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cyclo4.jpgroad.cc live blog: Cyclo-cross 2017-18 annual, motorpacing with Alex Dowsett, Yodel driver "nudged" cyclist, and more
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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- S.E. 5 sec ago
I guess the country is more policed... also we have a lot of radars for example, could they do some checking in addition to speed limits and red...
- Andrewbanshee 13 min 20 sec ago
I lived a fair distance, 40 ish minutes walk, which I did every day. Only one of my house shares had a car and he walked too. Back then 92 to 95...
- anke2 54 min 14 sec ago
The front one seems a bit useless - what is it protecting, if not the feet, chain(wheel) and entire bottom bracket area? I found that "ToeSavers"...
- Lozcan 54 min 19 sec ago
I'll stick with my photocromatic ones from Rock Bros for 25 quid that are also way lighter.
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I'm sure that somethings wrong here, but I don't think that it's the new traffic island...
- Jaijai 3 hours 4 min ago
The vision couldn't have been that good ,they went bankrupt.
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I disagree, the lucky few who get to wear one of these will certainly produce more mass.
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That wasn't what my original post was about - it was about the NHS as it is now. If you're going to be run over by an ambulance tomorrow, there are...
- imajez 11 hours 28 min ago
I prefer the not haveing to faff with brakes in first place, which is the typical reality for hydraulic systems.
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BBC North East just reported a suspended sentence for a road rage assault on a triathlete. Van driver rugby-tackled female rider after she undertook him to avoid a dog.
Story here.
Regarding the yodel van tweet. I believe thats the commercial road entrance to the Rotherithe tunnel. It's 3 lanes with the left lane only for the tunnel - the cyclist is in the middle lane (correct) and the van is jumping a red light due to being in the wrong lane and because he wants to cut the queue (like many hundreds every day) whilst happily jumping the red light (the 2 'ahead only' lanes go green a fair bit after the left lane goes green).
I've seen the same happen a fair few times before. Drivers get very aggressive with 2 wheeled riders obeying the law and being in their way, even against motorcyclists. Was rear ended myself there once due to an unobservant red light jumping driver.
Mentioned it to a police officer a couple years ago during their operation safeway/punish cyclists for minor infractions thingy. He was 200 foot max. up the road yet couldn't care less (of course) about the blatant red light jumping and aggression, he had an empty and barely used pedestrian crossing to patrol...
Can someone explain to me what the point of motorpacing is... Surely the draft effect makes the effort easier... why not just do a normal ride at speed? Or is it to simulate the effect of riding in a fast group?
This. Training the muscles to work at paces achieved in the slipstream effects of a peleton.
Very impressive Wattage for such a long ride @300W average.