“The ‘cycle lane’ people keep talking about”: Cyclist fed up with ‘use the bike lane’ comments counts how many parked vehicles are blocking it; “We will keep improving”: Rouvy CEO on being bought by Zwift + more on the live blog
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"The 'cycle lane' people keep talking about": Cyclist fed up with 'use the bike lane' comments counts how many parked vehicles are blocking it
If you’ve just cycled into work, ready for another day of live blog scrolling (sorry, I mean very important employee activity, of course), this may well be an all too familiar scene from your commute too…
In fact, Stoyan got so fed up with the ‘use the cycle lane’ shouts that he decided to run a little in-the-field data collection to answer the question: just how many parked vehicles will be blocking the cycling route today?
Well, we counted six in this short clip from a short stretch of London cycle lane, one driver even managing to create an obstruction on the segregated part of the route at the end of the video.
“On my way home… this is the ‘cycle lane’ people keep talking about,” Stoyan explained, before joking in the video, “‘Use the cycle lane’, they said. Not avoiding it — just can’t use what’s constantly blocked.”
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Tadej Pogačar is winning sprints now... world champion takes his second victory of Tour de Romandie
Reduced bunch sprints, but sprints nonetheless. Dorian Godon in second has, of course, already won fast finishes at Paris-Nice and Volta a Catalunya this year, but even the French powerhouse was no match for the all-conquering world champion in today’s kick to the line. From the flags, it suggests Pogačar did well to target the right-hand side (as he looks at it), darting up the inside well sheltered by Godon.
Looking at the rest of the week there’s a decent chance Pogačar leaves Switzerland with five out of six… can anyone stop him?
"A practical step towards making cycling a more attractive option for commuters and visitors":
On the theme of today's live blog...
Over in Worcester, the council reckons it has come up with “a practical step” to boost the number of commuters and visitors cycling into the city and to the station.
The BBC’s local reporter had news of a series of secure lockers that are now operational around Worcester Foregate Street railway station.
There’s an app, so no need to think about locks or keys, councillor Hannah Cooper saying they will make things more practical and attractive for people wanting to cycle into the city.
The good news is there are different sized lockers for standard bikes and cargo bikes, both at the same price. Said price did raise some eyebrows over here, the lockers priced at 45p per hour or in bundles of £1.40 for four hours or £2.40 for eight hours.
Definitely cheaper than car parking, but still £2.40 does seem like quite a significant extra daily cost for commuters. What do you think?
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Why don’t cyclist use the cycle lane? #405.
— David Gregory-Kumar (@drdavidgk.bsky.social) 28 April 2026 at 08:59
"Been a tough start to the season and hard not to feel like I’ve let a lot of people down": Oscar Only out of Romandie with stomach bug
British cyclist dies after suffering heart attack during Liège-Bastogne-Liège sportive
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Oscar Only was a DNF on yesterday’s opening road stage of the Tour de Romandie, the Scottish climber suffering with some illness. Onley was upfront about the disappointment of the situation and even went as far as suggesting he feels he has let his new team down in the opening months of the season (something I doubt anyone at Ineos would, even privately, agree with).
“Gutted to leave after some kind of stomach bug the last few days,” he wrote on Instagram. “Been a tough start to the season to be honest and hard not to feel like I’ve let a lot of people down after all the time and investment from everyone at Ineos Grenadiers. Looking ahead to the next goals and get back amongst it soon.”
In fairness, Oscar, white shorts and the fuelling required for mountain stages is no combination to press on with if you’ve got a stomach bug.
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"Rouvy and Zwift will continue to operate as separate platforms... we will continue improving Rouvy with the same focus on quality, realism, and listening to our community": CEO addresses Zwift's purchase of Rouvy
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Yesterday Zwift announced the ‘strategic acquisition’ of rival indoor training subscription service Rouvy, the brands insisting both businesses would still be run independently. Rouvy CEO Petr Samek has now commented on the news, saying his team “will continue improving Rouvy with the same focus on quality, realism, and listening to our community”.
“Our journey to create the most realistic indoor cycling experience has led us to join forces with Zwift, which has strategically acquired Rouvy,” he said. “This step is a huge recognition of everything we have built together with you, our riders.
“Rouvy stays Rouvy. Real routes are, and will continue to be, our heart, and our mission remains the same: to help you achieve your cycling goals. We will continue to build the product we believe in and love. Now, supported by Zwift and the Zwift hardware ecosystem, we have an opportunity to create even more experiences in the world of indoor cycling reality!
“For you, our users, nothing changes in your daily experience: you can keep riding exactly as you are used to, and your current subscription and its price remain the same. The entire Rouvy team, including myself, is staying on board, and we will continue to listen closely to your needs. Rouvy and Zwift will continue to operate as separate platforms, with independent roadmaps and subscription models. The same faces, the same great people, the same passion behind Rouvy.
“We have always believed in a bigger vision for Rouvy: one connected cycling experience that brings more value to riders indoors and outdoors, all year round. Now, we are even closer to realizing it than ever before.
“We will continue improving Rouvy with the same focus on quality, realism, and listening to our community. Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to every ride we share in the saddle. Doesn’t matter whether it’s outdoor or indoor.”
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A good move by TFL, and I hope the funding is recovered. If it was freelancing, can he be forced to put them back? Active Travel England now need to do the same, to bring mouth-breathing goons such as Perry under control. I'm interested in why emergency vehicles did not fit in the cycle lane, and why Croydon does not have the appropriate vehicles.
Croydon used to be "on my patch" when working in London. Croydon is not a centre of wealth, and if anything, quite the opposite. From census data, 33.6% of Croydon residents have no access to a car, and nationally, where safe accessible Active Travel routes are put in, the uptake is over 30% year on year. Evidence of this is little more than 10 miles away from Croydon, with relatively easy access by bus, train or tube. As a result of removing Active Travel infrastructute, 1/3 of Croydon residents now find it more difficult to access local shops and businesses, and if those residents now feel the need to try to budget for a car, there will be less money to spend with local shops and businesses, and those currently with access to a car will find it more difficult to access local shops and businesses because of the greater volume of cars. And, we cannot forget the greater demands on local health and care budgets because of greater levels of ill health and disability because of cars. In short, I am desperately trying to escape local polititians trying to create a 1980s 100% car owning model of UK that has long sinced proved to not be achievable.
I've had Zwift for over 7 and a half years and think it's brilliant. It makes turbo riding enjoyable. There are lots of races and events to enter, or lots of different paced group rides to join if you don't fancy riding alone. I really like the idea of riding alongside people from all corners of the world. Zwift keeps adding more routes and events, so there is always something new to try and you have the long term goal of progressing up the levels (I just reached level 98 this week!). On average I ride on Zwift once a week over the summer and 2 - 3 times a week over the winter. Zwift and my Wahoo turbo are probably the best cycling investments I have made after my bikes.
Stewart Lee’s let himself go since he became the mayor of Croydon.
You mean like all those fat bastards in the Tour de France, every single one of whom uses 28+ mm tyres on the road stages? Call me old Mr Cynical, but I'm thinking that the greatest riders in the world along with the most talented bike techs probably know a little bit more about what works best than an Essex-based accountant.
Incidents like this used to happen when I did crit races at hove park, crystal palace and other places. 99% of people supportive, but occasionally one stubborn person would deliberately walk across the track, sometimes whith a dog too, whilst the race was on, presumably annoyed their regular route was blocked. I'm not even sure barriers or more marshalls would help. If someone is sufficiently annoyed that their route is blocked that they'll do anything to cross and you can't physically restrain them. Yes this might cause injuries, even their own, but some people may be in a state of mind where they don't care. Same thing happened on the roads too, someone would force their car past marshalls and to hell with the consequences.
@jackcycles Your score is 4 out of 9. Better luck next time.
@mdavidford I like that the front fork is 650B and 700C compatible. I want a carved animal head on the prow of my bike too.
@Rendel Harris that's a very mature comment from you for once. Well done, keep it up.
Mechanical > electronic (battery reliability) Rim brakes > discs (lighter and easier to maintain) 25mm tyres > 28mm + (fat tyres for fat arses) Tubes > tubeless tyres. Buy tpu tubes from AliExpress. Carbon > all other manufacturing materials 50mm wheels > all other depths Hookless wheels are for dum dums Look pedals > all other pedals If you're going to get electronic shifters, at least get SRAM. Friends don't let friends get di2. That's it. That's the list.
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*Onley
No – you’ve misunderstood – he’s Only out of the Tour de Romandie.
Because of the great Bob Marley’s pronunciation, every time I listen to Could You Be Loved now I think of Oscar, “Onley…Onley…Onley the fittest of the fittest shall survive…”
The video clip isn’t working.
Assuming you mean the TdR clip, it’s working for me (albeit with road.cc’s typical shonky embedding meaning you can only see either the top or bottom half unless you pop it out to picture-in-picture).
Another hot day, another vehicle unable to resist a quick dip after work:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2pyxpwmdro
No charges to be brought, as the driver was found to be in Seine.
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Poor chap, he certainly wasn’t au quai.
A passing British bus instructor was heard exclaim “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la gare routière!”
(Pinched from the joke about Keble College. )