Cycling live blog 17 January 2024
"Peak UK nonsense": Disbelief from cyclists and walkers at "utterly bizarre" barriers and signage installed on popular route controversially closed by council; Pro cycling's next noughties-born superstar? + more on the live blog
"Not stopping after a collision seems to be almost normalised": Warning hit-and-run collision numbers at record highScathing select committee report finds"not enough" communication of Highway Code changes and Department for Transport"not on track" to meet active travel goals"Peak UK nonsense": Disbelief from cyclists and walkers at "utterly bizarre" barriers and signage installed on popular route controversially closed by councilThis is the...
Despite calls from many, including Cycling UK and the more than 1,000 cyclists and walkers who ignored the closure toYes, this is the route now closed to cyclists and pedestrians, but where horse riding is allowed, hence the barrier design."I don't understand why all traffic apart from horse riding. Surely the risk is even greater being on a horse than being in a vehicle if there is falling debris.""Peak UK nonsense.
A section of the West Road at Thirlmere is currently closed beneath Rough Crag for safety reasons. We’re currently working on a project to make the Crag safe so that the road can be reopened again as soon as possible.You've been filling the comments section with thoughts on this... ... bizarre ... face-palmingly baffling ... barrier. Let's get stuck in..."In a prominent display of ignorance, they have erected a 'no cycling' sign in addition to the 'no vehicles' sign.
We'll post further updates over the next few weeks on this but, crucially, we want you to see it on the roads in action. We know that's what will make the difference. We’re also making the case nationally for more investment — this is starting to filter through, which is what means we can do the above, but we will keep working together with others on this.
The bikes of the WorldTour peloton 2024 — your definitive guide to what the top pro cycling teams are riding this year "No athlete in my career has had such a strong appeal to brands," Pogačar's agent Alex Carera said."In cycling, Pogačar can be seen as the most universal, the most versatile, the one with the greatest communicative reach.
That is up 14 per cent on the 7,079 recorded in 2020, with 761 people seriously injured and 12 killed in hit-and-runs in 2021. This compared with 682 serious injuries and 14 fatalities in 2020. And while the shorter-term year-to-year statistics may also be impacted by Covid lockdowns, Russell explained that in the long-term the number of casualties in hit-and-runs in London had doubled since 2009.
This just goes to show why we need to adopt the Dutch term fiets/fietser. Clearly the right wing have made a name for someone who rides toxic and now they're realising the issue with that...Scathing select committee report finds "not enough" communication of Highway Code changes and Department for Transport "not on track" to meet active travel goals
The 20-year-old won Tour de l'Avenir, including the Col de la Loze stage, the race that is essentially the 'baby Tour de France' and that has been won by riders such as teammate Pogačar, Egan Bernal, Miguel Ángel López, David Gaudu, Cian Uijtdebroeks and other notable names in recent times. In short, win that and you're more than on the right track...
Yes, but if you know that you've just clipped an inanimate object then different rules should apply. If however you think you clipped a mirror but instead hit a cyclist, then the full penalty should apply because the driving was bad enough that they didn't even know what they hit.This morning I was riding into work and overtaking a long queue of traffic approaching the clifton suspension bridge.
Not look at the wording of the ??law?? but wondering if this is the same as all the private property signs that talk bullshit about prosecuting trespassers when in fact regular trespass is a civil matter, not a criminal matter. "The use of barriers in support of the restrictions is permitted by Section 92 of the 1984 Road Traffic Regulation Act, however horse riders will be able to pass if they so choose. The Council will ensure that signage is erected to make horse riders aware of the danger together with signage that the road is closed to vehicles and pedestrians.""Old Norwich Road is a dedicated bus route, and the council said the dumped sugar beet was blocking the cycleway lane.
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