Jason Osborne (Germany) wins the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships. Top-10 pic.twitter.com/uMu5O88VVH
— the Inner Ring (@inrng) December 9, 2020
German rower Jason Osborne overcame a field of pro cyclists and Zwift specialists to win the first ever men's UCI Cycling Esports World Championships. The 26-year-old is a rowing world champion and competed at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Turns out he's a pretty handy bike rider too. When rowers do cycling...
2019 @WorldRowing Champion 🥇
and now.. 2020 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion! 🥇#Watopia2020pic.twitter.com/Tu1yz3mfdg
— UCI (@UCI_cycling) December 9, 2020
When cyclists do rowing...
#hurtlockerpic.twitter.com/dK7vFNlLIS
— Orla Chennaoui (@SportsOrla) December 9, 2017
This cyclist took matters into his own hands after seeing the growing problem of drivers parking their cars in the bike lane opposite Hillhead School in Glasgow. Thomas Cornwallis placed homemade parking tickets on cars parked in the lane to raise awareness about the danger they pose to cyclists. One man, waiting to pick their child up, didn't take to the tickets very kindly and can be seen in the video below arguing and telling the cycling advocate: "I own my own law firm, now fuck off."
Thomas told road.cc: "I went out to help raise awareness, placed them and moved on... In the video of the man, he shouted at me threw [the ticket] back at me, he started film, so I got a video of him talking nonsense."
Some people on Twitter then searched the man's registration plate on the gov.uk vehicle tax service, found the car was untaxed without an MOT then accused him of driving the car illegally. Thomas ticketed ten cars and said that despite the objection from one man, another driver moved on after having the reason for the action explained.
I also had very grumpy man who threw card at me and told me fuck off before he lose his temper.
I asked why he wanted threaten me, and he started film me... so I gave him same treatment.
He owns a law firm... and is a litter bug 🙃 pic.twitter.com/js4v4g3xds
— Thomas O Cornwallis (@UrbanistTOC) December 9, 2020
Of course. pic.twitter.com/ahtvGCZCet
— Pidgin Posting (@PidginPosting) December 9, 2020
I bonded with a van driver today. Have a look at what happened. pic.twitter.com/oQRlRUbgkq
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) December 9, 2020
Garmin has launched its new Tacx Boost trainer today and says it is a 'powerful indoor trainer that features a forceful magnetic brake, realistic ride-feel and manual resistance control to help cyclists train year-round.' The Boost has ten resistance levels up to 1,050 watts and can be bought with a speed sensor to measure speed, distance and virtual power for use on virtual apps such as Zwift. Retailing at £229.99, Garmin says the Boost is an 'affordable and quiet basic trainer that makes it easy to train year round.'
First-ever UCI Cycling Esports WORLD CHAMPION! 🌈
Congratulations @ashleighcycling who also wins on her birthday! #Watopia2020pic.twitter.com/Ab2eSgZQ0A
— UCI (@UCI_cycling) December 9, 2020
One of my friends has just bought a new bike from Halfords.... pic.twitter.com/iQjBw50XQV
— Jon (@samuriinbred) December 9, 2020
Yep, this is how one lucky customer got their new bike from Halfords. A Twitter user called Jon shared this photo of his friend's new Boardman bike, allegedly bought from Halfords with the forks the wrong way round. Unless...
Nothing wrong with those forks, it's the rest of the bike that's fitted backwards!
— Mtb_Si (@si_mtb) December 9, 2020
The state of the questions in this - I would fail a first year student for creating survey with such leading questions. The data produced by this survey will be completely meaningless.
— Matt Coldrey (@MattCoachingPE) December 9, 2020
In the past, the campaign group have been accused of running surveys that could possibly lead to slightly biased results in favour of motorists... and it appears the latest one isn't faring much better. Full story to follow, and if you want to take part in the survey then the link is here.
— Alexandra Dervan (@thealexed) August 18, 2020
KentOnline reports that a 28-year-old woman miraculously survived a cycling accident that saw her fall off a 100ft cliff onto the rocks below. The woman has asked not to be named but fell from the cliff near Joss Bay at Broadstairs in Kent. Her last memory before the incident was cycling along the cliff-top path between Ramsgate and Margate on August 18.
The first thing the woman can recall is waking up in hospital a fortnight later following emergency surgery on her head injuries. "All I could see were casts on my hands and bandages on my head," she told KentOnline. "I remember being like 'what the hell?"
She was airlifted to King's College Hospital in London, placed in an induced coma and has since had seven operations. Her injuries included skull damage, two broken wrists, two broken ribs as well as several bones attached to her spinal cord, her elbow and some fingers.
"It hasn’t put me off [cycling]," she continued. "It’s a hobby I’ve always loved, and I will do it again when fit enough.The only thing I’ll do differently is wear a helmet, as I was so stupid to not have done that day."
Custom-fit helmet brand Hexr have announced a new 3D scanning smartphone app that will allow users to scan over 250,000 data points on their head to get an accurate fit. The app can be accessed on IOS 13 and onwards and the hope is that it will make custom helmets accessible to more people.
Co-founder and CTO, Henry Neilson said: "Like many, 2020 has been a unique year for us at HEXR. The rapid transformation of what is possible and necessary for safe commerce, has borne some of the world’s most advanced 3D capturing software, neatly wrapped in a beautiful and intuitive interface. I am immensely proud of the HEXR team who have built this, making custom available to millions, and further challenging the limits of existing technology."
This may well be an old video, I feel like we've seen it before. But it's a great clip so why not share it again? It's been doing the rounds on Facebook and shows a kid dancing up a steep climb dropping roadies, with all the gear, as he goes... Remco Evenepoel will be 21 in January so it's probably time for the next generation...
This story from Nasdaq is pretty interesting...In the 1890s, public interest in bikes rocketed as the humble mode of transport represented a 'social and environmental breakthrough'. Share prices in bicycle companies soared, the value of many tripling in the space of a few months in 1896. This happened even while the number of companies making and selling bicycles expanded more than five-fold.
By 1901, the bubble had burst. Low-cost American bikes flooded the market and enthusiasm steadied as people started to see bicycles as an inevitability and the novelty was gone. Five years after the bubble, at least 40 publicly traded British bike companies had gone bankrupt. More than 70% of the companies that benefited from the 1890s bubble went bust.
The number of female cyclists competing at the 2024 Olympics will match the number of male athletes, the UCI has confirmed. A total of 514 athletes will take part in the cycling events at the Paris Games, split evenly between the men's and women's events for the first time ever. At next year's Tokyo Olympics, the mountain bike, BMX and BMX Freestyle events will see equal numbers competing but 2024 is the first time this will have been achieved in the track and road events.
In Paris, 90 athletes will compete in the road events and 95 on the tack. UCI President David Lappartient said: "It gives us great satisfaction to achieve what is a key objective of our Agenda 2022. Gender parity at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 sends out a strong message to our athletes and society as a whole."
Ciao Michael, il tuo ricordo resterà per sempre con noi... ❤️♾
Tutta la squadra Mastromarco Sensi Nibali si stringe alla famiglia in questo momento di dolore. pic.twitter.com/j5kyWWcZxM
— MASTROMARCO SENSI NIBALI (@TeamMastromarco) December 3, 2020
A pro rider from Italian team Mastromarco Sensi Nibali has died of COVID-19. Marca reports Michael Antonelli was admitted to hospital two weeks ago, before being moved to the intensive care. The 21-year-old was recovering from a serious accident at a race in Florence in 2018 which saw him taken to hospital in a coma. Antonelli was slowly recovering from the incident and was able to feed himself and recognise people when he became infected.
No! Please stop this lobbying. I’m a dr, who cycles to St George’s. I was called in for a Major Incident and cycling was the quickest route to the hospital. It’s is also a much safer route since the A24 cycle lane was introduced.
— Sarah Krishnanandan (@SKrishnanandan) December 8, 2020
A doctor working at St George's Hospital in Tooting has appealed for her local Conservative councillor to rethink plans to scrap the A24 cycle lane. Ian Hart is the councillor for a ward in Wandsworth and said that "emergency vehicles must be allowed to move freely," and that the "blockages and closures," on the A24 must be removed.
Sarah Krishnanandan works at the hospital and uses the cycle lane to get to work. She replied: "No! Please stop this lobbying. I’m a dr, who cycles to St George’s. I was called in for a Major Incident and cycling was the quickest route to the hospital. It’s is also a much safer route since the A24 cycle lane was introduced."
Critics of the cycle lane have used videos, such as the one below, to accuse the cycle lane of causing congestion and preventing emergency service vehicles from attending incidents. However, as some people have said on social media, it's not entirely clear that the removal of the cycle lane would have allowed the ambulance to pass.
No #tooting businesses no want #ltn
3 weeks of hell for businesses and residents on #a24 it was when it was forced on us with so much pollutions
See how bad it was on video outside shops @BaldKaz@TheFox89688362@SGasworks@baldamigo1https://t.co/rh7g7hT4rRpic.twitter.com/pZuMkTM2EP
— Mr John Singh Pajinder #chakdetooting #GoshWala (@tootingjsp) November 13, 2020