Plans for "greener, safer" Regent Street criticised for unprotected cycle lanes; Sign promotes 'joy' of cycling on 60 limit A-road; Rapha/Palace jerseys now £600 on eBay; New three-tier coronavirus restrictions for England + more on the live blog

If you live in the Liverpool City Region, social mixing outdoors is now off as the area is in the 'Very high' tier, which will prevent all mixing between households both indoors and outdoors. In areas where the alert level is 'High' (including Nottinghamshire and Greater Manchester) the rule of six still applies outdoors, so bike rides with six or less participants are still on. 

Britain's largest bicycle manufacturer has unveiled its flagship Electric folder in a new Turkish Green colour for 2021: "the dreamy transcendence between blue and green is inspired by city night life", so they say.

There's also a new Cloud Blue colour dropping into the Core range, which will "match the sunniest days in the saddle" according to Brompton. Both are available to order now on Brompton's website, at selected online retailers and in Brompton Junction stores. 

We are working alongside @CityWestminster to transform London’s iconic Regent Street – helping to deliver our shared vision for a greener, safer and more accessible West End.

Read in full: https://t.co/7O860nelRP#accessibility #airquality #sustainability pic.twitter.com/2ffTNdsZoX

— The Crown Estate (@TheCrownEstate) October 12, 2020

Although Crown Estate say the provisions will include "wider pavements, reduced traffic, improved provision for cyclists" and "sustainable tree planting and greenery", some think the developers and Westminster Council are way wide of the mark with their ideas. 

Just going on pic, looks like cycle lanes go straight into bus cage. That's against LTN 1/20 guidance, #GearChange etc. as is lack of physically protected space for cycling. IMO stepped cycle tracks likely best here w bus stop bypasses. On bays, is most delivery rear access?...

— Simon Munk (@psimonk) October 12, 2020

Must try harder. Segregated bike lanes and buses only. The planner was drunk I guess

— Bob From Accounts (@BobFromAccounts) October 12, 2020

Simon Monk of London Cycling Campaign says the plans may contravene the government's guidance in their Gear Change document, as the cycle lane appears to head straight into a bus stop. There also appears to be no physical separation between the main carriageway and the cycle lanes, with just narrow strips of paint marking out the lanes on each side of the road. 

The Crown Estate claim the new 'interim designs' are part of a number of initiatives in their portfolio that support sustainable travel - most notably BIKE-DROP, a pop-up secure bike parking service. 

In an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport, Froome says that he only narrowly made Team Sky's squad for the 2011 Vuelta a Espana, and thought it was his last chance to stay in the sport.

"At the moment going into the Vuelta I didn't even know if I was going to get selected to ride (the Vuelta). I think I only got one of the last positions on the team", said Froome. 

"I really went there with the mentality that I'm going to give this race everything I have. It's probably my last opportunity to stay in professional cycling."

Froome added that he was originally sent to help Bradley Wiggins win the red jersey... and of course the rest is history, after Froome was finally awarded victory for the 2011 Vuelta in 2019 when Juan José Cobo's doping was uncovered, in what was his first of seven Grand Tour victories. 

While we're all for promoting cycling and walking as much as possible, the A367 into Bath probably isn't the most enticing of roads for new or returning cyclists and ramblers. Spotted by a road.cc reader this morning, he says the sign and the actual experience of cycling or walking on the road is something of a juxtaposition: "It's a single carriageway A-road with a 60mph limit where that sign is. There are no footways, and it's uphill so you can only do about 10mph. Probably about the least joyful place you could ever wish to walk or cycle", he told us. 

It's nice that Bath and North East Somerset Council are optimistic, but without some major changes the road probably won't be a 'joy' to cycle on for the foreseeable... 

I really hope one day very soon, Haringey will be bold enough to create streets for people, and not just through traffic. Well done @hackneycouncil @HackneyLivingSt pic.twitter.com/cRrailFrsr

— Catherine Kenyon (@cmdkenyon) October 11, 2020

In reality it rarely does, as is evident from these bustling scenes on a pedestrianised street in Hackney. 

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