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Live blog: Specialist bike shop Ubyk reportedly ceases trading - but has it found a buyer? Team Sky sacrifice aero gains for festive spirit; County Down cycle lane cleared by 'bloke with shovel' + moreubyk

Live blog: Specialist bike shop Ubyk reportedly ceases trading - but has it found a buyer? Team Sky sacrifice aero gains for festive spirit; County Down cycle lane cleared by 'bloke with shovel' + more

In today's cheesy festive pro promo vid of the day, Team Sky are apparently 'cold' in Mallorca, so the wagon stepped in to give them something festive to warm up... ...
by Alex Bowden
Thu, Dec 20, 2018 15:19
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Yorkshire wallet | 5 years ago
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The old Ubyk owners seen like scam artists after reading stw. New owner seems daft wanting to use a name with much bad will associated.

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Pilot Pete | 5 years ago
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Head down TTing kills. Not a great advert really. Plus, his helmet with the head down is so un-aero that he is being overtaken by a lovely lady on her shopping bike! Pahhh!

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hopster | 5 years ago
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Ubyk saga on STW. Long read but the new owner appears to discuss the situation in more detail.

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don simon fbpe replied to hopster | 5 years ago
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hopster wrote:

Ubyk saga on STW. Long read but the new owner appears to discuss the situation in more detail.

Aside from the shittyness of losing money to a fraudulent company, that's an amusing thread in the typical STW competition for stupid prize and other internet stalking (for the wrong person, obvs) wankery.. Hat off to the new owner, even after the demands that he pays out for the previous owner's shenanigans, and suppliers stepping in.

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peted76 | 5 years ago
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^^ forget the ring of fire, real men wear a neckerchief and no shirt ^^

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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I wonder if tory Cllr Susan Webb also considers the billions spent on building more roads to encourage more people to drive everwhere "vanity projects"?  Or is that particular epithet only applicable to schemes to get people out of their cars.

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clayfit | 5 years ago
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Astonishingly, councils/authorities are not liable for "accretions" on the highway, and councils hide behind this to avoid keeping roads clean.

(Section 41(1) of the Highways Act 1980).

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CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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Elf and Safety gone mad, innit?

If its not safe for a council worker to walk along with a broom then surely it is not safe as a cycle lane / pedestrian footway either. Ciouncil effectively admitting that the infrastructure they built is not fit for purpose.

Or if its safe enough for pedestrians and cyclists surely a bloke with a hand cart and broom or even a snazzy little pavement sweeper EV could manage to negotiate it without dying a gruesome death?.

 

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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Well done Terry, is there some sort of award road.cc could give him?

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

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scrapper replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

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hawkinspeter replied to scrapper | 5 years ago
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scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one.

I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

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burtthebike replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

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hawkinspeter replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you'd have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible - ex-juggler here).

 

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burtthebike replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you'd have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible - ex-juggler here).

Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

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hawkinspeter replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you'd have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible - ex-juggler here).

Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

Tough crowd!

 

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CygnusX1 replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you'd have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible - ex-juggler here).

Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

Tough crowd!

 

Oh no it's not!

 

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hawkinspeter replied to CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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CygnusX1 wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to

trim a hedge anymore.

Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you'd have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible - ex-juggler here).

Sorry, but that picture would only count if it was a squirrel juggling the shears or the man juggling sharpened squirrels.

Tough crowd!

 

Oh no it's not!

 

Is this some kind of joke to you?

 

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OnTheRopes replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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HawkinsPeter wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

HawkinsPeter wrote:
scrapper wrote:

burtthebike wrote:

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

The cordless Hedge Trimmer is the tool of power for those in a similar position, you can do so much in so little time with them and they re about as safe as they possibly can be to use... weve kept a 7.4km long greenway clear for over five years using two of them !

Nice one. I'm kind of hoping that you use two of them yourself - one in each hand, swinging your arms in great circles whilst letting out a rampaging war cry against foliage.

Juggling them surely?yes  Whilst rending the air with screams against the austerity that means the councils don't have the resources to trim a hedge anymore.

Technically, it only counts as juggling if you use less hands than objects, so for two hedge trimmers you'd have to use one hand (which to be fair is quite feasible - ex-juggler here).

 

All a bit soft really that, a real man juggles chain saws in a ring of fire

 

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Organon replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:

Well done Terry, is there some sort of award road.cc could give him?

Had something similar last year, with overgrowing foliage blocking the local paths, so I got the battery powered hedge trimmer out and sorted it myself, didn't even bother wasting my time asking the council.

Please send that man my road.cc socks, which I am going to win of course.

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