Parish councillor writes to cycling club to complain about cyclists 'racing very fast downhill'; Ridge riding with Kilian Bron; Canyon’s Ultimate range gets a fresh lick of paint; "If you want respect as a cyclist, you've got to earn it" + more

Regrettably, the court of opinion has a jury of drivers

Where have you been for the past eleven years?  Tory party manifestos are decorative only and there can be no expectation that they will actually carry them out.  In fact, all their manifestos come with a disclaimer that they are fiction and any resemblence to actual policies or strategies is entirely coincidental.

Have any local cyclists mentioned their promises to the councillors?

The Tories are prepared to renege on international agreements they signed 1 year ago. So lies about supporting cycle lanes are hardly a bother to them, surely? 

This happened once in 2016 and again last year. 

Cycling too fast and slowing down cars... er, and the cars aren't going too fast then?

Clearly some riders aren't doing enough to earn respect ...

More "what aboutery"!? I assume other clubs in the area have also been written to - eg  the Kidderminster Wheelers, Stourbridge Athletic & Cycling Club, N Worcs / S Staffs CTC, some club with a name like Meridian CC - to make up just a few. 

Quite a pertinent point, Brooksby.    Writing to the the Bromsgrove Olympique Cycling Club is about as logical as writing to the AA about the standard of driving through Rushock.        I live in the next door parish to Rushock and cannot relate to anything written within the letter.  To me at sounds like a matter raised at a parish council meeting by a councillor who has a psychological problem related to cyclists rather than anything with substance. 

Philip Whiteman wrote:

To me at sounds like a matter raised at a parish council meeting by a councillor who has a psychological problem related to cyclists rather than anything with substance. 

Perhaps the cycling club could write back, recommending a good pest control company to remove the bee from the councillor's bonnet?

I don't think you call pest control for bees.  That's for wasps.

(We phoned a local beekeeper last time we had a honey bee swarm in our garden...).

I also live near Rushock and ride through there on a regular basis. I was baffled by this article. The only explanation I can think of is that Bromsgrove Olympic organise a time trial along the main road towards Droitwich (A442) through Rushock on an occasional basis and that riders taking part in this were warming up on nearby roads before going to the start.

Its relevant that the roads they would have been using are country lanes with very little traffic and very few residents/houses. | have ridden through there many times and rarely see a car. I suspect a local Councillor, lives nearby has seen something going on which he/she didnt understand and was perhaps held up for for a few seconds after coming up behind some cyclists who didn't notice he/she was there.   

If there was any racing it was almost certainly down the main road (A442) but even on a TT bike they would have been unlikely to be breaking the speed limit ! Any dash cam footage will no doubt prove there was no law breaking, I think there are more important things going on in the world to be worried about !!

It will be interesting when the Minutes are published but the agenda for the meeting on the 10th Sept stated the agenda item "Problems with Cyclists" was raised by DC (Vice chair of the council). The clerk was obviously instructed to write the letter based off that but the minutes will be interesting. 

I did notice the Minutes for the last meeting, it was raised about poor visibilty on lanes for walkers and the same DC didn't think it was too much of a problem for said pedestrians back in May. 

Quote:

SD mentioned poor visibility on lanes for walkers, TG reported that verges will need cutting back, which is done by WCC but hopefully will be left until flowers have finished. DC advised that as long as traffic have visibility, walkers should be fine. It is hoped to keep cow parsley blossoming for as long as possible to preserve as many areas for pollinators as we can.

The Road CC headline is incorrect - it should say Parish Council writes to cycling club. That's not to say you aren't right in your supposition - it's just a shame no one challenged them at the meeting where it was discussed.

As always,  the complaints are vague and anecdotal. 

I hope we get to see the reply from Bromsgrove CC.  

I would be loud and proud there in my BCC club strip, calling out nicely to horse riders and maybe asking members to mind their language, unless it's, as has been said, swearing at close-passing Audis. 

Shouting and 'using inappropriate language'

Latin? 

Esperanto.

I generally find the biggest problems with inappropriate language come from Netflix itself - it can't seem to get its head around the idea that I want to watch foreign-language content in the original with subtitles, but don't want close-caption subtitles on english-language stuff.

Netflix's dubbing-into-English is appalling.  I don't want some French police drama sounding like its in Gold Gulch, Arizona!

Always remember these are people who are giving nothing back - whatever the we as cyclists do or the authorities do to make driving easier / faster/ cheaper - it's never enough, never can be.