Fuming cyclist rages at hire bike rider on “machine of death with no safety equipment or road knowledge required” for failing to look before turning; Pogačar’s million dollar watch; Colnago on sale for £145; Remco inspects new SL9 + more on the live blog
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“Death on the roads, sanctioned by the council”: Fuming cyclist rages at hire bike user riding a “machine of death with no safety equipment or road knowledge required” for failing to look before turning
Remember Bob Wilkie, the Edinburgh cyclist who went viral in April after posting a video of himself riding through a red light and almost hitting a pedestrian, before telling said pedestrian to “f*** off”?
Well, he’s back. And this time, he’s directing his anger at people riding hire bikes.
In a recent video, content creator Wilkie was riding on one of the Scottish capital’s cycle lanes when a young man, riding one of Edinburgh City Council’s Voi hire bikes, emerged from a junction and pulled out in front of him. And Wilkie wasn’t impressed:
“Did you not bother looking to your left, or right, before you pulled out there? Have you any real road knowledge at all?” Wilkie shouted at the hire bike user.
When the young appeared to mutter ‘sorry’ in Wilkie’s direction, he replied: “No, don’t apologise, just think about yourself and your own safety. You didn’t look to the right before you pulled out.”
At that moment, another Voi user – after clearly looking over his shoulder – then moves across the lane to turn right, provoking Wilkie’s ire in the process: “And that f***ing clown didn’t look to the left before he pulled right, you f***ing idiot!”
“Edinburgh Council supplying machines of death with no safety equipment or road knowledge required,” Wilkie wrote in his caption to the video, which has attracted almost 700,000 views on Facebook alone.
“Apologies for the language, and I appreciate the temporary disconnect of my brain from my mouth, I care about human life which can be lost ever so easily.”
Wilkie also posted another video shot from his rear-view camera showing the young cyclist indicating to turn right without looking, which he captioned “no words”.
“Edinburgh Council will be renting out shotguns next,” the camera cyclist joked in the comments.
However, as was the case following his run-in with the pedestrian, Wilkie’s response to the young hire bike user has attracted quite bit of criticism from his fellow cyclists on social media.
“You sped up when you saw him,” Craig noted, while another Instagram user said: “This boy is a teenager having a grown man swearing at him – seriously need to look at your own behaviour and language.”
“Just no need to speak to them like that. You can make your point in a reasonable way. Mad that you thought this was OK to post,” added Jamie Wallace.
And finally, Graeme said: “Chill… the roads are for everyone to share. Be patient and understanding and show some love. Please.”
Remco checks out “the fastest road bike ever made” (according to Specialized)
The Tarmac SL9 is finally here… and Mr Evenepoel seems fairly pleased with it (I think).
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“I will just have to race the same way, with an air of unpredictability”: Ben Healy promises “rinse and repeat” attacking approach to Tour de France as Irish star leads opportunities-focused EF Education EasyPost squad
He may have proved his GC credentials in the mountains last July, but don’t be expecting Ben Healy to sit in and play it safe at the Tour de France this year.
The Irish rider, who finished ninth overall at the 2025 Tour after winning a stage and holding the yellow jersey for two days with a brilliant attacking ride, is set to co-lead EF Education-EasyPost at this year’s race alongside former Giro winner Richard Carapaz.
They’ll be supported by Kasper Asgreen, Michael Valgren, Alex Baudin, Sean Quinn, Georg Steinhauser, and Manx debutant Max Walker, who’s making the first grand tour appearance of his career in Barcelona.
In a statement coinciding with the team’s squad announcement – delivered in typical flamboyant EF fashion – Healy insisted he’ll approach the Tour with the same attack, attack, attack mindset he had last year, despite battling through a relatively difficult, and winless, 2026 season so far.
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“I’m hopeful. I’ve had a spring with some bad luck, but I’m in good shape and ready to race. I’m looking forward to being back racing again and hopefully racing at the front,” the 25-year-old said.
“Last year was a standout year and it would be amazing to replicate it, but even half that success would still be a successful Tour in my eyes. There’s not too much pressure – I just want to be up front and in a fight for a stage win, maybe even two. There are a lot of hard transitional stages this year, so I think there’ll be plenty of opportunities for breaks.
“Our team is super strong and pretty well balanced. We can go into this Tour with any goal in mind and be adaptable to any situation. We have a lot of experience, a lot of young guys – it’s going to be a fun one.
“I have had a good prep. I did an altitude camp, which I was able to do the full block of, and then Dauphiné as a prep race, even though I got sick, I didn’t really miss too much and was able to get back into training fairly quickly. And yeah, some heat work in Mallorca. Hopefully that’s me ready.
“I will just have to race the same way, with an air of unpredictability. Even if they know how I’m going to race, if it’s still unpredictable then it’s still hard to predict. Even last year people kind of knew who I was and I was still able to do it. So nothing’s going to change really — just going to try and rinse and repeat.”
I’ll be sitting down with Healy ahead of the Tour’s start in Barcelona later this week, so keep an eye and ear out for that.
Former Adidas marketing lead Lee Gibbons appointed interim CEO at British Cycling
With CEO Jon Dutton moving to the British Olympic Association, this morning British Cycling announced that board member Lee Gibbons will step into his role on an interim basis next month.
In January, Dutton revealed that he was stepping down from the head role at the governing body to become the BOA’s new CEO, after spending three admittedly turbulent years at the helm at British Cycling.
Gibbons, who spent nine years running the sports marketing division at Adidas, will become interim CEO on Monday 13 July. A board member at British Cycling since December 2023, Gibbons also has experience working with the sports agency sector, other sports rights holders, and commercial brands.
Recruitment for a permanent CEO is in its final stages, and Gibbons will sit in the interim role until the chosen candidate can join the governing body. The new chair of the British Cycling Board will also be announced soon, it was confirmed today.
Whoever is appointed as Dutton’s permanent successor will likely have next year’s historic double Tour de France Grands Départs on the agenda, as cycling’s biggest race – in both its men’s and women’s iterations – returns to the UK for the first time in 13 years.
They will also be trusted with reversing British Cycling’s sharp drop in membership numbers, after a few years plagued by controversy, as well as overseeing its current four-year plan, which aims to reinforce Britain’s position as a “world-leading cycling nation” and deliver an “unprecedented contribution to society, health, and the economy”.
Do you want to buy a replica yellow Tadej Pogačar Colnago Y1RS for just £145? Wait, there is a catch…
… It’s the size of a tennis ball.
Yes, that’s right. Over on the weird, wonderful, and often bizarre world of Etsy, one miniature specialist is selling tiny 1:12 scale versions of the bikes we’re going to see a lot of over the course of the next three-and-a-half weeks.
I think they’re pretty cool, if I’m honest. The yellow Pogi special will look great next to my new Lego road bike (on the shelf in the spare room). And let’s face it, they’re the closest most of us are ever going to get to owning a Colnago Y1RS…
Nine years in jail for drug driver 16 times over limit who killed oncoming cyclist after veering into wrong lane + more on road.cc’s sentencing round-up
Got a spare £750,000, don’t mind getting your wrist bloodied, and don’t need to tell the time? Colnago has just the watch for you
Speaking of largely pointless Colnago-branded things, the iconic Italian bike brand’s partnership with luxury watch brand Richard Mille has been upped a month this week, thanks to the new RM 64–01 Tourbillon Colnago.
The limited edition watch is apparently inspired by Colnago’s technical, aesthetic, and sporting language, Richard Mille says, and aims to bring “some of the most recognisable codes of the Italian brand into the world of high watchmaking”. Whatever that means.
“The RM 64-01 Tourbillon Colnago was conceived as a tribute to the architecture of a Colnago bicycle,” the Swiss brand said in a statement.
“The skeletonised movement recalls the structure of a racing frame, with bridges and components arranged according to a visual logic that evokes tubes, geometries and drivetrain. The star-shaped sections of the bridges are inspired by the renowned Gilco tubes, one of the most recognisable design signatures in Colnago’s history; the micro-lugs pay tribute to the C Series, the iconic line of bicycles handmade in Cambiago; while the white, blue and gold colour palette echoes the language of the brand’s most exclusive creations from the recent past.”
I suppose I can kind of see it… Although my biggest concern would be actually telling the time on that weird, overly artsy face. You had one job, watch, one job.
And let’s just hope Colnago’s input has prevented the highbrow form of masochism Tadej Pogačar’s wrist endured during last year’s Paris-Roubaix:
Anyway, apparently the watch is available for the low, low price of £750,000. Only 50 have been produced, so you better be quick getting the house remortgaged…
The special Tour kits keep coming: Pinarello Q36.5 says swap-out kit a celebration of Tom Pidcock’s return to cycling’s biggest race
You know you’re a big deal when your team – which is making its debut at the Tour de France, remember – sends out a press release saying its new special kit is to celebrate your return to the race after two long years.
As well as celebrating all things Pidcock, Q36.5 says the kit aims to “highlight the inherently hi-tech construction techniques and fabrics offered to their athletes, as well as bringing a cooler and more distinctive visual identity to the world’s biggest bike race”.
I suppose it’s alright. Not too sure about the crotch outline on the shorts though…
“While we’re proud of the impact we’ve made, our journey is only just beginning”
Why don’t cyclists use the cycle lane? #560,281
No idea how this happened…
24 June 2026, Dublin: Ops … the Cycle Lane!
#Dublin #Photography #Streetphotography #CycleLane— nerosunero (@nerosunero.bsky.social) June 24, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It’ll happen to you…
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But Vingegaard sideboard said he got back to sleep straight away (2am wake up) and Pogacar said he didn't get back to sleep at all (5am wake up). I think I'd rather be woken up at 2 for that reason.
@Another_MAMIL Plus the recommended 10-20% tip ...
The reckless behaviour may have been intentional, but can you prove beyond reasonable doubt that the specific intent was to kill the cyclist? If you charge with murder instead of manslaughter and can't convince all 12 jurors of that, you get no conviction.
The French will try anything to get a Tour de France winner.
Unfortunately convicted Fraudster Louise Haigh is unavailable to serve as Transport Minister as she has been given (checks notes) the lead role for Ethics and Propriety as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. That’s right - Burnham has appointed to an ethics and propriety role a person who not only committed fraud, but reportedly stayed silent when the person she sold one of the phones she stole to got arrested for having bought it from her in good faith.
Perhaps because the riders are going to fairly fatigued at this point of the race, and with a load of big stages still to come, so more likely to be using (if indeed they are)?
Well, "Texas law recognizes manslaughter as criminal homicide under section 19.04 of the state’s penal code. A person commits the crime of manslaughter if he or she recklessly caused the death of an individual. This differs from murder, where the accused intentionally and knowingly caused the death of someone. Manslaughter can be interpreted as an action that unintentionally caused a death, which is referred to as reckless behavior." I would say trying to hit a biker with a car so hard that she completely shattered the Honda's rear hatch window and crushed the hatch inward is severely intentional. The driver has been "booked into the Brazos County Jail 13 times since 2012...Those include criminal mischief, theft, resisting arrest, assault, hit and run, escape from custody, deadly conduct, possession of a controlled substance, and multiple driving offenses."
Well, the new transport secretary isn't Lousie Haigh, she's been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Has anyone worked out what that job is yet?
@jh2727 I fear you may be right but if you are I find it a very unsatisfactory state of affairs. If it is an offence then they have the choice of sending a NIP, a warning letter or an advisory letter instead of NFA. All of these should be just a matter of pressing a button. In the case of the NIP, once the driver has been identified and checked for previous they have the option of a course, a fixed penalty notice or taking it to court. The first actually generates income, the second only goes to court if it's contested. I can see why they don't always use the courts but I can't see any reason not to use the others. Some on here would say that letters and courses are a waste of time but I don't. It hasn't happened to me yet but if a driver has already been dealt with in that way then the next time it's going to be very difficult to justify not taking action. I have also noticed a marked improvement in driving around me since Gloucestershire started sending advisory letters rather than NFA for close passes.
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re: death on the roads
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It would not surprise me if (given his red light running and hypocrisy with regards to highway code rules) Bob Wilkie is a future Darwin Award nominee.
It would be really good if you could stop giving Wilkie the oxygen of publicity he so desperately craves, he doesn’t care about cycling, cyclist safety or anything else and his posts create considerably more animosity towards cyclists as they are generally him doing something stupid and then claiming it was the motorist’s fault, e.g., filtering in the middle of the oncoming traffic lane and then complaining oncoming traffic didn’t give him enough room. All he wants is to get clicks, comments and reactions for his posts, whether for monetisation or just for his own sad little ego I don’t know, but he’s definitely not someone to be encouraged, in my opinion.
Are the joints only available in Ultegra and 105? I guess this is one case where you won’t get too many people complaining they were quite happy with Sorer.
(Although I understand there are quite a few older people on Tiagra – or something like that anyway.)
@mdavidford – I don’t understand, is one suppose to inhale or not?
If I ever want my knees to bend sideways I’ll opt for those.
@Bentrider
@mdavidford Are the joints only available in Ultegra and 105?
Beware Shimano enthusiasts! This is a fraud, selling off obsolete stock. Metal-on-Metal replacement joints are long out of use as they result in tiny metal fragments and undesirable tissue reaction.
@wtjs Furthermore, Professor Sir John Charnley of Bury and Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, great benefactor of mankind for perfecting the total hip replacement, would object to the highly unstable hip joint shown here. It’s bonded, no doubt, and equally doubtless kept failing without warning.
Yes indeed. I have a version of the R8100 and you definitively need ceramic for the socket.
@Sheen wheels I have a version of the R8100 and you definitively need ceramic for the socket
Oh no, you don’t! Ceramic sockets pretty rare and, as far as I know, only with ceramic and not metal ‘ball’ (femoral head)
@mdavidford I run Dura Ace knees, as I love that their lighter and that they need replacing within five years.
I think for some the issue is the overall design of the knee and less about specific component suppliers.
I’ve been running (riding…) ‘bent knees and find over longer outings this is more relaxed. Also quite aero as I’m lower, and less likely to bang my nose when I fall over.
L-shaped ones?
Bah, I’m waiting for the campagnolo replacement joints. Sure, it will be twice the price and require an entirely new set of equipment for the surgeon to install, but it will work magnificently and my legs will look better than ever.
I run Dura Ace knees, as I love that they’re lighter and that they need replacing within five years.
@lesterama You’ll want to replace them anyhow, since the old knees aren’t compatible with 12-speed drivetrains.
My legs have at most about 3 speeds anyway.
Highway code rule 147 seems relevant here…
try to be understanding if other road users cause problems; they may be inexperienced or not know the area well.
be patient; remember that anyone can make a mistake.
do not allow yourself to become agitated or involved if someone is behaving badly on the road. This will only make the situation worse. Pull over, calm down and, when you feel relaxed, continue your journey.
slow down and hold back if a road user pulls out into your path at a junction. Allow them to get clear. Do not over-react by driving too close behind to intimidate them.
Highway Code could really do with updating to cover “Do not go out and use the road with the intent to generate clickbait”.
Also something about AI before we have artificial bad drivers (though they’ll probably copy the bad human ones, might even be slightly better).
@bensynnock try to be understanding if other road users cause problems…
If only I’d been more understanding, this would never have happened!
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Sod the sniggering b******s at LancsFilth and Stagecoach
Honestly that Colnago watch looks like it costs a fiver.
@Terry Hutt my first thought was that it looks as if made with Lego