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Richard D wrote:

"Police officers were called and told the cyclist that the vehicle's details had been circulated and it was believed to be registered in North Ayrshire. Enquiries are ongoing."

If only cars were on some way labelled or registered.  It would stop this sort of thing.

Meanwhile, Mr Loopy thinks that registering bikes makes sense ...

He seems to be under the impression that requiring more stringent regulation of cyclists and cycles will somehow stop cars killing so many cyclists each year.

A cynical person might just think he hates cyclists and wants them off the road...

IanMSpencer wrote:

Hope Sam did a shoulder check. Strangely, I've noticed that it's not just cyclists that jump red lights, motorists tend to treat them as a guideline rather than a rule.

You take that back. They've done a test that SCIENTIFICALLY PROVES that they know and obey the HWC

The hilarious consequences of the StemLock perhaps?

https://www.coolthings.com/stemlock-bicycle-lock/

I just don't think I could trust it to not disengage whilst I was going downhill with a following breeze. But otherwise, absolutely brilliant idea. I notice the date 2014, and listed as available "shortly", however.

Here the Ixow site, I stumbled on them when looking for lockable parts, their safering keycode for skewers snd seatpost looks very good

https://www.ixow.com/en/univers/protection-contre-le-vol/#stemlock

I went with HexLox throughout.

Though the site doesn't seem to offer the lockable stem...

And their other stems are neither cheap nor light.

Get a wheel lock - like the Dutch have on their bikes. It stops the wheel turning and the bike cannot be ridden away. (It can be lifted over the shoulder of course) The locks are very difficult to remove without destroying the bike or the wheel. 

That's actually a damn good idea. I know they are going to be about as trendy as socks with sandals - but I don't like blisters either. However, 750g, that's heavier than I was expecting.
So, at the risk of triggering something:
https://www.dutchbikebits.com/axa-defender-wheel-lock

2.75kg if you add the chain that plugs into it!

Security through obscurity I reckon, as they're a rare sight in the UK and it's less likely a bike thief will have the tools/confidence to have a go at it.

I've got the slightly chunkier victory, but not on the road bike! It's on my beater bike for around town.

Is there any sort of material that could be a casing on the outside of the D-Lock that could strip off and tangle in the grinder, causing it to lock up? Like long strands of kevlar or whatever they put in chainsaw protection clothing?

20 seconds from dropping his bag until riding away. Seriously, it can take me longer using the key! And that was a decent lock, needed two cuts.

Are you on a carbon fibre frame? I wonder if the sensors rely on a chunk of metal passing over the loops?

Alu for both bikes. I don't use it alot due to normally being faster on the road but was on the slower hybrid a few times earlier in the year and realised the sensor was not working. It looks like it uses the "top-o-pole" sensors if you look closely. 

I have never had the wired detectors work that well, even on an old steel mtb with alloy rims.

That Manchester one had proper priority too, not just waiting around, hoping...

"That Manchester one had proper priority too, not just waiting around, hoping.."

The Birmingham one was the same when working last year. Would detect the bike approaching and would change as you got there. (at least on the one approach). It did have a cool down timer obviously. At least once it did pick me up when I cycled around the island though so maybe they turned down the sensitivity or it was causing too much traffic backed up onto the island (which also used to happen prior to the bike lane in "rush" hour.)

Nigel Garrage wrote:

We don't really see what happened beforehand, ....

We never can Nige, videos always have a start. In any case, it's a distraction. The behaviour is unacceptable, completely unjustifiable legally or morally and needs to be dealt with.

WTF am I kidding, s'only a cyclist.

I suspect he didn't know the cone was there, but spotted it when they got out, and decided to improvise. Luckily wasn't a scaffolding pole....

Captain Badger wrote:

Nigel Garrage wrote:

We don't really see what happened beforehand, ....

We never can Nige, videos always have a start. In any case, it's a distraction. The behaviour is unacceptable, completely unjustifiable legally or morally and needs to be dealt with.

WTF am I kidding, s'only a cyclist.

I suspect he didn't know the cone was there, but spotted it when they got out, and decided to improvise. Luckily wasn't a scaffolding pole....

I think the point is that there is nothing in this video to make us believe that it was a targeted attack or random attack on a cyclist *because* he was a cyclist, as opposed to an attack on the person for something that happened prior.

SaintClarence27 wrote:

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I think the point is that there is nothing in this video to make us believe that it was a targeted attack or random attack on a cyclist *because* he was a cyclist, as opposed to an attack on the person for something that happened prior.

Sorry Saint, your point is not clear. Someone on a bike was targetted rather than random passers by. I think it's facking obvious that these cockwombles had beef with this particular cyclist. So far we are in agreement

However, I don't accept "well there may have been justification". This attack stands alone, and any accusation levelled at the rider would need to be supported by evidence rather than speculation, and I cannot imagine a situation that would justify a premeditated attack that endangers the rider and other road users.

In addition, this kind of behaviour has a ripple effect that further intimidates other people that are not directly involved

I long to see a day where the "what did you do to deserve that then" attitude is firmly kicked into touch.

The cyclist was almost certainly targeted. There is never justification for an attack, but the cyclist pulled over prior to any agro, perhaps to 'have a word' so something most likely happened prior to the video that led to this.

OnTheRopes wrote:

The cyclist was almost certainly targeted. There is never justification for an attack, but the cyclist pulled over prior to any agro, perhaps to 'have a word' so something most likely happened prior to the video that led to this.

I agree entirely. However it is not relevant as a number of people , including my old mate Dave have stated (unless he didn't - hard to tell with Dave). I don't really know in that case why it is being brought up (whatever "it" is)

Yes, probably had been close passed off video and gesticulated / swore after them. They decided to explain that Gwent Police do not accept that sort of thing.

Where are you getting "well there may have been justification" from ?

Something that "happened prior" could cover anything - maybe they are in rival gangs and he 'disrespected' them.