Cyclist leaves homemade parking tickets on cars in the bike lane…gets told to f*&! off; Rower wins men’s cycling esports champs; Kid drops roadies on steep climb; Doctor responds to councillor; Cyclist survives 100ft fall + more on the live blog
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Doctor responds to councillor who accused cycle lane of obstructing emergency services
No! Please stop this lobbying. I’m a dr, who cycles to St George’s. I was called in for a Major Incident and cycling was the quickest route to the hospital. It’s is also a much safer route since the A24 cycle lane was introduced.
— Sarah Krishnanandan (@SKrishnanandan) December 8, 2020
A doctor working at St George’s Hospital in Tooting has appealed for her local Conservative councillor to rethink plans to scrap the A24 cycle lane. Ian Hart is the councillor for a ward in Wandsworth and said that “emergency vehicles must be allowed to move freely,” and that the “blockages and closures,” on the A24 must be removed.
Sarah Krishnanandan works at the hospital and uses the cycle lane to get to work. She replied: “No! Please stop this lobbying. I’m a dr, who cycles to St George’s. I was called in for a Major Incident and cycling was the quickest route to the hospital. It’s is also a much safer route since the A24 cycle lane was introduced.”
Critics of the cycle lane have used videos, such as the one below, to accuse the cycle lane of causing congestion and preventing emergency service vehicles from attending incidents. However, as some people have said on social media, it’s not entirely clear that the removal of the cycle lane would have allowed the ambulance to pass.
No #tooting businesses no want #ltn
3 weeks of hell for businesses and residents on #a24 it was when it was forced on us with so much pollutions
See how bad it was on video outside shops @BaldKaz @TheFox89688362 @SGasworks @baldamigo1 https://t.co/rh7g7hT4rR pic.twitter.com/pZuMkTM2EP
— Mr John Singh Pajinder #chakdetooting #GoshWala (@tootingjsp) November 13, 2020
Pro rider aged 21 dies of COVID-19
Ciao Michael, il tuo ricordo resterà per sempre con noi… ❤️♾
Tutta la squadra Mastromarco Sensi Nibali si stringe alla famiglia in questo momento di dolore. pic.twitter.com/j5kyWWcZxM
— MASTROMARCO SENSI NIBALI (@TeamMastromarco) December 3, 2020
A pro rider from Italian team Mastromarco Sensi Nibali has died of COVID-19. Marca reports Michael Antonelli was admitted to hospital two weeks ago, before being moved to the intensive care. The 21-year-old was recovering from a serious accident at a race in Florence in 2018 which saw him taken to hospital in a coma. Antonelli was slowly recovering from the incident and was able to feed himself and recognise people when he became infected.
Gender parity at 2024 Olympics
The number of female cyclists competing at the 2024 Olympics will match the number of male athletes, the UCI has confirmed. A total of 514 athletes will take part in the cycling events at the Paris Games, split evenly between the men’s and women’s events for the first time ever. At next year’s Tokyo Olympics, the mountain bike, BMX and BMX Freestyle events will see equal numbers competing but 2024 is the first time this will have been achieved in the track and road events.
In Paris, 90 athletes will compete in the road events and 95 on the tack. UCI President David Lappartient said: “It gives us great satisfaction to achieve what is a key objective of our Agenda 2022. Gender parity at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 sends out a strong message to our athletes and society as a whole.”
The Great British Bicycle Bubble of 1896
This story from Nasdaq is pretty interesting…In the 1890s, public interest in bikes rocketed as the humble mode of transport represented a ‘social and environmental breakthrough’. Share prices in bicycle companies soared, the value of many tripling in the space of a few months in 1896. This happened even while the number of companies making and selling bicycles expanded more than five-fold.
By 1901, the bubble had burst. Low-cost American bikes flooded the market and enthusiasm steadied as people started to see bicycles as an inevitability and the novelty was gone. Five years after the bubble, at least 40 publicly traded British bike companies had gone bankrupt. More than 70% of the companies that benefited from the 1890s bubble went bust.
'New Olympic cyclist detected': Kid drops roadies on steep climb
This may well be an old video, I feel like we’ve seen it before. But it’s a great clip so why not share it again? It’s been doing the rounds on Facebook and shows a kid dancing up a steep climb dropping roadies, with all the gear, as he goes… Remco Evenepoel will be 21 in January so it’s probably time for the next generation…
Hexr launches smartphone fitting app to help make bespoke helmets more accessible
Custom-fit helmet brand Hexr have announced a new 3D scanning smartphone app that will allow users to scan over 250,000 data points on their head to get an accurate fit. The app can be accessed on IOS 13 and onwards and the hope is that it will make custom helmets accessible to more people.
Co-founder and CTO, Henry Neilson said: “Like many, 2020 has been a unique year for us at HEXR. The rapid transformation of what is possible and necessary for safe commerce, has borne some of the world’s most advanced 3D capturing software, neatly wrapped in a beautiful and intuitive interface. I am immensely proud of the HEXR team who have built this, making custom available to millions, and further challenging the limits of existing technology.”
Woman survives 100ft fall onto rocks in shocking cycling accident
— Alexandra Dervan (@thealexed) August 18, 2020
KentOnline reports that a 28-year-old woman miraculously survived a cycling accident that saw her fall off a 100ft cliff onto the rocks below. The woman has asked not to be named but fell from the cliff near Joss Bay at Broadstairs in Kent. Her last memory before the incident was cycling along the cliff-top path between Ramsgate and Margate on August 18.
The first thing the woman can recall is waking up in hospital a fortnight later following emergency surgery on her head injuries. “All I could see were casts on my hands and bandages on my head,” she told KentOnline. “I remember being like ‘what the hell?”
She was airlifted to King’s College Hospital in London, placed in an induced coma and has since had seven operations. Her injuries included skull damage, two broken wrists, two broken ribs as well as several bones attached to her spinal cord, her elbow and some fingers.
“It hasn’t put me off [cycling],” she continued. “It’s a hobby I’ve always loved, and I will do it again when fit enough.The only thing I’ll do differently is wear a helmet, as I was so stupid to not have done that day.”
Fair Fuel UK release latest 'Road User Survey'
The state of the questions in this – I would fail a first year student for creating survey with such leading questions. The data produced by this survey will be completely meaningless.
— Matt Coldrey (@MattCoachingPE) December 9, 2020
In the past, the campaign group have been accused of running surveys that could possibly lead to slightly biased results in favour of motorists… and it appears the latest one isn’t faring much better. Full story to follow, and if you want to take part in the survey then the link is here.
Halfords allegedly sold Boardman bike with the forks the wrong way round
One of my friends has just bought a new bike from Halfords…. pic.twitter.com/iQjBw50XQV
— Jon (@samuriinbred) December 9, 2020
Yep, this is how one lucky customer got their new bike from Halfords. A Twitter user called Jon shared this photo of his friend’s new Boardman bike, allegedly bought from Halfords with the forks the wrong way round. Unless…
Nothing wrong with those forks, it’s the rest of the bike that’s fitted backwards!
— Mtb_Si (@si_mtb) December 9, 2020
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio wins first-ever women's UCI Cycling Esports World Championship
First-ever UCI Cycling Esports WORLD CHAMPION! 🌈
Congratulations @ashleighcycling who also wins on her birthday! #Watopia2020 pic.twitter.com/Ab2eSgZQ0A
— UCI (@UCI_cycling) December 9, 2020
Tacx Boost trainer launches... which might look familiar
Garmin (the new owners of Tacx) announced the launch of its ‘new’ Tacx Boost trainer today, saying it is a ‘powerful indoor trainer that features a forceful magnetic brake, realistic ride-feel and manual resistance control to help cyclists train year-round.’
If you think it looks familiar, that’s because it is… Garmin tell us that spec-wise the Boost is the same as the existing Tacx Booster, that’s been around for nine years, except the repackaged version comes with a speed sensor bundle that will allow the rider to track distance and speed on Zwift and other third party apps.
The price is nice at £229.99, with the Boost described as an “affordable and quiet basic trainer that makes it easy to train year round.”
How to make friends with van drivers with Jeremy Vine
I bonded with a van driver today. Have a look at what happened. pic.twitter.com/oQRlRUbgkq
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) December 9, 2020
Cyclist leaves homemade parking tickets on cars parked in bike lane opposite school
This cyclist took matters into his own hands after seeing the growing problem of drivers parking their cars in the bike lane opposite Hillhead School in Glasgow. Thomas Cornwallis placed homemade parking tickets on cars parked in the lane to raise awareness about the danger they pose to cyclists. One man, waiting to pick their child up, didn’t take to the tickets very kindly and can be seen in the video below arguing and telling the cycling advocate: “I own my own law firm, now fuck off.”
Thomas told road.cc: “I went out to help raise awareness, placed them and moved on… In the video of the man, he shouted at me threw [the ticket] back at me, he started film, so I got a video of him talking nonsense.”
Some people on Twitter then searched the man’s registration plate on the gov.uk vehicle tax service, found the car was untaxed without an MOT then accused him of driving the car illegally. Thomas ticketed ten cars and said that despite the objection from one man, another driver moved on after having the reason for the action explained.
I also had very grumpy man who threw card at me and told me fuck off before he lose his temper.
I asked why he wanted threaten me, and he started film me… so I gave him same treatment.
He owns a law firm… and is a litter bug 🙃 pic.twitter.com/js4v4g3xds
— Thomas O Cornwallis (@UrbanistTOC) December 9, 2020
Of course. pic.twitter.com/ahtvGCZCet
— Pidgin Posting (@PidginPosting) December 9, 2020
The first men's cycling esports world champion is... a rower
Jason Osborne (Germany) wins the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships. Top-10 pic.twitter.com/uMu5O88VVH
— the Inner Ring (@inrng) December 9, 2020
German rower Jason Osborne overcame a field of pro cyclists and Zwift specialists to win the first ever men’s UCI Cycling Esports World Championships. The 26-year-old is a rowing world champion and competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Turns out he’s a pretty handy bike rider too. When rowers do cycling…
2019 @WorldRowing Champion 🥇
and now.. 2020 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion! 🥇#Watopia2020 pic.twitter.com/Tu1yz3mfdg
— UCI (@UCI_cycling) December 9, 2020
When cyclists do rowing…
#hurtlocker pic.twitter.com/dK7vFNlLIS
— Orla Chennaoui (@SportsOrla) December 9, 2017
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@Paul J Van Schip certainly seems a bit of a dick, but he's a European and multiple World Champion on the track, pretty sure you don't get there without having some talent in your legs.
Poor Vincent cannot get over the simple fact that given the choice people prefer dedicated cycling spaces, rather than pretending to be cars like vehicular cyclists.
What is the point of the fancy air sensor if it can't account for changing weather conditions?? If all you care about is a delayed approximation of aerodynamic watts in steady conditions, you don't need any special sensors for that. Just your speed on a decently flat course is enough to approximate rolling resistance and drivetrain losses. And the rest must be aero. If you assume a less aero body position at the same watts, your speed will drop while rolling resistance also drops, which means approximated aero watts goes up. And that's enough to demonstrate what you've shown in your testing protocol ("I sat upright and the number went up a little while later").
Your correction is accurate - it's almost always been "the (lack of) thought that (doesn't) count". "Massive" - less than a billion a year spent on active travel (trying to catch up / building a network across the entire country) Not massive - 6 billion every year (2026-2030) spent on road *maintenance* of existing "already built, goes everywhere, very convenient" road network for inactive travel Ultimately the reason "cycle infra" is *needed* is those unbelievably colossal amounts spent every year (and for more than a century now) on making mass motoring not just viable but apparently the "best choice" for most journeys. As the Dutch and others have shown, the majority of people *are* prepared to cycle and even mix with very light, slow local motor traffic *if* cycling is also made safe and convenient for the whole of their journey (including secure parking at both ends). (The history of the financial drivers of the current situation are a complex topic but note that while people complain about "crumbling roads" and underfunded motor infra - with some reason - by us continuing the fuel duty escalator freeze (for example) we're actually helping motorists pay *even less* for that activity / subsidising more of the cost of driving than ever.)
yes, but people will still object - which was my point.
So ' Priority of Road Users' and 1.5 metre clearance at 30mph has been been reduced to 'sharing'? NCN route 2 here in South Hams is an absolute scream with white vans, tractors and total idiots who refuse,or are totally incapable,to reverse on high Devon banked lanes ...means you have to get off and pedal back to a passing place....could be at that all day...so I don't bother...
@MaxiMinimalist Agreed. The big problem I see now is today's parents grew up being driven to their schools, and therefore, see private motor vehicles as the only viable form of transport. The vast majority of UK infant and primary schools have a catchment area that is within easy walking distance from home to school. Yet, the traffic caused by pupils being driven to/from school is astonishing. Banishing the "School Run" should be a priority for all schools.
When I was a kid (that was during the previous millenium when phones were connected to a plug in the wall), I rode my bicycle to school, music academy, sport grounds, parties even during the winter. The government didn't have to spend, correct that, didn't have to think of spending massive amounts of money to build cycling specific infrastructures. Over the past 3 or 4 decades, cars have grown bigger, taller, safer (for their drivers) and faster. Meanwhile, motorists have become abusive, aggressive, hypersensitive to people moving on two wheels, aka cyclists. Spending billions upon billions on new infrastructure won't address the crux of the matter. Sadly.
Obree had some actual talent in his legs though, in addition to his bike/aero engineering talent.
Малко като опит за доказване е излязло... Никой няма нужда от толкова голям въртящ момент и мощност на шосеен велосипед с тънки гуми, които дори трудно ще предават тази мощност върху пътя. А ако има и ограничение от 25 км/час е още по-безмислено.
65 thoughts on “Cyclist leaves homemade parking tickets on cars in the bike lane…gets told to f*&! off; Rower wins men’s cycling esports champs; Kid drops roadies on steep climb; Doctor responds to councillor; Cyclist survives 100ft fall + more on the live blog”
It’s beginning to look as if
It’s beginning to look as if there is a concerted campaign against cycling facilities, despite the government, local government and the NHS all saying it’s brilliant. I trust all the keyboard warriors on this and other cycling sites are responding whenever they see such misinformed, ignorant propaganda.
eburtthebike wrote:
I’m currently engaged in fighting the good fight on a Crystal Palace FC message board, if that helps.
Steve K wrote:
How are all three fans reacting?
There is a concerted campaign
There is a concerted campaign against facilities including fair fuel UK who have sentout this survey to everybody on their mail list https://s.surveyplanet.com/NzD3nRZR3 .
What I can say is do not do
What I can say is do not do the fair fule survey….you would never guess but the questions are not “open” and force you to select inappropriate answers.
e.g.
DO YOU SUPPORT NEW CYCLE LANES BEING BUILT ONTO EXISTING ROADS
Yes/No/Not sure (So far so good….YES)
DO YOU SUPPORT NEW CYCLE LANES BEING BUILT AWAY FROM EXISTING ROADS LEAVING THE ROADS AS THEY ARE
Yes/No/Not Sure
errr….what about YES and put more cycle lanes on existing roads? So I am unable to answer the question how I would like.
And you just know answer yes to both and they will only highligh the second answer, as I am sure they will deam that more “important” than my first answer.
So once I got that far, I stopped doing the survey…..whatever you answer, they get the results they want….bunch of……
Ok….I did a few more
Ok….I did a few more questions, which seem ok….but then this!
SHOULD ROAD CYCLISTS BE MADE TO ADHERE TO THE SAME ROAD USER RULES THAT DRIVERS LEGALLY MUST FOLLOW, SUCH AS:
1. MOTORING LAWS & PENALTIES
2. ROAD USER TESTS
3. ROAD TAXES
Yes/No/Not sure
The answer is Yes to 1 but not really…but of course they will read that as meaning I get points on my licence, which means a yes to 2 by default…..it should be, “Follow the High Code” …YES (So scrap may answer to this one)
I want to answer No to 2….that would mean that a kid say 6 years old should pass a test to ride a bike. So equally the kid should be able to drive a car, because that would be a really good idea!
As for 3….well where do you start…send the 6 year old kid out to work so they can pay….wonderful.
So I am closing the survey and heading out on by bike to clear my head 🙂
I was about to have a look at
I was about to have a look at the “survey” but it’s obvious from just those 3 options that it’s got really poorly thought out questions.
What’s next, a question such as “Should cyclists stop deliberately crashing into pedestrians?” Yes/No
“Should cyclists be banned
“Should cyclists be banned from the roads?”
hirsute wrote:
There, FTFY
I was about to have a look at
[quote=hawkinspeter]
I was about to have a look at the “survey” but it’s obvious from just those 3 options that it’s got really poorly thought out questions.
What’s next, a question such as “Should cyclists stop deliberately crashing into pedestrians?” Yes/No
None of those questions were in the survey that I just did!
One that was poorly worded so I had to answer ‘don’t know’, was:
FROM RECENT MEDIA REPORTS, UNELECTED SPECIAL ADVISORS IN NO 10 ARE INFLUENCING THE ROLL OUT OF CYCLE LANES. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
I don’t know what unelected advisors are advising! Cycle lanes good, or cycle lanes bad? Whether or not they’re elected is irrelevant if they’re pushing for more cycle infrastructure, whoever they are.
I agree though, it was a crap survey, but all cyclists need to fill it in to give the Fair Fuel lobby a run for their money.
Done, although I answered
Done, although I answered “don’t know” to the cyclists obeying the law question. Partly because it was literally nonsensical, but partly because I suspect they’re itching to do some (ahem) “statistical analysis” to show that 102% of cyclists believe they’re above the law.
I agree the loaded questions
I agree the loaded questions make it difficult, but I would still argue for filling it in as well as you can to help balance their outrageous views.
ChasP wrote:
Or does a greater number of respondents give it more credibility?
I remember when Richard Dawkins was asked why he wouldn’t debate with Ken Hamm (Loony creation believing fundamentalist) he responded “It would look good on his CV, not so much on mine”
Possibly, though didn’t they
Possibly, though didn’t they take down a survey a few months ago because they were getting so many negative responces?
ChasP wrote:
dunno
I have just completed the
I have just completed the survey having taken the view it would be interesting once the results and comments are known how they change those results. Then hopefully they will be dis-credited further for being shown to pre-determine their outcome (shock) so even if it is for one year they are shown to be as fraudulent, irresponsible and dis-honest as we all know they are.
nikkispoke wrote:
Fair enough, I’ve been convinced and just had a bit f fun doing it. this was my parting comment on teh last page
“I’m really pleased that you are keen to make fuel duty fair. It’s about time we drivers were made to meet the staggering costs that we inflict on society through road violence, damage to quality of life and environmental degradation. Charging fair fuel duty by removing the tax freeze and index linking it to damage to society is a major tool in encouraging people to make the right decision and only use their vehicles when absolutely necessary.”
CTD81 wrote:
I’m not doing that, biased questions aside there is no way I’m providing the level of personal data requested.
Do it then hit them with a
Do it then hit them with a Subject Access Request
Then complain to the ICO when they balls it up.
Story coming soon re Fair
Story coming soon re Fair Fuel UK survey.
Jack Sexty wrote:
Lazy question, but is info on who runs the campaign and their funding model freely available?
jollygoodvelo wrote:
Your email and postcode? Hundreds of organisations already have mine, either with or without my knowledge. One more won’t make a blind bit of difference.
Didn’t realise helemts are
Didn’t realise helmets are certified for a 30m drop down a cliff. I’ll make sure I wear one if I go for a walk there – assuming in that circumstance it doesn’t result in worse injuries.
hirsute wrote:
I have to say, I think my takeaway if I were her would be “if I survived that without a helmet, there really is no point in wearing one”
She really hadn’t thought
She really hadn’t thought about anything. I thought of 3 things immediately – the head is now much bigger so more likely to hit something, what happens when the strap or helmet catches on the cliff face, what if a shard of rock is caught in a vent and you land on the shard?
If she’d been wearing a
If she’d been wearing a helmet, the cliff wouldn’t have given her as much space or something.
In the hierarchy of risk
In the hierarchy of risk controls, let’s go for number one – eliminate the risk and don’t cycle next the cliff edge !
…or remove the cliff.
…or remove the cliff.
hirsute wrote:
Now you’re just being silly….
Assuming she landed head
Assuming she landed head first then the extra 30mm’s of helmet thickness would have reduced her fall by the same amount. It would probably make all the difference.
Oh! 30meters, 30 Centimeters.
Oh! 30meters, 30 millimeters…perhaps that is what she meant.
Or
former government and BHIT advise,
“wearing a helmet reduces your chance of having an accident by 80%”
It is all bollocks anyhow. If
It is all bollocks anyhow. If someone does a risk assessment and decides PPE is the solution and then decides the type of PPE is a cycle helmet, then I fear for them.
I made a mistake and wrote
I made a mistake and wrote down centimeters not millimeters…corrected now..but perhaps I am not wearing it right?
I can’t imagine a
I can’t imagine a circumstance in which wearing a helmet would result in a worse outcome. While I agree with Chris Boardman, I wear a helmet every time as I’d rather not gamble with my life!
I already gave 3 examples.
I already gave 3 examples.
MattieKempy wrote:
Rotational injuries are the most serious type of head injury, and by increasing the radius of the head and therefore the turning moment, helmets make rotational injuries more likely, a fact denied by helmet zealots for thirty years, right up until the manufacturers invented MIPS.
Not to mention risk compensation, making collisions more likely.
eburtthebike wrote:
To be fair, though, I can’t see wearing a helmet affecting the behaviour of nearby cliffs.
MattieKempy wrote:
I do too, but I understand that there is an increased risk of spinal injuries. This is potentially explained by the lid increasing the chances of cranial contact, and when it does it acts as a lever, twisting the neck.
“It hasn’t put me off
“It hasn’t put me off [cycling],” she continued. “It’s a hobby I’ve always loved, and I will do it again when fit enough.The only thing I’ll do differently is wear a helmet, as I was so stupid to not have done that day.”
What, are helmets anti-grav these days?…..
I’m very much in the Chris
I’m very much in the Chris Boardman camp that insisting people wear helmets just distracts from far more important road safety issues, but if I knew I was going to fall off a cliff, I would probably rather be wearing one than not…
Unfortunately for the pro
Unfortunately for the pro helmet lobby she wasn’t wearing one, so they are not able to claim it saved her life, which clearly it wouldn’t have done, as not wearing one did not prove fatal.
wycombewheeler wrote:
Not sure it proves much for any lobby apart from the “some people get really lucky sometimes” lobby.
I’m glad she survivied, but
I’m glad she survivied, but my definition of lucky involves not falling off cliffs.
TBH, I doubt the helmet would
TBH, I doubt the helmet would have made much difference on a 100ft fall anyway. She could well be a poster child for not needing one as she survived such a fall.
Her injuries included skull
Her injuries included skull damage – obviously it’s impossible to be certain in any given case, but I would have thought that, in all liklihood, wearing a helmet would have made her injuries less severe, if only slightly.
For what it’s worth, IMHO arguing that she survived despite wearing a helmet and therefore helmets are pointless is every bit as flawed as the (more commonly seen) argument whenever someone survives a crash who was wearing a helmet that the helmet must have saved their life.
And here emerges the spotted
And here we see the spotted troll, emerging from its ancient hiding place beneath the bridge to fling straw man arguments about helmets once again…
Blackthorne wrote:
Why is a perfectly reasonable and well reasoned point met with cries of “straw man” and “troll”? If anything it’s you that’s trolling, friend.
“Low-cost American bikes
“Low-cost American bikes flooded the market…”
I live near to and frequently cycle past the former Duryea factory. Duryea also built the first motor car in America (boo!) Then I believe Duryea was joined by Rouse, formed Rouse-Duryea, then left and Rouse found another partner and became Rouse-Hazard. They made Rudge bicycles, among others.
For a while, Peoria, IL was a major hub of bicycle and rubber tire production. Now all that’s left is a few street names: Duryea, Hazard, and Rouse. There’s a new Trek store between Rouse and Hazard.
‘New Olympic cyclist detected
‘New Olympic cyclist detected‘ or maybe its the power of being a local with a fresh set of youthful legs?
Ive had people on fat bikes out climb and out speed me after a rather brisk 30-40mile ride. Doesnt make them olympic cyclists though It just means im one foot in the grave.
Owns own law firm, drives
Owns own law firm, drives legally neglected Hyundai (no offence Hyundai owners). I suggest he finds another career.
I can’t even work out what
I can’t even work out what saying “I own my own law firm” was supposed to achieve. Apart from perhaps attracting some attention for bringing the profession into disrepute.
He’ll need that legal advice
He’ll need that legal advice
“The only thing I’ll do
“The only thing I’ll do differently is wear a helmet, as I was so stupid to not have done that day”
Sheesh, I dunno, the helmet thing, or cycling over a cliff? Which would I do differently next time?
“This may well be an old
“This may well be an old video, I feel like we’ve seen it before. But…” Welcome to the Editorial Team here at retread.cc!
If you don’t like it, go
If you don’t like it, go somewhere else!
We’ve all tried, but we just
We’ve all tried, but we just find ourselves popping up here again six months later.
mdavidford wrote:
strangely like lots of the content
Might be me but the main
Might be me but the main takeaway from riding over a 100 foot cliff and waking up 2 weeks later is not to ride over a 100 foot cliff as opposed to wearing a helmet while I do it next time…
Backwards facing forks on a
Backwards facing forks on a bike purchased from Halfords? I’ve seen that dozens of times. If people ask me about buying a bike from Halfords I always recommend getting it checked post purchase by a qualified mechanic and I would never recommend taking a bike to Halfords for a service.
Lukas wrote:
A few years ago, I had a spate, well three, of cyclists who had the front brake cable wrapped around the head tube, so that when they turned a corner, the brake came on. All had been serviced by my local Halfords. It was great business for me though, as I gained them as customers, being better and cheaper.
Terrible crash ; cyclist
Terrible crash ; cyclist knocked off ;-(
The funny thing with that
The funny thing with that road user survey is that it’s really easy to go on there and skew the results by answering all the questions in favour of cycling. Then stand back and watch the small explosion as the biased @rsehole who wrote it sees the results. I suggest that everyone does the same thing!
Brilliant idea. Just done it.
Brilliant idea. Just done it. Thank you.
So have I, and sent it to all
So have I, and sent it to all my cycling buddies. Sadly not on facebook but anyone on here can surely get it to as many as possible? Lets fuck up their day!
me too – survey completed
me too – survey completed