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Children dodge cars parked where Kensington cycle lane used to be... but apparently it's their fault; AG2R Citroën unveil new BMC/Campag 2021 bikes; Does mileage matter?; Crown Prince vs ostrich; Unexpected item in the bike lane + more on the live blog
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Kensington High Street (screenshot from Jeremy Vine Twitter video)04 January 2021, 17:42
AG2R Citroën unveil new BMC bikes, dressed with Campagnolo components
...and so far, it would appear the internet thinks the team's new bikes are dressed quite a bit better than the riders themselves, after the new large-worded jersey proved pretty divisive when it was unveiled before Christmas.
Of the new partnership between Campagnolo and BMC - one we haven't seen before in the pro peloton - Campagnolo commented: "BMC is a brand that shares a great deal with Campagnolo - a pursuit of innovation, a desire to produce distinctive and premium products, but most importantly, a passion and commitment to cycle racing."
AG2R Citroën's MD Vincent Lavenu said: "We are very happy to have Campagnolo with us for 2021. Campagnolo is renowned in the cycling world for its performance products, its racing heritage and love for the sport. Combining such an excellent brand with our new bike partner BMC gives me great confidence as we head into a new chapter for the AG2R Citroën team."
You can see the new team bike in all its glory in this fancy unveiling video below...
04 January 2021, 17:07
04 January 2021, 16:36
Your thoughts on mileage goals
FYI i rode 10,000km in 2020.
— Alex (@alexdoesporn) January 4, 2021
Our opinion piece on mileage goals has caused a fair bit of debate this afternoon. Do you care about how far you, or someone else, rides in a year? Or is it simply how much you enjoy your cycling that matters?
'hawkinspeter' commented: "Excellent piece! The thing with modern cycling (or at least for me) is that we've got loads of different metrics we can obsess over and they're all useful in different ways, but it's so easy to let performance anxiety to get in the way of just getting on your bike and enjoying a simple ride."
'dassie' commented: "If people want to set distance/frequency targets, and then let others know how they did - it really doesn't bother me at all. Each to their own, sometimes it can inspire others to ride more - wherever they choose. Similarly, I acknowledge most cyclists I see out on the roads, but don't expect any reciprocation. Just do what you've gotta do, be considerate, and ride."
I heartily endorse this message from @VecchioJo re this whole ‘Ride A Bajillion Miles At X time of year / for Y reason’ schtick. He’s right. No-one cares. But good on you if it’s what you need. https://t.co/TqmOTPAtBP
— Mike Stead (@tweetymike) January 4, 2021
04 January 2021, 16:22
Happy 2021
How 2021 is going so far: pic.twitter.com/PsROVm6Oqf
— Katy Moon (@Oog) January 4, 2021
We've a feeling this gif is going to come in handy quite a lot this year.
04 January 2021, 16:10
Fabio Aru is back
HE IS BACK
(video by @DoCiclismo)pic.twitter.com/34abkr5ItK https://t.co/GIGf3f7dgp
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) January 4, 2021
Fabio Aru has a cult following on Twitter, mainly for his extraordinary portfolio of facial expressions that can only be explained by the pain of being a professional bike rider. The Italian completed his first race for his new team, Qhubeka Assos, this weekend in Italy and looks as miserable as you'd expect someone carrying their bike through freezing mud to be...Here's some more Fabio for your amusement...
— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) December 3, 2020
04 January 2021, 15:42
04 January 2021, 15:40
You'll never guess what car they drive
@ManCityCouncil Well done for the filters this morning in #Levenshulme can you make sure signs to tell drivers that the roads are dead ends are installed swiftly so drivers know what to do
5 minutes on Manor Road saw 3 vehicles mounting pavement @basat_m @Dzidra78 @bernardstone pic.twitter.com/EX3jUWRDJq— Andy (@Lets_getcycling) January 4, 2021
04 January 2021, 14:55
04 January 2021, 14:20
Behind the scenes at the Tour de France with Jumbo-Visma and Astana
These behind the scenes documentaries following cycling teams at big races are becoming more common. Deceuninck-Quickstep, EF Pro Cycling and Team Sunweb released their own videos covering the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España last year. Now, it's the turn of Jumbo-Visma and Astana.
Dutch broadcaster, NOS, follow Jumbo-Visma at the Tour de France and capture the shock and disbelief following the stage 20 time trial as Tadej Pogačar snatches victory from Primož Roglič. The hour-long film also covers Wout van Aert's two stage wins, Roglič claiming the race lead on stage nine and offers an interesting insight into life in the peloton as one of the world's best teams at the biggest race of the year. The link for the Jumbo-Visma documentary is here. Astana's shorter video can be watched at the top of this post.
04 January 2021, 13:44
Things you don't expect to see in the bike lane
Skleroza straszna choroba 🤷♂️😱niedobry sen kierowcy pic.twitter.com/ZKrtbEs3JV
— PiotrMakowiec (@piotr_makowiec) January 4, 2021
Nothing to see here. Just a new bridge over the cycle lane for you to ride under...
04 January 2021, 12:54
Will Norman toasts record year for London 'Boris Bikes', with over 10 million hires in 2020
Congratulations to @tfl's Santander Cycles team for a record breaking year.🚲🚲 There were 10,434,167 hires in 2020.🚲🚲 Many thanks to everyone who hired one. pic.twitter.com/hOw7xk4axj
— Will Norman (@willnorman) January 4, 2021
In what was a stinker of a year for many of us, a sharp increase in all types of bike riding was one silver lining - you can check out our more in-depth review of 2020 in cycling here.
04 January 2021, 12:37
'Time to get rid of that car lane no one is using', said no council ever
No motor vehicles using Westminster Bridge. Maybe it's time to rip up the road and convert it to a pedestrian only bridge. pic.twitter.com/4SYhUJS6H9
— 4 Chords No Net (@4ChordsNoNet) January 3, 2021
Part of the reasoning for removing the Kensington High Street cycle lane was that it wasn't being used by cyclists so it should be ripped out for to make room for another lane of cars. 4 Chords No Net has posted these tongue in cheek updates of traffic on Westminster Bridge, suggesting maybe it's time to rip out the road to make room for more pedestrian access...
Two hours later and it's still only buses, pedestrians and a single bicycle using the bridge. Time to restrict access. pic.twitter.com/pVMxKQ8eZf
— 4 Chords No Net (@4ChordsNoNet) January 4, 2021
Bill Hulley went even further and said: "Learn from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, rip out the entire bridge, those people could swim if they want to."
04 January 2021, 11:41
Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne Vos show off new team kit
The start of a new year means Annemiek van Vleuten and Marriane Vos have been able to sport their new team kits for the first time. Van Vleuten shared the photo above of her first training ride wearing the Movistar blue with her new Canyon. While Vos showed off the Jumbo-Visma Women kit at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup race in Hulst, finishing 11th. 2021 is the first year of Jumbo-Visma's women's team with Vos their star signing for the debut campaign.
🇳🇱 #Hulst
Only the first of many 😃 pic.twitter.com/xXIvFHXGKT
— Team Jumbo-Visma Women (@JumboVismaWomen) January 3, 2021
04 January 2021, 11:29
Late Christmas present for Alex Dowsett
Juliette ❤️ pic.twitter.com/0tVcjnykjw
— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) January 4, 2021
04 January 2021, 11:19
Stars and stripes shoes
2021 is looking 🚀 #northwaveshoes pic.twitter.com/Cqzza9woac
— Alex Howes (@alex_howes) January 3, 2021
04 January 2021, 10:29
Mathieu van der Poel sets out route to the classics starting with UAE Tour in February
Mathieu van der Poel impressed again, winning the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup event in Hulst yesterday. The Dutch sensation also set out his plans for the 2021 road season in an interview with Het Nieuwsblad. Van Der Poel will return to the road at the first WorldTour event of the year, racing the UAE Tour at the end of February. Significantly, this means the 25-year-old will skip the opening weekend of the cobbled classics before using either Tirreno-Adriatico or Paris-Nice as preparation for the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.
Van Der Poel told the Flemish newspaper that he will take a break following yesterday's victory in Hulst to train ahead of the final few weeks of his cyclo-cross season, culminating with the World Championships on January 31.
04 January 2021, 09:56
Why didn't they go for a bike ride in the park?
Should have took them to the park .. much safer https://t.co/htjiEZvi27
— Mr Vanderlay (@vanderlay) January 3, 2021
Great spot by 'Sriracha' in the comments this morning. One of the other replies to Jeremy Vine's tweet offers a neat answer to all those saying they should be cycling in a park and not on the road...
04 January 2021, 09:39
Dubai Crown Prince vs ostriches
These cyclist vs ostrich videos are becoming a regular feature on the blog. Before Christmas we shared this video of an ostrich in South Africa getting involved in a group ride. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum went one better, 'racing' two of the flightless birds.
As well as learning that ostriches have a top speed of 43mph (70km/h), this morning has taught me that the Crown Prince of Dubai is a keen cyclist. It's a nice life for some.
04 January 2021, 08:38
Children cycling down Kensington High Street dodge cars parked where the cycle lane used to be...but apparently it's their fault
Small children cycling in Kensington this morning — now in greater danger since the protected cycle lane was ripped out. The space is now blocked by parked cars. pic.twitter.com/uHQU2i49ts
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) January 3, 2021
The message Jeremy Vine wanted people to take from this video was probably that cycling for vulnerable road users has been made more dangerous since the Kensington High Street cycle lane was ripped out. Kids have to ride past parked cars, avoiding any doors that may suddenly open, and worry about traffic overtaking from behind...
However, that's not how everyone saw it...The replies to Vine's tweet are full of people accusing the children of poor riding. Seriously...
John Marshall said: "Also in danger because they failed to look, signal, look manoeuvre. The one at the back did glance a couple of times, but no indication. The adults who taught them need to give them another lesson. I'm actually on the side of cyclists being safe. I'm not trying to abdicate drivers responsibility, but we still have drunk and drug drivers. For the sake of a tiny bit of inconvenience, why not take precautions?"
Parked cars! It’s a road. Why not go to the safety of a park with children?
— bestm8te (@bestm8te) January 3, 2021
Irresponsible parent putting children’s lives at risk. Cars must have priority on our roads and if there isn’t a safe space for — young — cyclists they shouldn’t be on the road!
— Steve Nilsen (@stevenilsen3) January 3, 2021
They should be arrested
Get to a park or walk— Teddy Bass (@teddyboybass) January 3, 2021
Dan is the road.cc news editor and joined in 2020 having previously written about nearly every other sport under the sun for the Express, and the weird and wonderful world of non-league football for The Non-League Paper. Dan has been at road.cc for four years and mainly writes news and tech articles as well as the occasional feature. He has hopefully kept you entertained on the live blog too.
Never fast enough to take things on the bike too seriously, when he's not working you'll find him exploring the south of England by two wheels at a leisurely weekend pace, or enjoying his favourite Scottish roads when visiting family. Sometimes he'll even load up the bags and ride up the whole way, he's a bit strange like that.
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schlepcycling
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3 years ago
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22 pages of regulations published
That's the guidelines though. The actual regs will be out tomorrow or Wednesday which previously have not been the same.
They seem more contradictory than ever.
Garden centres open and you can buy chocolates but you can't play golf but you can go to church.
Bike shops open still !
That's the guidelines though. The actual regs will be out tomorrow or Wednesday which previously have not been the same. They seem more contradictory than ever. Garden centres open and you can buy chocolates but you can't play golf but you can go to church. Bike shops open still !
I don't understand why they seem so keen to keep open the churches... (?)
Unless its all worse than they're admitting and they're giving everyone an opportunity to make their peace.
(I'll get my tinfoil hat)
Churches are supposed to be covid safe in that they have detailed guidelines to follow and many risk assessements to complete beforehand together with venue marshalls.
I think the government came under some pressure from denominations too but there is also the mental health side so being with other people and doing something corporately has a benefit regardless of anyone's view on religion.
I'll complete Brooksby's comment that "the mental health side so being with other people and doing something corporately has a benefit" can be applied to lots of things that can't be done at the moment orunder new rules even if Covid compliant.
Personally I'm not fussed if people want to go to a religious house or not but attending a religious service is easily done at home in a similar way as most other things.
I'll complete Brooksby's comment that "the mental health side so being with other people and doing something corporately has a benefit" can be applied to lots of things that can't be done at the moment orunder new rules even if Covid compliant.
Personally I'm not fussed if people want to go to a religious house or not but attending a religious service is easily done at home in a similar way as most other things.
There are some religious rituals that require specific individuals or places. e.g. how could someone perform a Catholic Mass at home? Without consecration, the bread and wine won't literally become the body and blood of Christ.
I'll complete Brooksby's comment that "the mental health side so being with other people and doing something corporately has a benefit" can be applied to lots of things that can't be done at the moment orunder new rules even if Covid compliant.
Personally I'm not fussed if people want to go to a religious house or not but attending a religious service is easily done at home in a similar way as most other things.
There are some religious rituals that require specific individuals or places. e.g. how could someone perform a Catholic Mass at home? Without consecration, the bread and wine won't literally become the body and blood of Christ.
Then the Govt should allow people to go to bowling alleys and have a hotdog so as to worship Eris, or to an Italian restaurant to eat pasta and praise the Great Spaghetti Monster, etc etc...
Any guidelines or regs are going to be a bit arbitary but a bowling alley is a no no due to the enclosed nature, cross contamination and the level of noise.
The guidelines for churches include masks, sd, no singing, perspex barriers for preachers, cleaning, track and trace. There is also guidance on queues and hostile vehicles :eek:
They should, but they won't.
As an ordained Discordian Pope and also an enthusiastic Pastafarian, I'm more than happy to keep away from the great unwashed masses. In terms of controlling infectious diseases, I think they should close down places of worship as older religions don't necessarily take into account scientific models of diseases.
However, maybe Covid is a plague sent by a god (pick one) to punish us and who are we to try to help ourselves and not get infected?
... They seem more contradictory than ever. Garden centres open and you can buy chocolates but you can't play golf .!
I don't think it's worthwhile to produce a list of essential foods and non essential foods.
When they ban sales of alcohol and tobaco then they can consider whether chocolate is 'essential'
In the first lockdown there were reports of shops getting a hard time for selling easter eggs, I don't recall any similar reactions to bottles of spirits or cans of lager.
I didn't phrase that very well.
I was a reference to food shops being open and I noticed that the chocolate shops in town were open when we had the November restrictions as they come under food shops. Just struck me as odd that a shop that purely sells chocolate falls under essential shopping but I suppose it is hard to have the right wording to allow a bakers or butchers to open so you couldn't word it as 'supermarkets'.
I do think it is stupid that you can walk in botanical and historic gardens but you can't walk around a golf course. Seems exactly the same risk ie negligible.
We should be careful, there are 2 very similar accounts, and it is nigh on impossible to tell the difference.....
Easy: One is a ludicrous driver centric parody account and the other is a parody of a ludicrous driver centric parody account.
😂
But which one's which??
Hirsute
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3 years ago
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Use the parks
Clicked thorugh on the twitter link to get to this abortion https://twitter.com/vanderlay/status/1345690337243705344
Sriracha
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3 years ago
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Some awesome ripostes in the twitter thread. I love Vanderlay's answer to those saying the children should be taken to the safety of the park to cycle:
https://twitter.com/vanderlay/status/1345690337243705344?s=20
SocrapiCyclist
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3 years ago
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Take your pick:
- You all know that roads are really for cars.
- I love bikes but children shouldn't ride them, or old people, or women now that I think about it.
- If you can't ride through hostile city traffic then that's on you.
- The comfort of the individual outweighs the efficiency and safety of the many. (To clarify I do not intend to sound like Jeremy Corbyn here)
- If you get injured whilst cycling it's not the poor drivers fault.
- The sacred voice of 'business' should be listened to above all others.
- Ostriches have no place in our cities.
Etcetera etcetera...
Does anyone like me yet?
Take your pick:
- You all know that roads are for really for cars.
- I love bikes but children shouldn't ride them, or old people, or women now that I think about it.
- If you can't ride through hostile city traffic then that's on you.
- The comfort of the individual outweighs the efficiency and safety of the many. (To clarify I do not intend to sound like Jeremy Corbyn here)
- If you get injured whilst cycling it's not the poor drivers fault.
- The sacred voice of 'business' should be listened to above all others.
- Ostriches have no place in our cities.
Etcetera etcetera...
Does anyone like me yet?
Dammit Socrapi, I have to keep double-checking which is which, there's only a fag paper between you!
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