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Daily Mail hysterical backlash quelled as tree 'cut down' to make way for cycle lane successfully moved to new location; Zwift Everesting; Santa Claus is cycling to town! Dan Walker spots a famous festive face using a bike lane + more on the live blog

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09:48
Daily Mail hysterical backlash quelled as tree 'cut down' to make way for cycle lane successfully moved to new location

Who'd have guessed it?

Versus the way the situation was portrayed by a certain national newspaper's website...

MailOnline story

 

Right, yep. Not the hardest game of spot the difference, not that it stopped Conservative MP Nickie Aiken sharing the Mail's story and urging Transport for London to have a "rethink". Aiken was accused of "spreading lies" and of neglecting her "position of responsibility" by failing to focus on the safety of cyclists in the city, to "score political points".

Thankfully, Will Norman was on hand last week too...

> MP duped by Daily Mail article claiming famous palm tree will be "chopped down" to make way for cycle lanes gets corrected by London's cycling commissioner

Think it might be high time to update our old-favourite, the '10 of the most hysterical anti-cycling Daily Mail headlines' feature...

17:35
Campaigners raise £37,000 for a legal challenge to stop Tower Hamlets mayor from ripping out low-traffic neighbourhoods
17:16
When you just can't wait to pick up your Raleigh-branded wash set...

Thankfully, no injuries reported from this... 

15:59
Ford claims its new van can solve the issue of "cyclists getting doored" by drivers and passengers
15:30
Christmas shopping? Exclusive Raleigh gift sets to be sold in Boots

Not necesarily news I expected to be writing today, but here we are... 

Keepsake Tin

Boots and Raleigh have teamed up to sell exclusive gift sets from the iconic British bicycle brand in the run up to Christmas. Because who doesn't want to wake up to Raleigh-branded body wash? Beats Lynx Africa every time...

Raleigh gift set Boots

They're also selling the obligatory mug x socks combo, and a gloves gift set. That poor pedalling Santa we featured earlier is going to be rushed off his feet with all the trips to Boots required when these hit the Christmas lists. In fairness, give me anything Raleigh branded over the generic 'I like cycling' genre of gifts (much of which forms the backbone of inspiration for Jo's now-famous gift guide)...

> Don't buy me this! Gifts not to buy for cyclists this Christmas to avoid a festive faux pas

Raleigh and Boots say the sets have been "meticulously crafted to provide a combination of retro style, and practicality". Oh, but if you want to be a really popular gift giver, skip the Boots trip and just get me one of these... anyone... please... okay, I'll settle for the socks...

Raleigh relaunches Chopper for 2023

> Back to the future: Raleigh relaunches iconic Chopper (again)

15:09
"Just wait until the Mail hears how many trees have to be cut down for any road junction 'improvements' let alone any new roads"
Palm tree moved for cycle lane (Will Norman/Twitter)

Comments section time.

ktache makes the point that it's funny which trees being 'cut down' (and those not even being cut down, just relocated) attracts certain sections of the press' attention... "Just wait until the Mail hears how many trees have to be cut down for any road junction 'improvements' let alone any new roads."

Interestingly, as Surreyrider points out, not so much frothing fury "about the number of trees cut down for the Wisley junction 'improvements' in Surrey".

Brooksby might have predicted the next twist in the tale... how long until the 'EXCLUSIVE' suggests it's actually a plastic remake? Don't give them ideas...

Extra kudos to chrisonatrike for the reference to a very good song by a very good band. A fake Chinese rubber plant, perhaps?

14:26
Best Christmas gifts for cyclists under £200 — special presents for your special cyclist
14:07
"Otherwise he would have already stopped": Cav's coach believes in 35th Tour stage dream
2023 Tour de France Mark Cavendish (ASO/Pauline Ballet)

Vasilis Anastopoulos believes in Mark Cavendish. That much should already be obvious considering the Greek coach oversaw the Manx Missile's return to the top of the sport, four-stage haul at the 2021 Tour, and has since left Soudal Quick-Step to reunite with his star pupil at Astana.

Speaking to Portuguese Cycling Magazine, Anastopoulos responded emphatically to the question of is it realistic to believe Cavendish can win a 35th Tour stage win next year and overtake Eddy Merckx's record? "Yes," the coach replied instantly.

"Mark is a great champion and a real fighter. If he didn't like it anymore, he would have stopped a long time ago. That is also why we have recruited certain riders, in order to build the best sprint train. Mørkøv, Ballerini and Cees Bol are good and experienced riders, who can drop Mark in the last meters of a sprint. Then it is up to Mark to complete it.

"Mark had a very good level last year and we hope to make a little bit of progress so that it is enough. In the Tour stage in which he crossed the line in second place, he suffered a mechanical problem. Without mechanical failure he could have won, I'm sure.

"The stages in the coming Tour are very tough and it is therefore important that Mark is able to survive the longer climbs and days. And then at the end I still have the right freshness and energy to be able to sprint."

12:46
Investigation suggests workers at Shimano's supplier subjected to "slavery-like" exploitation
11:10
GTA VI: Pro cycling edition

Presumably rated 18+ purely for Mr Lefevere's 'full on' newspaper appraisals...

And the hitman of the rival gang?

10:37
Zwift Everesting

Few days late to this, but bloody hell...

And to think I get bored usually around the six-minute mark of riding indoors...

It's not Alec's first live blog appearance, that came after he completed a 340km solo ride at an average speed of 27km/h around Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire (because why not?)... 

09:02
Santa Claus is cycling to town! Dan Walker spots a famous festive face using a bike lane

 With the price of looking after nine reindeer it looks like the main man has opted for a simpler, economical mode of transport this Christmas. It helps burn off the mince pies too, I guess...

One commenter hoped he's on more than £38,000 per year, while someone else questioned if the reindeer are striking over pay and conditions. 'We do all the work and just get a few carrots chucked at us while you get drunk, eat all the good scran, and take all the glory for lobbing a few presents down chimneys...'

As a result, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer is out and a HumanForest hire bike is in. Missing a trick not going for a Santa-nder Cycle, but what do I know? 

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