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    #8822
    check_six
    Registered Users Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭check_six


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    The RSA tweeted yesterday about the dangers of the low winter sun blinding drivers...
    https://twitter.com/RSAIreland/status/1192547270756950017

    But why bother? It's not like you could get into trouble for killing someone this way :rolleyes:

    I wonder was that one of those "blinded by the sun" claims where the driver was heading northbound?? How this could be seen as the basis of an excuse is shocking. How it could be used to exonerate someone completely is disgraceful.


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    #8823
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    He's done it !!!!!!

    https://twitter.com/WeAreCyclingUK/status/1192432546157649921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1192432546157649921&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyclingweekly.com%2Fnews%2Flatest-news%2Fhes-done-82-year-old-cyclist-overwhelmed-hits-1million-miles-442080

    Had to laugh at one of the comments "Is he on strava" :pac:

    More here https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/hes-done-82-year-old-cyclist-overwhelmed-hits-1million-miles-442080


    EDIT: Just a thought , that distance is to the moon and back ...... TWICE !!!!!!!

    Truly excellent news.
    Total life goals (not the mileage, but to be pedalling well in my 80's).
    What a lovely story


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    #8824
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,744 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    I suspect he's not the mental image a lot of people would have of someone who's cycled a million Imperial km.

    https://twitter.com/CHAIRRDRF/status/1192431831515312129


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    #8825
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    So lovely.
    I am a little annoyed at the 'he was the only one not wearing specialist cycling clothes and the only one to cycle 1m miles' line, it is such a lovely and awesome achievement and that line is really judgemental and really plays into divisive anti-cycling narratives.

    But I am grumpy and hungover today so that can't be discounted either!

    It is a really heartwarming achievement though, such loveliness,


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    #8826
    recedite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,993 ✭✭✭✭recedite


    eeeee wrote: »
    So lovely.
    I am a little annoyed at the 'he was the only one not wearing specialist cycling clothes and the only one to cycle 1m miles' line, it is such a lovely and awesome achievement and that line is really judgemental and really plays into divisive anti-cycling narratives.

    But I am grumpy and hungover today so that can't be discounted either!

    It is a really heartwarming achievement though, such loveliness,
    Check the picture of him in this link titled "Russ Mantle racing in the Beckingham Wheelers 25 mile time trial in Crawley, UK in 1961. Russell came first with a time of 58.12 mins."

    A very respectable time for the equipment being used in those days, and you can see he has all the gear and he looks 100% a top class rider.
    I'm guessing that when the LBS sold their last pair of wool shorts, he just decided he wasn't ever going to go all lycra and clipless pedals.

    Anyway, at 82 years old do you really want to show up at a photoshoot in lycra?


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    #8827
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,744 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    eeeee wrote: »
    So lovely.
    I am a little annoyed at the 'he was the only one not wearing specialist cycling clothes and the only one to cycle 1m miles' line, it is such a lovely and awesome achievement and that line is really judgemental and really plays into divisive anti-cycling narratives.

    I think chairrdrf is just in favour of showing how people in normal clothes can get about on bikes just fine. I think he's a fan of cycle racing though; he mentions it in passing quite often anyway.
    eeeee wrote: »
    But I am grumpy and hungover today so that can't be discounted either!

    It is a really heartwarming achievement though, such loveliness,

    Yeah, it's a great story. I like his paper graphs of his distances covered per year as well, which are in other tweets. I guess it's how they're reasonably certain of the distance he's covered.


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    #8828
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    recedite wrote: »
    Check the picture of him in this link titled "Russ Mantle racing in the Beckingham Wheelers 25 mile time trial in Crawley, UK in 1961. Russell came first with a time of 58.12 mins."

    A very respectable time for the equipment being used in those days, and you can see he has all the gear and he looks 100% a top class rider.
    I'm guessing that when the LBS sold their last pair of wool shorts, he just decided he wasn't ever going to go all lycra and clipless pedals.

    Yeah very respectable.
    I have no judgement on him and what he choses to wear on the bike at all, he looks class in both modes!
    I just thought it was a snippy comment but as tomasrojo says they're a participation focussed organisation so that would be their angle.

    Oh maybe he could go for an age record! Although in fairness he has enough done :D

    recedite wrote: »
    Anyway, at 82 years old do you really want to show up at a photoshoot in lycra?

    When I'm 82 - absolutely :pac: providing I can still get it on :eek:

    I find this story extremely lovely. Faith in humanity rising....!


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    #8829
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,484 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    eeeee wrote: »
    I find this story extremely lovely.
    fair play, one of the first reactions i had was an 82 year old commenting that he'd only managed to do 8,000 miles this year made me feel inadequate...


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    #8830
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,831 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    I especially love his TT fixie.

    I have a real soft spot for old people. He looks so happy. His saddle bag/roll is of impressive proportions. I hope he makes the second million!


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    #8831
    [Deleted User]
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    eeeee wrote: »
    I especially love his TT fixie.

    I have a real soft spot for old people. He looks so happy. His saddle bag/roll is of impressive proportions. I hope he makes the second million!

    His knees were coming up way passed his elbows while in the drops in that shot. Different times, Different geometry on the bikes.


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    #8832
    Duckjob
    Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    Overtaking law just been discussed by Pat Kenny on NT. Same old re-fried beans.

    Edit:

    Also, just saw this on RTE news:
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/1111/1089976-cycling-legislation/


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    #8833
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,289 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Yes, the cyclist.ie rep handled it well on Morning Ireland when Dobbo went to "do cyclists have to look at their own behaviour" - went straight to the size comparison.

    If cyclists are breaking red lights, the only way a dangerous overtake would happen is if the motorist was also breaking the red light, so just feckin bullsh!t line of questioning.


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    #8834
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭Curb Your Enthusiasm


    Not sure if it can be described as actual journalism but my God, I can't believe Limerick Leader have actually published this crap: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/patricia-feehily-don-t-mind-me/491628/don-t-mind-me-lessons-in-road-manners-needed.html


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    #8835
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,854 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Mario Rosenstock had a right pair of twits on his show yesterday morning. Two of them on giving out about cyclists with Mario throwing in the odd comment to keep it going. All the boxes seemed to be ticked bar road tax.


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    #8836
    Duckjob
    Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    Dangerous overtaking law discussed on The Last Word about half hour ago as well. Didn't catch all of it as I was getting out of the car but what I did catch sounded like the same old ��.

    People calling for cyclists to be banned off the road- seems they're a bit too dim to realize that those people are doing stuff like going to work and the like and so won't just disappear.


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    #8837
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,465 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Duckjob wrote: »
    Dangerous overtaking law discussed on The Last Word about half hour ago as well. Didn't catch all of it as I was getting out of the car but what I did catch sounded like the same old ��.

    People calling for cyclists to be banned off the road- seems they're a bit too dim to realize that those people are doing stuff like going to work and the like and so won't just disappear.

    Also if you ban bikes then traffic will be worse :pac:


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    #8838
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,744 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Radio is a lost cause, I think. It's increasingly designed to be consumed by people in cars, as it's the main environment where radio doesn't have to compete with other media (though phones make a spirited, illegal attempt to muscle in).


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    #8839
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Created in Strava to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

    Story: http://cycling.today/famous-cold-war-photo-recreated-on-strava/

    bruderkuss.jpg


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    #8840
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,484 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Radio is a lost cause, I think. It's increasingly designed to be consumed by people in cars, as it's the main environment where radio doesn't have to compete with other media (though phones make a spirited, illegal attempt to muscle in).
    much harder to listen - and especially to respond - while cycling.


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    #8841
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,761 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Cabaal wrote: »
    Also if you ban bikes then traffic will be worse :pac:

    Next cycling protest should be everyone that cycles taking to their car, with foot high letters across the back window

    “I normally cycle”


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    #8842
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,484 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Created in Strava to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.
    aha - i was wondering how he managed to get it so close to the photo:
    “To create a straight line, I would start my Wahoo Roam as a new activity and immediately pause it. Once I reached the finishing point on the map I would unpause it and save the ride, this would create a straight line,” Cordery said.


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    #8843
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The creativity some people have is amazing to me.


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    #8844
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,566 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Reading some of the comments under articles from the Indo about the new dangerous overtaking of cyclist law would make your head explode!

    Dervilia Gallagher: So a cyclist who has a grudge against someone can, take their licence plate number to the Garda and say this car nearly knocked me of my bike, what happens then. Do they take the cyclists word for it and send out a fine or do they investigate the claim.

    :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :(


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    #8845
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,761 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Tenzor07 wrote: »
    Reading some of the comments under articles from the Indo about the new dangerous overtaking of cyclist law would make your head explode!




    :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :(

    The comments show how socially immature Ireland is and why we’ll struggle to accept cycling as a bona fide method of simple, affordable and green transport.


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    #8846
    Grassey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Grassey


    But it's not as simple and affordable and green as a 0% interest electric car... 🙄


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    #8847
    timmyjimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 490 ✭✭timmyjimmy


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Radio is a lost cause, I think. It's increasingly designed to be consumed by people in cars, as it's the main environment where radio doesn't have to compete with other media (though phones make a spirited, illegal attempt to muscle in).

    Matt Cooper did comment at the end of the piece that there are probably more drivers listening to the piece than cyclists, he then said texts were probably more biased towards motorists opinions.


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    #8848
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users Posts: 7,761 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    timmyjimmy wrote: »
    Matt Cooper did comment at the end of the piece that there are probably more drivers listening to the piece than cyclists, he then said texts were probably more biased towards motorists opinions.

    Texts probably sent in by furious motorists stuck in traffic jams “I’m in a 20% full vehicle in a traffic jam I helped to create. Who can I blame?”


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    #8849
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,289 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Texts probably sent in by furious motorists stuck in traffic jams “I’m in a 20% full vehicle in a traffic jam I helped to create. Who can I blame?”
    That's always been the root cause of the motorist outrage at cyclists making progress, either complying with laws or not. It's the fact cyclists are making progress while they are stuck as part of the traffic jam.

    fwiw, as little respect as cyclists are given by a significant portion of motorists, this year I've had more issues/ close passes/ dangerous overtakes as a pedestrian on the rural roads where I live. You could watch our children up to the end of the lane to the football pitch, but I'd be happier sending them on their bikes than walking.


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    #8850
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,566 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    The comments show how socially immature Ireland is and why we’ll struggle to accept cycling as a bona fide method of simple, affordable and green transport.

    I think it just shows that there's some people with too much time on their hands to make empty headed comments...


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    #8851
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users Posts: 8,566 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere or not..

    The new advert for Hyundai where the lady in the SUV is stuck in a morning traffic, so hops out of the car, takes out the electric scooter and breezes through all the other SUV's blocking up the roads..


    Crazy... First Amsterdam... 2nd Why bother to drive a car into work at all?




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