Fair play to Stockport Council for building such an accessible BMX racing facility...oh, right...it's not a BMX track...oh, okay...oh, it's a cycle lane(?!)...are you sure?
Spoke to the council, they said "it's not for racing on". I think they should be asking if it's for riding on😂 If the ramps were less steep then it would be improved. Obviously an expensive project, shame it has these issues. Great commentary by @kianemadi🤣 https://t.co/IgHwTWLqwbpic.twitter.com/jE02p8M8dn
— Charlie Tanfield (@CharlieTanfield) July 22, 2022
So let me get this straight...
I can't ride my bike, but it's perfectly fine to go around injuring children and pensioners? Not sure that's a policy you want to be shouting about, York Museums Trust...
You can’t ride a bike, but you can hurt a kid or a pensioner. Seems a bit fucked up… pic.twitter.com/QSypraTHtL
— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) July 21, 2022
Cue the memes and comments...
You can't hurt both though, just pick one!
— David Amour (@TheDaveAmour) July 22, 2022
— BritishTeaCat (@ThatDamnCatOff1) July 21, 2022
No such granny-bashing advice repeated on their website, just absolutely no mention you could maybe ride your bike to the gardens? Drive? Sure. Parking? We've got it. Bus options? Of course. Riding a bike? Don't even think about it...won't somebody please think of the children.
Another corker here...
but.....but I don't need to go? pic.twitter.com/qNPNYzCM1v
— gull dad (@tubbsOreally) July 20, 2022
Biniam‘s new helmet is the funniest thing I have seen in a while 😂 pic.twitter.com/0rAMCrEFUk
— Tim - Les héritiers d'Ullrich 🇫🇷💛 (@ullrichserben) July 22, 2022
Thank the cycling lords...the Tour de France may be coming to an end BUT the Tour de France Femmes is just about to get underway. Hopefully in the future we'll see a full three-week women's race, but still, we can't wait for the week-long race.
To celebrate, and get as many eyeballs on women's cycling as possible, Le Col Wahoo — who will be competing in the race — have purchased 10,000 GCN+ passes to hand out to fans across the UK, so that they can watch the inaugural Tour de France Femmes.
Applied for on the team's website, the first 10,000 fans will be sent a code to activate on GCN+. The codes are only for those based in the UK and can be redeemed at any point between 23rd-31st July — meaning fans can watch every stage live, or on catch-up.
Get involved...
Ashley Neal, the driving instructor who has spoken out criticising CyclingMikey and divided opinion with use of the horn during an overtaking video, uploaded his first cycling video to YouTube last week, titled: 'First Ride Left Hooked', which, as you've probably guessed, shows some far from ideal driving...
Anyway, it got shared on our forum and the footballer-turned-driving instructor got involved in the discussion. Worth a look if you haven't already...
The saga continues...
Upper Shoreham Road's pop-up cycle lane, the star infra in a government cycling promo film back in 2020, was scrapped in November of that year despite council backing, prompting Cycling UK to head to the Court of Appeal and a dramatic increase in speeding...
The Argus is now reporting a permanent cycle lane on the route has "not been ruled out". The council had previously said there was "no prospect of the temporary Upper Shoreham Road cycleway being restored", but Cllr Neil Parkin has now said it has "not been ruled out".
Sport can be cruel...
💔💔💔 pic.twitter.com/ze9R46HScb
— Bas Tietema (@BasTietema) July 21, 2022
One of the unfortunate (for Simon Geschke) implications of Jonas Vingegaard winning yesterday's stage was he took the maximum KOM points atop Hautacam, condemning Geschke, the leader in the climbers' comp since after stage nine to lose his jersey on the final mountain day.
With an eight-point lead and just three more points to be contested it doesn't take a mathematical genius to work out what that means...(although with Jonas in yellow he will still be wearing the jersey on the road)...
Simon Geschke absolutely distraught at having lost the KoM competition to Jonas Vingegaard, if not the right to wear the jersey tomorrow. ‘I’d rather go to the start in my normal team kit…’
— Daniel Friebe (@friebos) July 21, 2022
"Thanks for the overwhelming support from Germany and everywhere my friends," Geschke wrote on social media afterwards. "Bit of a heartbreak to lose the jersey on the very last mountain stage but that’s sport. Thanks everyone at Cofidis for the support as well. At least we died trying!"
“I’m going to be later than expected love! Sorry, plate mine up and I’ll warm it through when I get home! Don’t wait up!” #TourDeFrancepic.twitter.com/YkcNao6Kx5
— Mamnick™ (@Mamnick) July 22, 2022
10 years ago today, history was made 🏆
🇬🇧💛 2012 💛🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/LGe2Hi634J
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) July 22, 2022
Here's a throwback to how we reported it back in the day...I say we...I'm sure Simon won't thank me for mentioning that day came in the week of my 14th birthday...feel free to tell me I'm a silly Gen Zer in the comments...
> Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour and leads out Mark Cavendish to fourth Champs-Elysees win
It's not all about the rider (sometimes it is, sometimes it's not)...here's the bike Brad rode to victory...
> Bradley Wiggins' Tour de France winning bike
I guess it was one of those 'where were you?' days in sport...so, where were you 22 July 2012? Dipping out of the family barbecue to watch the finish? On holiday? Glued to the telly from start to finish?
Tarbert harbour looking lovely this morning... pic.twitter.com/12t1Xi5fYG
— Andrew Russell (@AndyRussOrnitho) July 21, 2022
Another classic of the genre...