“I don’t need a new tyre”: customer insists shredded tyre “has another 1,000 miles in it” and “just needs a tube”; Giro + more on the live blog
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“I don’t need a new tyre”
As posted by Reddit user eatb00gers, this tyre seems to have survived several winters, punctures, and maybe even the invention of the wheel.
Despite this, the customer is reported to believe that it still had “another 1,000 miles in it” and merely needed a fresh inner tube.
Nerd Daniel adds that it probably has “another 1,000 inches maybe”, or “centimetres at best” DuhPanda adds.
To be fair, as CalumOnWheels pointed out, “A new tyre does cost money and that may be an expense this person just can’t justify, for themselves or their family. Times are tough.” And that’s true — cycling can be expensive. But there is perhaps a middle ground between “brand new” and “held together by hopes and exposed threads.”
Others in the comments were less sympathetic. AGuyAtWork437 joked: “Not at all! However, you will need a dentist very soon”.
Meanwhile, Qdex888 called it “the definition of hanging on by a thread,” and Ancient-Bowl462 (hopefully jokingly) suggested, “A tube and some Flex Tape will fix it right up!”
Giro: Easy win for Narvaez!
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After a tight battle on the final climb between Mas and Narváez, with a chasing group of Harper, Ulissi and Vlasov close behind, it came down to the final moments. Mas tried one final attempt to break clear, but
Narváez managed to come through to win the stage. This finish seemed inevitable in his third win in this race for the 29-year-old Ecuadorian.
In the final sprint between the chasing group, Ulissi comes through winning third, finishing ahead of Chris Harper and Aleksandr Vlasov.
The top ten results are:
- Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG
- Enric Mas (Movistar) ”
- Diego Ulissi (XDS Astana) +11
- Chris Harper (Pinarello Q36.5) ”
- Aleksandr Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) “
- Christian Scaroni (XDS Astana) +1:13
- Ludovico Crescioli (Polti VisitMalta) +1:15
- Simone Gualdi (Lotto Intermarche) +2:17
- Warren Barguil (Picnic PostNL Raisin) +2:19
- Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Soudal Quick-Step) ”
Giro: Mas ‘wins’ Red Bull Sprint
With 13km to go, Enric Mas has ‘won’ the Red Bull KM Sprint, but hasn’t managed to shed Jhonatan Narváez. They are now navigating the tricky descent, with Mas allowing his opponent to take the lead.
Just behind Harper, Ulissi and Vlasov remain in close pursuit at 25 seconds, keeping the pressure firmly on the leading pair.
I built a gravel bike from a Chinese MTB frame… and it wasn’t plain sailing
Matt Page writes: “Gravel bikes are changing. Wider tyres are becoming the norm, some new bikes are getting slacker geometry, while others are embracing the aero-fuelled race scene in search of those extra seconds to clinch victory, as the sport continues to evolve, unite and divide. One constant across all categories is that prices are rising. But with the rapid changes in bikes and geometry, some say modern gravel bikes are much like hardtails from a decade or two ago. To put that theory to the test, I decided to build a bike from the frame up, using a mountain bike frame sourced from China, to create something capable of doing everything a modern gravel bike can do, and potentially more.”
Read more below
> I built a gravel bike from a Chinese MTB frame… and it wasn’t plain sailing
Bottle drop from Lennert Van Eetvelt
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Giro: Crash in the breakaway
Crash in the breakaway on one of the twisting descents as Lennert Van Eetvelt, Filippo Zana and Christian Scaroni all hit the deck. All three are back on their bikes, but Zana looks particularly battered, while Scaroni looks like he has hurt his hands.
With dark shadows, slippery surfaces and a series of tight, technical bends, it may simply have been a misjudgment on a tricky section of road. It’s not entirely clear what happened, but it seems as if Van Eetvelt went down first, with Zana tumbling over him and Scaroni going straight into him.
Giro: Planckaert abandons
Edward Planckaert from Alpecin-Premier Tech has withdrawn. Ballerini, the stage 6 winner who crashed earlier today, also abandoned at 98km to go, in a sad end to an impressive Giro.
‘Very convincing’ football “control” from Team Polti Visit Malta
hmmmm, maybe it’s reversed?
Giro: Narváez bridges to front
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With 82.5km to go, Jhonatan Narváez produced a powerful move to bridge across to the remnants of the break, joining a strong front group.
Just a kilometre earlier, Narváez had accelerated clear from the chase, initially taking Warren Barguil with him before dropping him.
Junior world champion Harry Hudson fractures vertebra in “scary” crash with motorbike rider while training
Giro: Bais claims intermediate sprint and solid chase group formed
Mattia Bais leads the leading trio through the sprint, with Chris Harper and Andreas Leknessund behind.
Behind, a nine-man chase group has been formed. Initially, a six-man group with Astana duo of Alberto Bettiol and Diego Ulissi at the front, with three and then a duo in pursuit. Now, three more have joined the group, with Aleksandr and Nico Denz of Red Bull and Jasper Stuyven joining from Soudal.
The chasing group is trailing the leaders by around 24 seconds as the peloton drops behind.
TNT’s impressive investment in cycling doesn’t hide the sport’s increasing inaccessibility
Callum Devereux took the trip down to the TNT Sports Headquarters to, in his own words “interview executives, watch The Breakaway, and see how the sausage of live cycling broadcasting gets made.”
> TNT’s impressive investment in cycling doesn’t hide the sport’s increasing inaccessibility
Giro: Crash at 149km to go
At 149km to go Davide Ballerini of XDS Astana has skidded off the road as he took a left-hand turn across a mini roundabout. He looked to be in pain, but his chain was reattached and he managed to get back on his feet.
Remco Evenpoel shows his true colours
Remco Evenpoel shows his true colours, posting himself preparing for the Tour de France in an Arsenal top.
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After yesterday’s dramatic match, with Arsenal crowned Premier League champions after Man City drew, this post has been met with a range of support and opinions.
Euan Anderson commented, “thought u were better than that remco” but others have flooded the comments with memes in support.
Cadel: Lungs On Legs returns!
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Cadel: Lungs On Legs returns for two engagements, at the Edinburgh Fringe and London Premiere Season 13.
Connor Delves, who Ryan spoke to for the road.cc podcast, stars as cycling legend Cadel Evans.
The actor – in what the play’s press release aptly describes as “an epic feat of endurance” – performs basically the entire one-hour show while riding a BMC, set up on a Wahoo turbo trainer.
He said: “I really wanted to bring endurance and elite sport to the stage,” he says. “Because it was something I knew I was capable of, and it’s something you don’t see. You don’t see authentic sport on the stage very often.
“One of the goals of the show is to bring sport and theatre together on the macro level. But on the micro level, there are lots of similarities between being an athlete and an actor – and I just happen to be both of those things.
Who needs ice?
Art of Lorenzo Milesi by betodepinto on Instagram
“The vest was definitely not cold anymore”: Milesi races time trial in warm-up ice vest
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Lorenzo Milesi finished ninth in Giro time trial, despite accidently racing in his ice vest from his warmup, Domestique cycling reports.
The Italian Movistar rider said that he realised as soon as he started, but by then it was too late to take it off.
This is a similar mistake that Geraint Thomas made in the 2022 opening time trial of the Tour de France (or the complete opposite, as it was a vest to keep him warm), but Milesi didn’t learn a lesson from his mistake. He said that he had no idea that it had happened to Thomas, “but now I do”.
“I forgot to take off my ice vest,” he said in an interview with Eurosport. “I realised it immediately after the start, but then I couldn’t take it off anymore. It was too late. I just told myself to keep riding my tempo. At that point, it didn’t matter anymore. I just had to see how it would it would go.”
Despite this, he still delivered a strong performance, finishing ninth, two minutes and 40 seconds behind the stage winner Filippo Ganna.
He was able to laugh about it afterwards, saying, “It would definitely have gone better without the vest, so that is a lesson learned. We will try again in the next stages.”
He also joked that “The vest was definitely not cold anymore.”
Worcester’s bike-share scheme could be cut back by 50%, with pedal bikes removed completely
Beryl Bike scheme, a bike-share scheme launched by Worcester City Council in June 2024, could be cut back by 50% as it is less popular than expected.
There are currently 52 Beryl cycle bays dotted around the city; council papers state that around 80% of the scheme’s income is generated by 50% of the bays, the Local Democracy Reporting service reports.
Therefore, the bike company, Beryl, plans to remove all but the most productive 26 bays and has suggested reducing the number of e-bikes from 175 to 125.
The plans, which will be discussed in the council’s policy and resources committee later on Tuesday, also suggest removing pedal bikes from the scheme completely.
Councillor Alex Mace, co-leader of the Green group, said: “It is normal and expected that schemes like this are reviewed and revised as we learn what works and what doesn’t.
“I am very disappointed that we are seeing such a big reduction in the scale of the scheme.
“What is clear is that areas of the city that are reachable by cycling infrastructure get the highest use, and if we want this scheme to be successful long term, then significant investment needs to be made in cycling infrastructure in Worcester.”
Due to a loss of a local depot and staff, Beryl experienced operational difficulties during March and April, according to council agenda papers.
“Officers have been working to support Beryl in addressing these and developing a remediation plan to ensure satisfactory future delivery of the scheme,” they said.
“Beryl has recently recruited a locally based operative and implemented new bike maintenance arrangements.”
The Local Democracy Reporting Service has approached Beryl Bikes for comment.
Cargo bikes across Paris
Cargo bikes across Paris. There are more trips by bike every day than by car. More at the link below:
#paris #bike #cargobike #15minutecity #urbanism #transportation
— un Américain perdu à Paris (@paris75009.bsky.social) 20 May 2026 at 08:20
Spanish pro cyclist moved from intensive care to specialist neurological injury centre almost two months after collision with driver during training ride
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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.
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Cycling arrests in nz is probably blog worthy
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/595779/cyclists-in-the-spotlight-after-police-make-arrests
@miffed
“We’ll be using every lawful opportunity to hold these riders accountable, including seizures, prosecutions where appropriate.”
I hope the authorities show the same zeal when dealing with dangerous drivers.
But I won’t hold my breath.
Erm, a bike-share scheme without pedal bikes is an interesting concept. Do they perhaps mean removing *unassisted* bikes?
They’re just recognising the noise around “why spend money on cycling?” and they’ll instead be using the money to fill a few dozen potholes or repaint a large junction?
@mdavidford there’s precedent for “active travel” funds being diverted for “barely active travel”!
It’s kind of the opposite mistake, in that Thomas was wearing a gilet to keep himself warm before the start.
Agree, but some people keep behaving as if cycling is actually miraculous * and they believe (or hope) it will deliver amazing transport benefits with little more than warm words and ‘paint and sign’-level resources.
Can’t imagine anyone opening a motability outlet halfway up a mountain and then noting as if surprised that it doesn’t seem to be performing as well as one just off the high street.
* Seems to be little middle ground between “cycling is not transport and if anything we should be discouraging it” vs. “since a few people cycle despite all the disincentives maybe with a little encouragement most people will”.
Actually probably that middle ground is full of lots of people who almost never think about cycling at all?
Ah – and the PM is “helping out” by giving drivers (and hauliers) another bung. Is it cynical to imagine this might be as much to do with his own embattled position as even just responding to “cost of living” cries from drivers?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cqxpq975l10t
Well, I’m not sure this is true. In parliament he talked about suspending “road tax”, which of course doesn’t exist. Or rather, has been suspended since the 1930s.
I had four of identical CST tires (two sets on two bikes) fail like that about 10 years ago, except they didn’t have any slashes in the casing that damaged them. They all made that “Z” shape where the casing clearly failed somehow. I contacted CST and got crickets.
For HP – more thirsty (US) cars heading for water as temperatures go up:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c072x1kml44o