Plead guilty, lad. It'll spare you the embarassment of climbing down when you see what evidence they've got...(I don't know, it worked in my head, it's been a long day)...
Nottinghamshire Police are appealing for witnesses to help find a man on a bike spotted on CCTV carrying stolen ladders. The suspect left the scene, a property in Queensway, Worksop, at around 12.30pm on 7 September 2022, admittedly showing quite impressive balance, if a quite unimpressive disregard for respecting other people's property...
Trench Tales is your one-stop Instagram shop for all the mechanical mishaps and tales of woe from working in a bike shop. They were the guys who brought you this all-time classic...
> Can it be real? Mechanic shares double cleat horror set up
Hammersmith & Fulham councillor Frances Umeh has called on the government to ban the sale of substandard e-bike chargers, saying they "should never have been available for sale". An investigation by consumer safety charity Electrical Safety First found that dangerous e-bike chargers were widely available online.
> Fatal Bristol flat fire was caused by "homemade electric bike"
So far this year there have been 57 e-bike related fires in the capital, an increase on the 47 fires last year, 13 in 2020 and 10 in 2019.
"We're calling on the government to ban the sale of these dangerous chargers," Ms Umeh told the BBC.
🇭🇷 #CRORace
That was such a huge effort on that final climb! 🥵 pic.twitter.com/5cBfMOHrL2
— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) September 29, 2022
This guy looks good, wonder if he'll ever win a big one?
Here's a brainteaser for your Thursday afternoon: if drivers of "large wagons" keep getting so close to a cycle lane that they knock down the wands segregating riders from other road users, how would a return to an unsegregated painted bike lane work "extremely well" and keep cyclists safe?
That's the puzzle we're trying, and failing, to find the answer to after a councillor's response to a local rider suggested exactly this.
First, some context...
This is Vauxhall Road in Liverpool where the cycle lane wands are sparse and the parked vehicles are plentiful...
Constantly damaged wands snapped in half, cycle lane Vauxhall Road. pic.twitter.com/fvBNTBOITQ
— MERSEY ROAD WATCH (@UKCYCLIST) September 28, 2022
Similar happened yesterday Vauxhall Road pic.twitter.com/CUHNeiB21j
— MERSEY ROAD WATCH (@UKCYCLIST) September 25, 2022
Concerned about the situation, Mersey Road Watch got in touch with Liverpool councillor Joe Hanson whose interesting response has since emerged on social media...
"I agree with you the cycle lanes are in poor condition and part of the problem is large wagons hit the bollards, knocking them off the ground," he said, presumably meaning the drivers of large wagons.
'How about proper segregation then?' I hear you ask... nope, there's only one thing to blame here... yep, it's those bloomin' cycle lane wands getting themselves hit...
"I have questioned the wisdom of placing them on Vauxhall Road when the painted cycle lanes that existed before seemed to work extremely well," the councillor concluded.
We got in touch with Mersey Road Watch who called the response "disappointing".
"I reported to the council that the Vauxhall Road cycle lane, every day, has vehicles parked, driving in it, and all the wands are smashed and broken," they told us.
"The councillor did not care and seems like he is actually happy with how the infrastructure is being used. Disappointing."
We've approached the councillor for a comment on the situation...in the meantime here's how the debacle has gone down on the blue bird app...
He’s never ridden in his life very likely
— MERSEY ROAD WATCH (@UKCYCLIST) September 29, 2022
We never ran #OpClosePass where there was a cycle lane as it effectively gave offenders a "faux defence" of "well if it's dangerous, why is it designed like that?" which in light of the HC updates earlier this year is even more relevant than ever. #Murderstrips as they are more pic.twitter.com/uT2gK9USIQ
— Mark Hodson (@markandcharlie) June 20, 2022
If wagons keep hitting the bollards, it suggests that the bollards are very much needed to stop cyclists being hit.
— Pharmacist on a Pushbike (@PPushbike) September 29, 2022
Those naughty wagons. #absentdriver
— Gary James Ⓥ (@Tradescant) September 29, 2022
A motorist told Lavender Hill Magistrates court that the reason he was speeding, was because he needed the toilet urgently. Mr O'Reilly pleaded guilty to speeding at court on Monday after being clocked doing 36mph in #RichmondPark. He was given 4 points on his licence & £199 fine pic.twitter.com/v5SgVbVawn
— Royal Parks Police (@MPSRoyal_Parks) September 29, 2022
Tom Boonen, 2005 pic.twitter.com/EADRy8lvrR
— Cycling Pics That Go Hard (@cycIingpics) September 27, 2022
Anyone else now feel slightly ill?
Remco Evenepoel when he hears that he is worth over €100 million to Quickstep and compares to his contract salary https://t.co/DpRWJmDTRQpic.twitter.com/Ev5JFS28fQ
— Patrick Broe (@LanterneRougeYT) September 29, 2022
Lefevere:
Remco:
In response to feedback the Department for Transport has pledged to follow a proposal to "change the terminology used throughout the statistics publications and data tables to refer to collisions, rather than accidents."
> "Language matters" – Road collision reporting guidelines launched
The department noted "no opposition to the proposal" and said it would implement the change from the 2021 annual publication onwards to "refer to collisions rather than accidents wherever possible".
At last, road casualty statistics will be reported by the government as collisions, not accidents. Language matters, and a default presumption crashes are accidental impacts how we perceive their causes, and solutions.
This was one of our https://t.co/DambbYZMUj recommendations https://t.co/WClSBUqAV4
— Laura Laker (@laura_laker) September 29, 2022
[📷: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com]
Annemiek van Vleuten has admitted having "doubts" over her planned retirement at the end of next season. The all-conquering star of the sport won all three of the women's Grand Tour editions this year, plus last Saturday's World Championships road race.
> From Coppi to Van Vleuten: Cycling's greatest ever seasons
"Sometimes I start to have doubts, yes," she told Jinek. "I would prefer to retire if I think 'I'm starting to get weaker now.' But this is really my best year ever. I will be 40 next week, which is really unbelievable. But it's my driving force to get better. It’s not about winning, but the urge to improve myself.
"After that crash, I had completely said goodbye to the idea that I could become world champion, I had set myself 100 percent to be a servant for Marianne. It wasn't until the last kilometre that I thought there might be a chance that I could go home with this jersey with my broken elbow. The first thing I felt the next day was 'what have I done with my elbow?' But then I thought, 'yes, that elbow, but I am also world champion'.
"There's still disbelief. I had completely parked the belief that I could win."
Two days late, but this is too good not to share...
We've got another elite video to add to the pantheon of all-time viral sensations — Ronnie Pickering, clown takes a pratfall...you've got company... this lad from Bradford has delivered a belter...
This was actually broadcast by @BBCLookNorth today as part of an article on the Bradford clean air zone. Not a parody. Lovely stuff. pic.twitter.com/9eShniubq5
— antb 🏂 (@antbxsh) September 26, 2022
10/10. Absolute perfection. Everything about it is golden, from the conviction of the delivery to the fantastic final enquiry..."are we going to put a big dome over Bradford?"
Surprisingly, it seems the council has neither the budget nor the desire to build a dome to... 'keep the clean air in?'
The Clean Air Zone, which came into effect on Monday is, the council says, "designed to improve air quality in areas where it’s worst and where poor air quality is impacting the most on people’s health. It will help people to breathe better and reduce other health risks too." Shocking.
So why are some people upset? Well, you guessed it..."You will need to pay a daily charge to drive in the Bradford Clean Air Zone (CAZ) if your vehicle does not meet required emission standards and is not exempt."
It won't affect private cars but will see taxi drivers pay £7 per day, while non-exempt buses, coaches and HGVs will have to pay £50 to enter the city Clean Air Zone.
Anyway, the clip has gone viral and brought back memories of this classic...
and..... https://t.co/nlzLZuD8qE
— Jim McQuaid 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 😷 🇪🇺 #COVIDisAirborne (@jimmcquaid) September 28, 2022
Patrick Lefevere just now on belgian radio "I said I don't sell Remco, maybe when I want to retire I sell the whole team to INEOS group, Remco's contract doesnt allow a transfer, that would cost a team more than 100m euro to transfer him"
— Davy Depuydt (@DavyDepuydt) September 29, 2022
Your move, Ratcliffe...