“So much ill will”: Disgust at driver’s ‘kill score’ sticker tallying up cyclists and wheelchair users hit; Fans unsure of new Ineos kit; Un-bee-lievable bike scenes in Paris + more on the live blog
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"So much ill will": Disgust at driver's 'kill score' sticker tallying up cyclists and wheelchair users hit
A cyclist spotted this sticker on a car in Melbourne, it apparently joking about having hit 13 cyclists and two wheelchair users.
Plenty who spotted the post on Reddit have expressed disgust at the sticker, some suggesting it’s symptomatic of how “socially acceptable” hating cyclists has become.
Others questioned where you would even buy “such a s**t sticker”, although I think the internet has you covered if you are after something grim like this.
Back in 2019, the Victoria government did look at new legislation that would “force vehicle owners displaying offensive images or slogans to remove them or face registration sanctions”.
Someone on the thread said it wasn’t clear if this was ever passed, but Victorian Legislation does suggest the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 was passed and assented.
At the time, the government said it hoped it would clamp down on vehicles displaying “sexist, obscene or offensive slogans”. Drivers found in breach of the standards would have been required to remove their offending slogan or sticker, or face their registration being cancelled.
Normal service resumes: Tadej Pogačar wins Tour de Romandie stage
Tadej Pogačar wins Stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie with a superb sprint! pic.twitter.com/2IfawxJgvO
— Cycling on TNT Sports (@cyclingontnt) April 29, 2026
After yesterday’s sixth place finish in the prologue (I know, disgraceful) Tadej Pogačar was back winning bike races this afternoon. With that said, things weren’t quite as dominant as many expected, the world champion sprinting to the stage victory from a group of four who he escaped with on the day’s big climb.
Many thought Pogačar would solo away and ride the final 30km alone, but Lenny Martinez was able to follow on the ascent, Florian Lipowitz and Jorgen Nordhagen joining the leading duo a bit later on.
Unsurprisingly, Pogačar didn’t receive much assistance from his rivals and did most of the work before beating everyone in the sprint. He moves into the leader’s jersey and has a seven-second advantage over last year’s third-place finisher at the Tour de France, Lipowitz. There will be tougher climbing assessments to come later in the week and you’d be very brave (foolish) to predict today was his last stage win of the race.
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He must be Mads! Pedersen racked up 37-hour training week on the rollers after early season crash
Absolutely nobody can doubt Mads Pedersen’s commitment to the classics, his coach revealing the former world champion spent a 37-hour week training exclusively on the rollers after suffering a fractured wrist and collarbone earlier this season.
The Dane made it back in time for the one-day races most suited to his skillset, a fourth place at Milano-Sanremo and a fifth place at the Tour of Flanders the highlights of his spring campaign.
It’s also testament to Pedersen’s consistency that he was in the top 10 of all five of his one-day races this spring, the 30-year-old having faced a race against time following a crash on his opening race day of the season back at Volta Comunitat Valenciana back in February.
Pedersen’s coach, Mathias Reck, told the Half Wheeling podcast his rider went to Mallorca to train a few weeks after the crash.
“He trained eighty hours there in two weeks. In the first week, he spent all his time on the rollers, 37 hours in total,” Reck explained.
“And it wasn’t just easy workouts; he also did intervals. Three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon, for six days in total. In between, he did a one-hour recovery ride.”
He must be Mads…
“Jazzy" £17 million cycle lane under fire from motorists’ group due to “tiny” single stripe zebra crossing link to floating bus stop
"Segregated cycle lanes are good for everyone"... a refreshing newspaper letter
You’ve probably read one of our blogs before where a classic ranty local newspaper letter, usually complaining about bike lanes, gives us all a good laugh. Well, for once, we’ve got one sticking up for cycling infrastructure…
A reader’s letter to the Irish Times, titled ‘Segregated cycle lanes are good for everyone’, follows below…
Sir, – ‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ is a maxim worth consideration in light of the elevated fossil fuel prices caused by the Middle East crisis. We are all too aware of the growing gridlock caused by vehicles in our cities and towns, much of it resulting in rising pollution and emissions.Micro mobility – bikes, e-bikes and e-scooters – is becoming a more visible transport mode and is significantly cheaper than travelling by car. However, these users are most vulnerable on the road while travelling alongside cars that can weigh up to 2,000 kgs.There is a large network of broken-line painted cycle lanes intended to prevent motorists encroaching on cyclists and e-scooters, but this is insufficient protection and discourages new users. These partial cycle lanes need to be replaced with fully segregated ones. Narrower lanes for motorists will reduce their speeds, which is likely to generate multiple benefits. This improved safety could reduce congestion and emissions, create quieter streets and, most importantly, result in fewer deaths and injuries on the roads. – Yours, etc,MARK FOX,
"The way home felt more like sailing than riding"
Apparently there was just enough room to peep over the top…
The way home felt more like sailing than riding
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Un-bee-lievable bike scenes in Paris
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Quite the buzz about this city bike left near the Louvre which attracted some quite extraordinary attention. The rider must have spilt some gels on their seatpost…
POLL: New Ineos kit... hot or not?
And yes, that is the exhaustive list of emotions you are allowed to feel about it…
Generic? Stage race points jersey? Alpecin-Deceuninck rehash? Fans unsure of new Ineos kit
The big news yesterday was Ineos Grenadiers being set to become Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team from the start of next month’s Giro d’Italia and, in the process, pulling on a shiny new kit.
I say ‘shiny’, but it is more clean, matte grey than shiny. Naturally, the new kit has prompted the obligatory fan-led round-table meeting and, while it’s generally easier to find negativity online than positivity anyway, the reviews so far aren’t great. That’s not to say they’re overly critical either… the overriding reaction appears to be something akin to… ‘meh’.
“Kind of generic, a bit like the name, I guess?”
“The Total Energies logo kills it. It’s so bad and amateurish and out of place with the white background just makes it even worse”
Top marks to the person who said the white Total Energies banner looks like a cigarette…
Other common comparisons were that it looks like the points jersey of any stage race, or a rehash of that Alpecin-Deceuninck green Giro special from a couple of seasons ago. I’m sensing we might need a poll to see where the live blog crew stand. From my perspective, the white shorts are gone, that’s all that matters.
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‘ow much?!
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The covid / post-covid boom is driven primarily by failures of capitalist strategy, causing over supply and price gouging. What we are seeing now is the correction. Most so-called ‘Western brands’ bikes are made in Eastern countries anyway - who have long been the leading manufacturers of carbon bikes. Now these makers are becoming brands / sellers too and Western brands have been put on notice. Inflation is driven by greed, not need.
@Benthic A125 motorbike can be ridden by a 17 year old can do about 75MPH; a legal e-bike that a 17-year-old cannot use can do about 15MPH.
The latest moral panic. "From August, the legal age to ride an e-scooter in Ireland will rise from 16 to 18" But, in Ireland you can still drive a: - moped from the age of 16 - 125 cc motorbike from the age of 17 - 3.5 tonne car from the age of 17 So that makes complete sense.
@mitsky I am seeing those Amazon ones in Manchester pretty much every day.
Quite. There's also a demand side story to accompany your eloquently written post, in that domestic demand has dampened from the captive COVID market of a few years back, and less international demand due to tariff-led policies and anti-dumping laws. On Chinese competition, I don't think it's necessarily Western profit-seeking behaviour which has caused increased Chinese supply and competitiveness as much as higher Chinese investment leading to higher quality output, innovation, and economies of scale. I don't know about Chinese frames as I haven't bought one and haven't seen one, but for wheels I don't see any inherent quality advantage for Western brands. Indeed, innovation seems to be coming from Chinese brands along with lower prices, just like we're seeing with electric cars. So higher quality and lower prices.
They should concentrate on the road users who do most of the killing and injuring: car drivers.
I've used the "why aren't you on the motorway?" one before, except here it would be "highway" or "Interstate." The other one I like is: "Get on the sidewalk!" (pavement) "On the side what?" "On the sidewalk!" "So it's not called a side-bicycle then?" Also one I've used a couple of times: "You're not a car!" "Neither are you!"
I've used Challenge, Vittoria, Veloflex and Continental tyres. What stands out for me regarding Challenge is how robust their supple tyres are. Usually there is a tradeoff there, but Challenge somehow manages to keep both.
Well, many of them are more correctly "emit elsewhere". However as we do successfully move away from "coal, oil, and latterly gas and wood" the fraction that is actually emitted does go down. So overall, welcome. (It's complicated... the renewables business is just business like any other so we aren't keen to discuss all the resources being used / new places that get trashed. Example being how much steel (mostly still "dirty") and concrete we need for the new infra. And of course where humans can, they will, as much as they can afford, so Jevons Paradox applies).
RE: Royal Mail 4-wheeled "bikes" - hadn't they been trying to ditch the bikes for ages (like society overall)? When they did they dumped them in favour of vans plus those trolleys. Overall if this means it ends up more "micro-van" rather than "walking plus full size vans" I guess a degree of pedalling is an improvement? When Royal Mail and parking came up before someone said they can ditch their vehicles where they want (if they have to/within reason... but nobody's going to do anything about it). The real issue is all the other commercial deliverers do that anyway. Plus most of the rest of the population...
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Hopefully the kill tally stickers are supposed to be tongue in cheek. Unfortunately they aren’t funny, especially to someone who may have lost a cyclist, pedestrian or disabled relative in a collision with a vehicle.
Maybe I could get a “How many obese SUV drivers have I caused to miss McDonald’s breakfast by riding two abreast” sticker?
But that isn’t particularly funny either and would just cause unnecessary animosity between drivers and cyclists.
Come to think of it, it wouldn’t be very snappy either.
In response to similar obnoxious behaviour like this, a twin-cab-pickup w*nkpanzer in my local area has started parking on a pedestrianised space which the prior estate management company was hot on ticketing for infringements. A recent change in management company means enforcement has been a bit lax, so in lieu, I’ve been leaving bags of dog poo in the flatbed.
A bit more subtle than a sticker, but much more amusing to my mind.
If you’re going to go that far then sticking it under the door handles or jamming same in the air vents is surely the logical progression?
One assumes the bike in Paris belongs to one of the Visma squad.
Excessive saddle sweating can cause hives.
Nah, I think they could be wasps. On a byke?
Regarding the driver’s ‘kill score’ sticker…
Presumably the driver can be reported to the authorities to investigate any actual collisions that may involve them and be prosecuted accordingly, along with punishment for displaying the offensive sticker itself.
Wait – you’re suggesting investigating them for false advertising?
More like suggesting it’s grounds to investigate the driver in relation to any and all unsolved hit-and-run incidents involving a cyclist or wheelchair user.
Where such investigation would involve detaining the driver for questioning and impounding the vehicle for forensic examination, ideally separately in relation to each such unsolved incident.
If they do ever knock down a cyclist, the presence of that sticker will make proving intent a lot easier.
Even if the police and prosecutors do little, it will make any civil suit for damages a *lot* easier to win against that driver.
They should probably just investigate them in general. Odds are anyone willing to go about in public with something like that on display is a bit of a twist in general, there’ll be something heinous on their computer I guarantee.
With the right person looking, we would all have something horrendous in our digital trail.
You could well be right on the specifics here but the principle might not be to your long-term advantage, as a “notorious and shameless cyclist”.
1980 vibes going on with those stickers
Perhaps they should reinstate those centre lane suicide strips – could help reduce total traffic in the long run 🙂
Presumably the driver can be reported to the authorities to investigate any actual collisions that may involve them and be prosecuted accordingly
If we assume that the same sentiments would be expressed if the stupid pillock driver was in the UK rather than Australia, the thought that the police would ‘investigate’ anything like this (or anything at all in connection with offences by drivers) would be hilarious if the matter wasn’t so serious. In the UK, the police mantra is ‘don’t do anything even when the evidence is indisputable, if you can get away with ignoring it’. This is HN21 VXB at the Old Garstang Police Station tonight. First reported for ‘No MOT’ to OpSnap over 8 months ago. Reported again to the joke Neighbourhood Policing Team based at New Garstang Police Station in January, when it was parked illegally for 2 days continually only 150 yards from that New Garstang Police Station. No Response, No Action is what the police specialise in.
RE: the kill scores sticker – if someone were really wanting to get back at the vehicle owner surely they could just replace the symbols here? Your choice of those … but eg. I think a cat and dog one would draw a much more angry response from other members of the public.
Or possibly, for even greater levels of outrage, other cars?
All I can think is…
Scratchy, scratchy…
Great theft deterrent, those bees 🐝 👌
On a serious note, swarms are bees just resting with the new queen while they send out scout bees to look for a permanent home. They’re not normally aggressive as they don’t have a nest or honey to defend, and usually fly off pretty soon, anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Very cool.
Established, of course, by Robert Beedon-Powell, and well known for their motto ‘Bee prepared’.
Once they find a suitable location, they come back and show the others the way by doing a woggle dance.
Looks more like a drone strike to me.
Mark Twain was once showing a visitor around his library and remarked, “You’ll notice this library does not contain a single book by Jane Austen, which would make it a pretty good library even if there were no other books at all.” One might paraphrase that and say you’ll notice the new Netcompany Ineos Cycling Team kit does not have white shorts, which would make it a pretty good kit whatever else it has.
Not long ago, humour used to be funny. Laughing was allowed. Not anymore. Jimmy Carr will soon have to make a career change.
If you didn’t like my bee puns you could’ve just quietly ignored them – no need to be[e] unkind about it.
I expect you also mourn the ability to make jokes about assaulting women, wife-beating, and all the locker room “banter” that used to be grist for the mill at working men’s clubs. Jokes like this are how people test social acceptability. The kind of person who has a sticker like this is probably the kind of person who deliberately washes their windscreen when passing a cyclist, or passes them just a bit too close, or sits revving their engine just off your back wheel at traffic lights. If called on it, they’ll grumpily say, “Just a laugh, don’t get your knickers in a twist, bet you’re fun at parties.” If their friend group laughs along with them, they’ll escalate. You should see the facebook comment thread for this piece — there are people actively wishing harm on cyclists, and celebrating when they are hurt or injured. I’m sure they’d say that was “just a joke” as well.
Paris is a major hub for urban beekeeping. Between 1,000 and 2,000 beehives are reportedly located on rooftops of iconic buildings such as Musée d’Orsay, Palais Garnier (Opera house) and Grand Palais, which are close to the Métro station Palais-Royal (the stop for Musée du Louvre). Local busy bees must be art lovers.