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Savage Arms MSR15 Valkyrie.JPGLive blog: Cyclists urged to boycott brands including Bell and Giro owned by US gun maker, road police say cycle lanes "not fit for purpose," amazing numbers from Viviani and lots 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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- Rome73 17 min 6 sec ago
One day a week? What do they expect to achieve on one day a week? Ridiculous.
- cardch 25 min 51 sec ago
Totally agreed. Ridiculous that anyone gets away with this these days. Another Brexit bonus. Sigh.
- Andrewbanshee 39 min 23 sec ago
Revenge, hmm well I have told my wife that if I am killed by a drivist, please drive over them and say that they appeared from nowhere.
- Chris RideFar 8 hours 8 min ago
I know that in independent tests on 10 and 11 speed chains, the SRAM chains always came out bottom in terms of drivetrain efficiency. Lots of...
- quiff 8 hours 14 min ago
The comparison was between two things never intended to be used on a bike.
- Simon E 9 hours 26 sec ago
We'll have to disagree. It's as ugly as f..k. You can try putting lipstick on a pig but it's always going to be a pig....
- chrisonabike 9 hours 32 min ago
Well, send us a review when you've cycled it!...
- Backladder 10 hours 55 min ago
Since the driver used similar language it in not "likely" that he was caused harrasment alarm or distress by having it returned to him. (IANAL)
- underworld99 14 hours 45 min ago
Some more local knowledge :...
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I pretty much agree with both of those points.
But...
There are obvious links between the Bell and Giro brands and NRA contributions.
There are obvious links between the NRA and Trump (IIRC the NRA contributed bigly to Trump's campaign, and Trump spoke at the NRA leadership conference).
I know that the second amendment runs through this debate, and is a sticking point, with or without the NRA.
And I'm under no illusion that me not buying any more Giro shoes is going to make the blindest bit of difference, but buying Sidi will make me feel a bit less dirty (until someone finds that they're ultimately owned by a holding that harvests kids' irises in Laos, or something).
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I'd love to be able to do that with my 5 and 8 year olds, luckily we live near the prom to enjoy a decent ride together. No way could I risk them on the roads around here, too many impatient speeding drivers.
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