£2 parking ticket for not blocking the pavement🫠 https://t.co/zS6d9Fw90Ipic.twitter.com/Ota7OJHina
— CycleGaz™ (@cyclegaz) December 12, 2022
It seems this one isn't a new problem...
I see badly-parked @limebike bikes every day. I go out of my way to find a spot that doesn’t block pavements, and I get this. Sorry, I didn’t realise the carriageway was only for cars. Cc: @IslingtonBCpic.twitter.com/t3GNRALUyu
— John McGarvey (@johnmcg) December 12, 2022
According to Lime, who we've contacted for further comment on this specific case, London users like Gaz should "park like your gran is watching" and should "never leave your e-bike in a way that obstructs the pavement or could create an access issue for pedestrians, including those with disabilities or access needs".
And while in Camden, City of London, Hackney, Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham users are required to leave their bikes in designated parking bays, Gaz was in Westminster and John in Islington.
> Wandsworth says it may start impounding Lime e-bikes if pavement parking isn’t tackled
But, Lime adds, "being in other boroughs is no excuse to park irresponsibly. When you're elsewhere, make sure to still park out of the way, avoiding creating an obstruction for people using the pavement."
Thoughts?
🇩🇰 Mads Pedersen
🗣 "I'll ride Milano-Sanremo again in 2023, but I don't like the race. I absolutely hate it. Italians will be mad at me after saying that, but it's a boring race. We do nothing for 5 hours and all of a sudden everyone goes crazy for 1.5 hours."
(Sportwereld)
— Domestique (@Domestique___) December 14, 2022
Conservative councillor Robert Nemeth, who last month appeared in the local press supporting a "concerned and distressed" resident who didn't want one of the "giant ugly" bike hangars outside her house, is back in The Argus...
He told the local paper the scheme introduced by the Green Party-run council avoided "scrutiny of financial, legal and equality issues and numerous other related matters".
> Hove woman persuades council not to locate "unattractive" cycle hangar outside her home
Cllr Nemeth argued there was "public frustration" and "unfavourable national press coverage" of the scheme since it started earlier this year. The comments come not long after Green councillor Steve Davis revealed the city's bike hangars had enjoyed a 100 per cent take-up rate since installation in July.
"Since then we have installed 40 more, and all but one of the total of 360 spaces have now been snapped up. This means that 359 residents now have somewhere safe and secure to store their cycles," he said.
Okay, maybe we didn't need a Tour de France winner to tell us Remco Evenepoel is a very talented cyclist, it's kind of a given...
[📷 : @cauldphoto/Specialized]
But Tadej Pogačar has spoken glowingly about his fellow all-conquering Gen Z superstar, saying he's both "phenomenal" and capable of winning the Tour de France in the future...
Speaking to Eurosport, Pogačar said: "This year he had a phenomenal year but next year he can be even better. He's going in the right direction, for sure. He won the Vuelta, so the Tour is just a little different.
"But I think if you can win one Grand Tour and be world champion at the same time, you can win the Tour as well."
Also on the Gen Z talent list is teammate Juan Ayuso who scored an impressive third on GC on debut at the Vuelta won by Remco... "If I am shit at the Tour, then he [Ayuso] can go," Pog philosophically added. "For me, it's no problem. We understand each other and you can only be good for so many years; you cannot be at the top all of the time."
"For sure, if he gets better we will exchange some races and some roles, but we are all here in the UAE team to take the team as a group together to a higher level, so we try to win as much as possible and it doesn't matter who."
Maybe I'll go tell Ryan that if I'm shit at the blog he can take over...
This attraction in a tourist park in Urubici, Santa Catarina, Brazil, which lets you ride a bike across a slack line 500 ft in the air, is NOT for those who fear heights 😅 pic.twitter.com/9h4hxgX89i
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 14, 2022
I mean, there is a Strava segment, right?
I'm now picturing KOM hunters from around the world rocking up with skinsuit, aero helmet and asking if they can fit their own aero bars... although at those speeds you might be better off walking the tightrope...
I mean, I'll carry on cycling obviously; picking my way along ice-rutted cycle paths. But with deep anger in my heart.
— Ned Boulting (@nedboulting) December 14, 2022
Semi-final time and last night, seven years after the fact, Eduardo Sepúlveda finally got revenge on Kristijan Đurasek for beating him to the 2015 Presidential Tour of Turkey GC...
You can't say I'm not putting the Procyclingstats hours in to this live blog series...
'Good luck finiding Morocco vs France' I hear you say. Well, I'll raise you the final stage of this year's Tour du Cameroun, won by pure Moroccan domination...
I'm sure there's nobody in Casablanca, Rabat or Marrakesh who wouldn't take 4-1 tonight...
Is there anything more peaceful than a coastal road training ride? #HumanPoweredHealthpic.twitter.com/lZitElNeWW
— Human Powered Health (@HumanPwrdHealth) December 14, 2022
As we reported yesterday, along with the rest of the cycling world, US-based UCI Pro Team Human Powered Health are rumoured to be interested in Mark Cavendish's signature. Like an end-of-PM Cabinet exodus, just about every WorldTour team (including most recently Trek-Segafredo) has come forward to either state their roster is full for 2023 or distance themselves from signing the Manx Missile.
By our count Ineos Grenadiers, Astana, AG2R-Citroën, FDJ, Bahrain - Victorious seem the only WorldTour options left.
Fiver for the first person who spots a British national champ's jersey in team training camp footage...
A new kind of puncture for me! Went straight into the tube, or I might not have noticed 👎 pic.twitter.com/GKxoiII1aI
— Dave McCraw (@david_mccraw) December 14, 2022
After Ryan spent the weekend on the ground at the new Dublin round of the cyclocross World Cup I'm making the case for a team trip to... the Benidorm round in January.
And while he enjoyed Saturday night watching England's crushing quarter final exit alongside a certain Tom P, come Sunday morning he got even more behind the scenes access — taking a look at his rather fancy bike.
Now you can too...
> Check out Tom Pidcock's Pinarello Crossista F cyclocross bike
Look at this hero go...
Gr8 to see @wfcouncil#CycleLanes being cleared of snow & ready for safe use for cyclists. This is about cultural & system change, as well as infrastructure. #BuildItAndTheyWillCome but also #MaintainItAndTheyWillCome! Thanks to our contractor #Rineys. @WeSupportWFMH@willnormanpic.twitter.com/sym5LfgRFs
— Labourstone (@Labourstone) December 13, 2022
These are nothing new in some parts of London, but does anyone outside the capital get the same glorious gritting?