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Cyclist involved in a hit and run collision last Thursday evening near Wallingford in Oxfordshire died of his injuries on Tuesday. The police have now traced the vehicle and arrested three people.
This road is on my commute route.
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POLICE are appealing for witnesses of an accident that resulted in the
death of a Newbury cyclist yesterday (Wednesday) to come forward.The accident happened on Hambridge Road, close to Newbury Racecourse
Station, at around 10am and involved a bicycle and a van.Thames Valley Police have confirmed that the cyclist was a 53-year-old
man from Newbury but he is yet to be identified.His next of kin have been informed.
Police spokeswoman, Connie Primmer, said that no one has been arrested
but officers were continuing their investigation.RIP rider
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Such a tragedy. He was out for a group ride with his mates apparently. It's a notorious staggered crossing across the A420 which is a dual carriageway here. We use it occasionally on club rides, you have to careful judging the speed of motorists here who will often hugely exceed the speed limit (100mph is not uncommon). I'm not judging the cause of this collision though until we know the full details.
RIP and thoughts to his family and friends.
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Check out the reviews too...
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Wow, serious flooding. Pretty though. Did you plough through or go around?
That's nothing compared to what we dealt with on The Poor Student in January!!
Good ride even if the route sheet was a bit random at times! I finished the 200km at 6.40pm still feeling strong. Ride out to Quainton was awesome with a great control. Riding through Oxford, Abingdon and Didcot to Chilton I was on auto-pilot as I know all of those roads. I got taken out by a motorist on The Plain in Oxford who decided not to give way to the right, no damage to me or bike thankfully.
I had lunch at home near Abingdon which was a nice way to break the ride up into two halves and therefore missed the reported huge delays at the Head of the River.
High Wycombe was navigationally challenging. As was the section after Burnham Beeches where the route sheet didn't seem to bear any relationship to reality at all!
The Uxbridge Road was unpleasant in the dusk. Not sure what we were meant to see in Southall, the last info control was in a housing estate. Managed to group up with a local who led me back to Ruislip otherwise I might have been tearing my hair out trying to find my way back in the dark.
The pub at the end was pretty much deserted, I've seen a few comments about it but I didn't linger, got my card stamped and went home.
Easily my fastest 200km so far but it is the first one I've done when it hasn't been a) blowing a gale and/or b) pouring with rain and/or c) starting and finishing in the dark and/or d) cycling through 12" of floodwater.
Look forward to doing it again, hopefully with a slightly less complicated and proofread routesheet ;)
Cheers
John
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I've entered the 200km LOL version. The ride goes past my front door after 100km which will be handy for lunch!
I could do the Didcot-London-Didcot version but I prefer doing the "proper" Audax version as more likely to meet and ride with other riders than if I did a 200km perm on my own.
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Tribute to rider in today's Oxford Mail. He was a regular cyclist of the road using it every day to get to work at the BMW works in Cowley from Chalgrove...
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11019511.Family_loses_a_loving_father/?ref=mr
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Rider killed on the road used by LFGSS rides into Oxford near Garsington this morning. Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
RIP
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It's just linkbait.
Typical article starting with a "joke" and then following it up with a rant about most of the things that were in the "joke" anyway.
Unfortunately these articles enforces the us/them attitude in the tiny brains of the minority of motorists who have it in for cyclists. It's hate speech and incitement to violence.
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Why has the Russian guy got a sealion in his house?
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- Bernie
- upstart (to and from)
- esstee
- Branwen
- cnkr
- Raeba (to only)
- T4 (to only)
- Balmain (to, maybe from)
- almackety, no slackety, there and backety xc
- AirTime
- princeperch
- Dumps (making own way to Ox, maybe from, definitely beers)
16.TheWarden (and friend) - both ways - vunugu (to only)
Very unlikely to be able to make the ride now I'm afraid. If I happen to be able to get to Christmas Common to meet with the ride to Oxford then I'll be there but don't wait (not that you would!).
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- 50/14
- Bernie
- upstart (to and from)
- esstee
- Branwen
- JoePablo (one way only, joining somewhere in the hills)
- cnkr
- Raeba (and possibly housemate)
- T4 (to and from)
- Balmain (to, maybe from)
- jochta (one way only, joining somewhere in the hills)
EDIT : - I replied in a hurry and should have put some more info! I'll cycle up to the hills with JoePablo and join you into Oxford as we did last year :)
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More on the Oxfordshire story...
Apparently sobbing in the dock gets you off a jail term.
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In other news;
Also...
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10650266.Driver_who_killed_cyclist_given_community_order/
Disgraceful sentencing. There are no excuses for not seeing the cyclist. A completely straight road before sunset in late May, the cyclist had lights and forensic evidence suggests that they were on at the time.
It's a road I cycle along often http://goo.gl/maps/hqAWS, it's inconceivable that an attentive driver would just drive into the back of a cyclist at 60mph along there.
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I've gone off Laura Trott, I expect she'll be devastated to hear.
Yet another professional/celebrity cyclist who hasn't got the first idea about cycling in the real world. It sounds like she hasn't actually ever ridden a bike in London (other than in the velodrome of course).
I don't want her as my "cycling ambassador" until she gets a clue and stops victim blaming.
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That's an image of Venus. In addition Mercury's synodic day (the time between successive noons or midnights) is 4223hrs. This is much longer than the sidereal day (the time it takes to rotate once on its axis) of 1408hrs because of the 3:2 resonance between its year and its day.
I'll get my coat...
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Nervousness apparently. My stomach knots every time Paul Sherwen says that. Really irritating.
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Classic TdF moment. Running spectator gets elbowed by standing spectator...
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Rider named in latest report. Person on scene shortly after incident suggests it was a riding accident.
It will be impossible to descend that hill again without thinking about this poor chap and how life can be gone in an instant. RIP.
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