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Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash; Giro bike chucking saboteur arrested; road.cc in-house NMoTD; Pink Giro Canyon for Carapaz, Adam Blythe shirts + more
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Brake check (via Cycliq Facebook)31 May 2019, 16:00
Holyrood committee rejects default 20mph speed limit
British Cycling says 20mph Restricted Roads Bill would make streets safer pedestrians and cyclists.
31 May 2019, 14:58
Mood music: Heavy metal makes drivers too agitated, but classical makes them too cool
You're better off with Taylor Swift, apparently.
31 May 2019, 13:37
Lovely
Postcard from #Giro pic.twitter.com/Q4Vah7WZz4
— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 31, 2019
31 May 2019, 13:04
A Message from the Council for Ill informed and Opinionated Bicycle Aesthetes
Oops! A quick gander at the road.cc bike rack reveals we've gone seriously off-message on this one… the wrong one just looks so right.
31 May 2019, 13:02
31 May 2019, 12:19
Ute driver brake checks cyclists causing crash
This video, from Victoria in Australia, shows a ute driver pass six cyclists before braking and turning off the road.
31 May 2019, 11:46
Team Ineos 'strangling the sport' says Bradley Wiggins
He argues that the future of cycling is all in one team and says Ineos will ‘park the bus’ at the Tour de France.
31 May 2019, 11:19
GT Grade 2020: Davey Arthur gives his first ride impressions
The first incarnation of the GT Grade was possibly the ultimate Marmite bike - some thought touched by the ugly stick, while others though it touched by genius… we’ve not met anyone who rode one that didn’t love it. So what’s the new version with adjustable geometry like? Find out here
31 May 2019, 10:49
road.cc in-house Near Miss of the Day + bonus slo-mo swearing
Our man Pat shares a moment he had out on the bypass on this morning's commute. One of those that demonstrates that the camera doesn't always give a true impression of how close a pass was - though it's pretty close and fast. It takes quite a lot to shake up an experienced rider like Pat, but a stiff drink (coffee we think) and he's back to his usual composed self now.
31 May 2019, 09:24
Trek reveals two new Madone SL Disc models
Trek has unveiled two new Madone models that become the cheapest disc brake Madones in the range. The Madone SL 6 and Madone SL 7 are made from a lower grade of carbon than the existing SLR models and feature a traditional-style handlebar and stem rather than a single-piece design.
31 May 2019, 09:11
Adam Blythe's shirts
If you've been watching the Giro on Eurosport (or the highlights on Quest) you'll have noticed Adam Blythe's shirts.
So have his co-presenters.
31 May 2019, 08:51
Another angle on that incident yesterday where a spectator threw a bike in the path of the Giro
— Sacha Modolo (@SachaModolo) May 30, 2019
Yesterday we featured the incident above when a spectator ran across the road to clear a bike left in the path of oncoming riders, today we got a much clearer view (in the second video clip) of what actually happened. The man in the hoodie has reportedly been arrested.
31 May 2019, 08:12
Pink Canyon for Carapaz
Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn't especially like cake.
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I know nothing will change until it does, but (FFS) yes - a prison sentence (and they've actually applied a previous suspended one) BUT why are we...
- Surreyrider 2 min 55 sec ago
You should know by now that drivers are never responsible for their vehicles - just look at the results of court cases.
- chrisonabike 5 min 57 sec ago
I've had to put my wellies and gloves back on again ... but perhaps a thoughtful consideration of the following would be helpful for those - with a...
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If you'd read it a bit more carefully you'll see that it also requires each new home to have at least three parking spaces. So it shouldn't be a...
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It took me ages to make sense of the story, because the bit about having bike parking is irrelevant to the issue about access. ...
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But how on earth do you expect people to know that's not allowed?...
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Man flees after crashing into grade II listed Dorset home https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24263845.man-flees-crashing-grade...
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If plod can't get through their in their cars, then criminals will use it to evade them because heaven forbid the police should patrol on foot or...
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The questions would be "who / what do the rules serve? What are we willing to pay / accept to maintain or enforce them?"...
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Pat certainly tried, but that bit of road falls under the jurisdiction of the Wiltshire Police and the upload for video reporting on their site wasn't working earlier when he tried. Not that, he won't try again I'm sure
That close pass was terrible, no excuse, nothing in the outside lane stopping them pulling out.
Please tell me it was reported
The close pass- Did you see the driver try and keep inside the line of the left lane. Riding central would of made the driver think about the overtake
So WTF was going on with the bloke dumping his bike ahead of the oncoming peloton?
Maybe not the best bit of driving by the ute driverq who could have waited, perhaps they weren't sure where the turn was, but it seems the lady caused the crash by touching the wheel of the rider in front. The leading 2 were able to pass the ute on the inside easily enough.
I've never seen a bike with a front disc and rear rim brake. Attention to detail please!
I've got one!
Yep, Suspension fork at front with post mount disk, and regular rear with V-Brakes...granted it was an XC MTB... but still a bike with front disc and rear rim brake
what, a rim braked bike leading the Giro, oh for shame for the disc brake lving road CC, I see you haven't mentioned that have you yet when it's the other way around you've got your crusty socks out!
what does brake system have to do with some one winning the giro? road racers generaly don't use the brakes as often as you think!
You've not been reading the hype over disc brakes for the last 5 years or so then? Everytime a cyclist wins a stage/event on a disc braked bike Road CC are all over it like a rash singing triumphantly over their superiority, yet when a cyclist with rim brakes wins, nothing. The promotion of discs as an essential tool in road cyclists armoury is massively pushed everywhere, yet as you've said pros and even top amateurs use their brakes fairly infrequently comparative to your average and even then discs are simply not necessary in any road conditions.