned up in a gold BMW X5 and a black Fiat Ducato Van. Some of them were wearing masks,” Chris Franklin of The Bicycle Doc told Yahoo.
“Our neighbour notified us of the break in and the group took what they could in the five or so minutes before the police arrived. They decimated the entrance to our unit and ransacked the shop floor.
“Thanks to the incredible bravery and courage shown by our neighbour in what must have been a very scary scenario, it was highly likely the burglars had to shoot off earlier than they planned thanks to him calling the police.
“Thirteen of our loyal customers’ bikes were taken, along with cash registers and a bike helmet, to the total value of around £30,000.”
Is this the worst bike rack ever? Substandard cycle rack that looks like toast rack mercilessly mocked online
You can almost hear the discussion between the people in charge, who have clearly never locked up a bike before, when their new project fell flat on its face…
“Why’s nobody using our shiny new bike rack?”
“I know, we even gave it a nice lollipop sign with a bicycle so people know what it is…”
“Maybe it’s not hi-vis, so nobody can see it?”
I wonder why this bike rack is not getting much use 🤔 pic.twitter.com/0yFE8APHuq
— Henry Lee (@HenryLangLee) May 5, 2022
The good people of Twitter didn’t disappoint, saying it must have been provided to the community to keep their toast upright during barbecue season… (can you have toast at a barbecue?)
Because it’s a toast rack
— Bob From Accounts 🚲 (@BobFromAccounts) May 5, 2022
Hey when you really have to put your toast somewhere safe pic.twitter.com/rhf6UbdU6f
— Bikeview.ca (@bikeviewca) May 5, 2022
A local rider offered some insight on the problem…
This is what I sent to my rep. These racks are built to meet the parking requirements for Grindhouse, not the office. But they are too far from the Grindhouse entrance. Brookhaven code says the bike racks should as close to the entrance as the closest non-handicap parking space. pic.twitter.com/1qpLdmM6AI
— Adam Treaster (@adamtreaster) May 5, 2022
So I tried my best. The office building’s blueprints state about 11K sqft, split between retail and office. For some reason Dekalb county says its a 18K building.
Turns out they only need 5 bike parking spaces outside, so no clue why they put like 15. pic.twitter.com/HYh6lkQHLf
— Adam Treaster (@adamtreaster) May 5, 2022
Cue the obligatory crap cycle rack pile in…
this triggers a flight or fight response in me
— vincent (@vincent_trivett) May 5, 2022
Here’s a lovely bike park in Macclesfield, Cheshire. If you could get your bike in here, you’d bend your wheel quite easily. pic.twitter.com/miGpDve1Rb
— Peter Hall (@Carlislehall) May 6, 2022
Not quite as bad but placement of street furniture in Dublin not great either @DubCityCouncil pic.twitter.com/OiXnqfCuSx
— Siobhán McHugh (@Siobhan_McHugh_) May 6, 2022
Roll up, roll up...get your crap cycle racks
We asked, you delivered…
Not sure which one is more useless, but this is also ugly 😁 pic.twitter.com/QLUj05VHZS
— Gerhard Weiss (@Gerhard_Weiss) May 6, 2022
Inspired by this morning’s toast rack, you’ve been sending in your worst bike racks. Brace yourselves for the cutting-edge forefront of human design…
HK govt ran a design competition for these “something something flower something something nature” pic.twitter.com/ye6iBAEESY
— Transit 💉 💉 Jam (@Transit_Jam) May 6, 2022
Lidl in Dublin, Ireland favoured this design for a while. I know this particular one pictured has been changed to a non-insane design, but I think one Lidl bike parking facility in my area still uses the design.https://t.co/fcvS8LtbJa
— Dermot Ryan (@dermotryanie) May 6, 2022
Flush up against a wall? pic.twitter.com/1skLRy2lue
— crash-in-dirt-later (@ajft) May 6, 2022
Cav's care package for fan who got his face tattooed after Tour de France wins
So after my Tattoo of @MarkCavendish and his FaceTime to me I have received some items off him and I wasn’t even expecting it, a bag appeared at work and it completely caught me out 🤣🤣. Thanks to @petatodd who helped make this happen.
Now Marks time to smash the Giro 💪🏻 pic.twitter.com/GBMDPMS9RN
— Paul James 🇯🇪 (@JerseyPaul90) May 6, 2022
That tat is starting to look like a decent investment now…how much race-worn green kit would you need to get the Manx Missile inked?
Garmin reports "normalisation" of cycling product sales amid 28 per cent decrease in fitness sales during first quarter of 2022
Garmin’s fitness sales for the first quarter of 2022 were down $87 million compared to the same time last year, at $221 million compared with $308 million. However, despite this 28 per cent decrease, Garmin Ltd. reported a record first-quarter revenue, according to Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.
President and CEO of the company, Cliff Pemble, said the reduction in sales was due to a “normalisation of demand for cycling products from the pandemic-driven levels in the prior year.”
“We delivered another quarter of growth and record revenue in an increasingly complex and challenging business environment,” he said. “High freight cost and component supply challenges persist while new headwinds emerge such as the strengthening of the U.S. dollar and the uncertainty created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In this dynamic environment, we remain focused on creating highly differentiated products that excite our customers and lead to success.”
One of those days
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) May 6, 2022
Someone give me a nudge if I start snoring…only 50km until things get lively…
Ed Laverack Sa Calobra KOM full effort
Here’s Ed’s effort in full glorious 24-minute-long HD for all you Strava stalkers out there…
"That looks like an e-bike dutch grannies do groceries with": crazy Cadex prototype tri bike breaks cover
If you’re a fan of the more classical bicycle silhouette and good old fashioned materials – perhaps a bit like our chief nostalgia correspondent Steve Thomas – you’re probably feeling like you’ve been trolled pretty hard by triathletes this week.
First there was the prototype from BMC and Red Bull that they’re calling the “world’s fastest race bike”, Felt officially launched this thing and now Cadex have perhaps trumped the lot with a very radical new monocoque frame and fork.
There’s no top tube, and the massive down tube has compartments for storage integrated into it. There’s also those wide fork blades, reminiscent of the Hope/Lotus bikes used by the GB track team – for that bike Hope told us the idea is to put the fork in line with the rider’s legs to manage airflow around them, and we can only assume the same logic has been applied here.
If you’re wondering why lots of tri bikes are popping up this week, that’s because the Ironman World Championships is happening tomorrow in St George, Utah, away from its traditional Hawaiian home for the first time. The current Olympic triathlon champion Kristian Blummenfelt will ride the Cadex prototype and is a hot favourite; so even though it’s been likened to a Dutch bike and called “the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen” on his YouTube account so far, we’re guessing Blummenfelt won’t take it to heart if he wins tomorrow…
Mathieu van der Poel claims first maglia rosa of the Giro d'Italia — outsprints Biniam Girmay as Caleb Ewan crashes (again)
💗 Giro d’Italia 2022 – Stage 1️⃣ | Tappa 1️⃣
🏆 @mathieuvdpoel
🥈 @GrmayeBiniam
🥉 @PelloBilbao1990 #Giro pic.twitter.com/zczxVDo17W— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 6, 2022
Mathieu van der Poel will be the first wearer of the pink leader’s jersey at this year’s Giro d’Italia having outkicked Biniam Girmay on the uphill finish to stage one. Caleb Ewan was in contention when he touched his front wheel into the Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert wheel in front, throwing him to the floor and opening the door for Pello Bilbao to complete the podium.
It was shades of stage three at last year’s Tour de France for Ewan who landed heavily from a fall in the finale, but this time was able to limp across the line. We’ll wait for the Lotto-Soudal doctor’s word before saying for certain if he’ll be riding tomorrow’s TT.
What is certain is that Van der Poel and Girmay will be…and in nice sparkly new jerseys. The Dutchman resplendent in pink, Girmay glorious in white.
🚴🇮🇹 | Daar staat Van der Poel! Na geel nu roze! 💛💗 #Giro
📺 Koers kijk je op discovery+ pic.twitter.com/J1Iyt1FzkX
— Eurosport Nederland (@Eurosport_NL) May 6, 2022
Photo of the day
I feel like we’ve seen this before…
#GiroDItalia #Giro #TDF2021 #LesRP
La chute de Caleb Ewan au Tour de France 2021 à Pontivy. pic.twitter.com/iHZB4shXNs— Passion Cyclisme (@PassionCyclism) May 6, 2022
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That sounds like work, though.
I was quite disturbed by this story yesterday and I'm glad that it seems to be getting resolved a bit. Presumably the bike looked fairly standard and was not covered in gaffer, with tern graphics, so surely one quick web search would have shown the ridiculous expense of this machine (you pay for quality mind...) hinting at it's full legality in unmodified state and preventing this embarrassment through incompetence.
@GoodWheelHunting Or indeed if the person had a white skin I doubt the police would even have got a chance to hear their accent as they wouldn't have bothered him. As I stated on the original thread, contrary to the opinion of a certain PBU and others, one doesn't have to have an agenda or a chip on one's shoulder to know that if Mrs Fortescue-Smythe had ridden her £6K Tern past the officers with Henry and Jemima on the back on their way to school there's not a chance in a billion that they would have stopped her and accused her of having an illegal machine.
The rider can clearly be heard telling the police to take it for a ride and see... That's all they had to do - listen and act on a concerned citizen's request. No malice my arse!
Two things I cannot prove but I rate as likely: This would not have happened to a citizen with a British accent. At least I suspect a hint of unconscious bias. The case would not have been resolved so quickly if it wasn't for the BBC coverage. When has the police accepted wrongdoing so fast before? Good job UK Cycling for getting this publicised and resolved rather positively.
Isn't scooting what dogs do when they drag their bottoms along the carpet owing to inflamed itchy glands? It would be painful to do that on a road surface, as well as wearing out your bib shorts.
Police officers As Thick as Bricks shock!
@eburtthebike It appears to be Bike Foundry, as the owner, that's being compensated, though only for the bike and not the inconvenience. The rider doesn't appear to be getting anything for their time and trouble.
Balance is a bit off-brand for Musk, isn't it?
They only need to pop over to the Netherlands and have a word with the Dutch police for suitable roadside test equipment, but of course they won't or invest in such tech. https://road.cc/ebiketips/content/news/dutch-police-have-a-roadside-device-for-identifying-illegally-fast-and-powerful-e-bikes
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Good. I wonder if the RAC or
Good that a driving organisation promotes cycling. I wonder if the RAC or AA have also issued such sensible, useful advice.
I’d ask about the media, but they are more car-obsessed than the car organisations, so no chance of them casting off their blinkers.
Well the BBC ran a “european
Well the BBC ran a “european company making carbon bike frames” story today…
I doubt the Association of Brutish Motorists will be promoting this one. I’d love them to prove me wrong though. It would be to their benefit. Why? Things get more pleasant for drivers if you can get people to take a reasonable fraction of journeys by bike / walking. Driving might not be “quicker” (it shouldn’t be as direct) – but “more predicable” and “less stress”. To get a significant fraction of journeys by bike you need separate infra (if you didn’t somehow make cars disappear without doing this). That infra can take space from motorists but is much more space efficient. So less space for motoring but much less demand. In cycle-intensive NL private cars are still the major transport mode overall (see 3rd page here – apologies this is 2016) and it’s pleasant to use them (see David Hembrow’s take – cached as he seems to be offline ATM).
chrisonatrike wrote:
I saw that and thought ‘I’d swear I’ve seen that story a few months ago’ – turns out it was a different Portuguese bike manufacturing story. Pedro Garcia must be a Lycrist Infiltrator at the BBC.
The Australian equivalent of
The Australian equivalent of the RAC (RACV) in Victoria provides signficant support and lobbying towards cycling. Cops some backlash from the odd moron but provides ‘a metre matters’ type advice on social media to promote safety around cyclists, has a RACV Bike Assist service (10 call oputs per year if you can’t fix your own bike). It can be done.
Quote:
The second one, I think… (cough-cough-World Cup-cough-Olympics-cough).
Like that cute kid donating
Like that cute kid donating money for Ukraine from riding his scooter while Boris hands Zelensky weapons and large slabs of cash, and carries out a war by proxy….inconvenient truth huh?
I know: it’s terrible, isn’t
I know: it’s terrible, isn’t it? Imagine – the Ukrainians fighting back after they get invaded. How very dare they!
brooksby wrote:
Well, at least Russia never interferes with other countries and their elections. No siree, not at all.
hawkinspeter wrote:
Of course they don’t. They just carry out ‘Special Campaigns’.
Fake news! There are no
Fake news! There are no Ukrainians, remember? There are only good communist comrades and kulaks / bandits. So there can have been no
invasioninvasions ([1], [2], [3] …).Except the comment wasn’t
Except the comment wasn’t about that..
Inconvenient truth? Sounds
Inconvenient truth? Sounds like you are one of Putins useful idiots (well we know you fully support one of them so no surprise there). There would be no war by proxy if Putin hadn’t instigated a full invasion of a foreign country.
AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
Not quite true – Putin was already waging a war by proxy before that…
I know. Flight MH 17 is an
I know. Flight MH 17 is an example of that. But as the conspiracy nutjob seems to think aid to allies is a war by proxy but forgetting his “bestest Pressie Evs” best mate actually instigated a full blown invasion with loads of civillian deaths, just thought I would mention the latter.
That’s the inconvenient truth
That’s the inconvenient truth. When Putin was just being a bit of dick (Invasion of Crimea / Proxy war in the Donbas etc / cyber attacks on democracy.) the west were happy to buy his oil and gas (which of course pays for his armies), give him olympics an the world cup etc. Now…….too little, too late
The CIA has been meddling
The CIA has been meddling with Ukraine since WW2 and backed the 2014 right wing coup.. the US and allies have been in a proxy war against the Soviets and now Russia since the Cold war started in 1947 and NATO forming in 1949.
grOg wrote:
Well if you’re going to go down that route, you could go back even further – to the Great Game of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and probably beyond – in your playground rules quest to determine ‘who started it’. I’m not convinced that gives Putin an out for rank hypocrisy, though, and still less for destroying the country and killing many thousands in the name of it.
useful idiot eh? what about
useful idiot eh? what about when the US and Britain invaded foreign countries?
Just to be clear, you are OK
Just to be clear, you are OK with Russia invading the independent country of Ukraine and with all of the atrocities commited against the Ukranian people, with the wanton wholesale destruction in pursuit of an utterly fictions pretext of ‘de-nazification’ on account of the USA and UK having invaded completely different countries under completely different contexts at completely different points in history? You think that gives Putin a free pass?
So cunning! Nato AKA the US
So cunning! Nato AKA the US has convinced the Ukrainians to invite the Russians onto their territory the better to attack them in a war not of Russia’s choosing. Just like they did in Korea and Vietnam! (By the way that I believe the fact that this is entirely happening in Ukrainian territory was even admitted – in talks with the UN Secretary General – by the Russian state. Link when I find it EDIT e.g. here – this is the Secretary General I believe:
)
Anyhoo Boris has clearly done this to foist bicycles and LTNs on the populace. The war will push up oil prices – limiting our mobility and also allowing him and his pals to profit! Restricting our right to drive is another nail in the coffin of freedom.
I had to go to the Tesco at
I had to go to the Tesco at the Eastgate Centre in Bristol last night. They seem to have more bike racks than they used to, so that’s a positive. Erm, the only positive
There is a rack of Sheffield type stands right by the main entrance. One space had a homeless bloke sitting on a blanket showing off his (very) ulcerated leg, and the others were apparently being used as ‘storage’ for old cardboard boxes.
They also have two wheel-bender style racks round the corner from the main doors. No security cameras. Each set of racks (each holds maybe 4-5 bikes, in theory) is held down by six bolts. On each of the two sets, two or three of the bolts were actually missing and the other bolts were partly unscrewed…
Just go round the corner and
Just go round the corner and park at Ikea or Halfords.
I’d actually just been at
I’d actually just been at Pets at Home, and had considered leaving the bike there and walking across, but thought I’d see whether Tesco had improved since the last time I was there… (and was lazy and didn’t want to walk back with my shopping).
The Toast rack. I was about
The Toast rack. I was about to state I wonder if there was supposed to be put the other racks elsewhere on the concrete space, then a further tweet showed the rest and I reckon that was the case. I think they were told to put them in across the length of the paved area and instead put them in along the width.
I’m presuming that the Toast
I’m presuming that the Toast Rack was installed by a team of people who have never in their lives ever had to actually lock a bike up…
Or know what a bike looks
Or know what a bike looks like.
My “favourite” bike racks are
My “favourite” bike racks are in Knole Park. They’re Sheffield-style racks, but to be more sympathetic to the surroundings they’re made of wood rather than steel. The problem is, they’re far too fat to fit a D-lock around, rendering them useless to most cyclists.
Wouldn’t the scrotes only
Wouldn’t the scrotes only need a wood saw rather then a heavier unwieldy angle grinder?
Assuming they are solid wood
Assuming they are solid wood and given they are “too fat to fit a D-lock around” I can’t imagine there’s any way to cut through one that is faster/easier than applying an angle grinder to the lock itself.
OnYerBike wrote:
— OnYerBikeChainsaw.
eburtthebike wrote:
I bought an electric chainsaw after a dead tree in my garden finally blew down last year. Don’t know what I would have done without it. Had to buy a new plaid shirt to celebrate…
brooksby wrote:
Did you perform the Monty Python ceremonial song? “I’m a lumberjack……..”
eburtthebike wrote:
I was this close, but realised my wife was watching…
Just get a bigger lock – oh,
Just get a bigger lock – oh, and a bigger bike to go with it. Simples!
It was just a nudge, I
It was just a nudge, I shouldn’t have been dragged to court over 4X4 Insulate Britain row, fumes Range Rover ‘ram’ mum
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18478579/mum-nudged-insulate-britain-protesters-court-sentence/
She now selling hoodies with
She now selling hoodies with range rover mum on them (although I’m sure we can think of a better slogan). Who says crime doesn’t pay?
She should be very, very
She should be very, very grateful that the assault charge was dropped, or she’d be in prison.
Are all 4×4 drivers quite so comprehensively entitled?
Bigger fine but prison? nah..
Bigger fine but prison? nah..
I agree with her: “There are
I agree with her: “There are a lot of examples of far worse driving where people don’t get treated like this.”
What I hate about it is all
What I hate about it is all this “nudge” nonsense, to try and gloss over that what sh3 did was drive her SUV into protesters sitting on the road. At low speed, yes, but nevertheless she deliberately drove into them
Yep, she bumped them; were
Yep, she bumped them; were they hurt? no. she wanted to encourage the entitled tossers to get off the road; I wouldn’t have used a motor vehicle to nudge them.. my method would have been far more effective.
grOg wrote:
You mean you would have talked to them in a rational manner about why they were doing what they were doing?
Or you would have gone another route while considering the life choices that leads you to drive your kids to school in a Range Rover while wearing leisure wear and fluffy slippers?
Or (because IIRC you’re in Australia, grog) you’d have herded them over the nearest cliff?
You would have just committed
You would have just committed GBH instead. Is that an entry requirement for australian police?
Only against an indiginate
Only against an indiginate indiginous.
Maybe it hurts less if a
Maybe it hurts less if a Range Rover rolls over you slowly?
Mungecrundle wrote:
Less kinetic energy, innit? 😉
Didn’t “someone” posit that
Didn’t “someone” posit that because of the smaller, higher pressure tyres road bikes do more damage to the roads than huge 4x4s, so stands to reason that being rolled over by a massively oversized range rover would hurt less than that done by a hypothetical mamil on a carbon bicycle…
Coincidentally, just seen
Coincidentally, just seen this on fb. Lovely to look at but useless.
The notice says
“Please slot your bike into the rack. You can chain your tyres together to keep secure. If you wish to keep an eye on your bike we recommend using the outside seating in front of the tea room.”
I particularly like the
I particularly like the helpful sign to explain to dimwitted cyclists how bikes work:
“Please slot your bike in to the rack
You can chain your tyres together to keep secure”
Er – in so many ways – no.
National Trust, eh? Do they
National Trust, eh? Do they know it’s doesn’t work as a bike rack?
That’s the passive-aggressive
That’s the passive-aggressive way of saying don’t bring your bike anywhere near the tea rooms and if you’re wearing that cycle clothing then sit outside or your bike will be nicked.
With the introduction of a
With the introduction of a new ‘community’ editor person, do you think we could look at the use of derogatory mental health related terms to describe things? We wouldn’t see a ‘mongy’ bike rack, or a ‘totally gay’ saddle in a headline, but describing things as crazy, mad or mental is close to the same thing (though more accepted in society).
Road.cc generally does adopt a pretty progressive approach to stuff, and in a time of massive increases in poor mental health post Covid, it would be good to see the impact of using stigmatising terms like ‘crazy’ being considered.
Dogless wrote:
I’d agree about not using certain terms, but “crazy” does have alternative meanings that are not to do with mental health e.g. “full of cracks or flaws” and “possessed by enthusiasm or excitement”. If anything, it’s better to push the non-mental health meanings of the word, so I’d encourage its use to describe inanimate objects (e.g. crazy paving).
Crazy does mean full of
Crazy does mean full of cracks or flaws yes, as in crazing I guess. ‘crazy’ to describe the lack of a top tube or a final sprint doesn’t fit that definition.
Dogless wrote:
Yes, but another meaning of “crazy” is: departing from proportion or moderation also foolish or impractical.
My point is that the word is in such common usage for a wide variety of topics, so you’re unlikely to get far with asking for it to not be used when describing things.
It’s another meaning, but it
It’s another meaning, but it being used to describe people being unwell predates any other meanings.
I get what you’re saying about it being a battle I won’t win, and I realise people won’t stop using it but it doesn’t take much to substitute words for others, especially when doing so actually describes something more precisely e.g chaotic/absurd/bizarre/unexpected etc
I only ask road.cc to consider it as their business is words and the impact of them and they’re usually pretty good about these sort of things; as is the readership, judging by *most* of the comments BTL (with the obvious exceptions).
I’m usually more than happy
I’m usually more than happy to substitute words when there’s a better one and I realise it, but I don’t really think that specific word is itself offensive unless it is applied to people suffering with disorders. However, I don’t speak for the journalists or editors, so maybe they’ll take it on board.
Interesting to see the etymology shows that the earlier usage was more related to cracking
Mental sense of “derange the intellect of, make insane” (late 15c.) perhaps comes via the transferred sense of “be diseased or deformed” (mid-15c.), or it might be an image of cracked or broken things. The intransitive sense of “become insane” is by 1818. Related: Crazed; crazing.
… there is little assurance in reconciled enemies: whose affections (for the most part) are like unto Glasse; which being once cracked, can neuer be made otherwise then crazed and vnsound. [John Hayward, “The Life and Raigne of King Henrie the IIII,” 1599]
That is really interesting
That is really interesting etymology, thanks for that. Crazy is perhaps a bad example of the issue; ‘mad’ or ‘mental’ are harder to defend.
The Mad Pride (and related
The Mad Pride (and related movements) have rightly had good fun with all of these. Sometimes at cost to themselves.
Now wildly off topic – although there’s more than merely statistical overlap between “cyclists” and people who have personal awareness of this topic, I’d warrant – but worth a (disturbing) dive in. Even if this hasn’t visited your own life yet there’s a good chance it may at some point. There are some thoughtful examinations / well written personal reports hiding in plain sight between the Hollywood and the self-help guides. More than Stephen Fry, much as i enjoy his varied emissions. You may lose some certainty though. It’s real-life Philip K Dick / Lovecraft stuff for obvious reasons.
The cross over between
The cross over between cyclists and poor mental health, you mean? I can certainly vouch for that, even if we just look at the accepted desire to ‘suffer’ or hurt oneself as a hobby – it seems normal to us, but when you look at it objectively it meets many of the criteria for self harming behaviour.