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Absolutely un-fucking-believable rationale from the police there. If you're on the road without hi-viz or a helmet (peds included) then you're fair game for drivers, as long as they only run you over at 30mph. Of course, if it had gone to court then the jury of fellow motorists would've let her off, while remembering all the close calls they've had when faffing with the radio, glovebox, makeup, mobile phone etc....

If you log in to your UK account and search for the item worldwide it should come up...bought something from Italy recently myself....

Agree on the Bow flyover...the best way to go, but only an option really for bold/fast cyclists at the moment. As there is absolutely nowhere to go other than straight over for cyclists using the roundabout heading east or west, it seems crazy to me that they didn't use the flyover for the cycling infrastructure there. Too late now I guess.

Will pop in sometime as I work nearby...however...is that the right postcode? NW1 9HE comes up down Camden Road, whereas 69 Camden High Street is NW1 7JL or something...

Good point...but with a coach at the side of the track telling them what to do that can't work much at that level. On another note, I'm sure I saw the Swiss coach showing his man lap times on an iPad when he went through...is that allowed? I know they can communicate with the riders, but showing them on a screen...

I saw that...crazy that he should pace it how he did, I can kinda understand it for the hour record, but he's got so much experience at IP that it points to it being a mental thing rather than his plan.....he was never actually going to make the catch against someone of his opponent's quality....

I'll be going...registered for ticket info after enjoying the TWC there in December. Ideally I will find a session with plenty of bunch races.

Did you get a turbo trainer in the end? Could sign up for trainer road or something similar, they seem to have a wide enough variety of plans to get going and is relatively cheap....you don't have to do all of the sessions on the turbo either, could just nick the basic framework of a workout and do it on the road. Also, if you pay monthly, you could start on trainer road now on the turbo, get the training plans, copy them down, and when you're back out training on the road cancel your subscription to TR....

I like how the article says this:

The force said it would specifically focus on people using mobile phones whilst driving, speeding, failing to wear seat belts and on vehicle defects.

...while choosing to illustrate the article with pictures of Police chatting to or keeping an eye on cyclists...

Those bars, and Voigt and Brandle's bikes should also fall foul of the rule that says 'It must be marketed (i.e. available for sale on the market) or marketable (i.e. available for sale directly from the manufacturer, by subscription or through an alternative distribution network', but hey, I guess the UCI are just happy for some positive attention for a change and don't want to be seen as killing the record. Again.

My commute too! Loads of poor driving there is due to people trying to use those roads as a shortcut too...bad for other road users, but really bad considering the primary school down there has entrances on both roads. Would be nice to see a bit more effort to enforce the 20mph limit in places like that.

From memory the fakes were missing serial numbers from both under the fork crown and on the steerer tube, and the steerer tube on the fake was really noticeably thick...so I think those are real. I wouldn't take my word for it though!

I'm not aware of anything you could do that would require you do get accredited again...

To be honest I haven't seen any crashes yet in the SQTs, but definitely plenty of dodgy riding - it is often in the changing in pairs warmup, probably because it's the first thing you do on the night. A couple of weeks ago one guys back wheel was sliding all over the place - the bunch basically shouted him out...don't know whether it was tyres or technique though...

If you do the standard SQT session, the endurance riders do 20 minutes on at a time, compared to the sprinters 10 minutes, so you get 1hr 20 as an endurance rider in those sessions. To be honest, I don't expect to improve my fitness at the SQTs, I only do two a month as it is; my main aim is track time for the experience so the breaks don't necessarily bother me. I do wonder however, whether better value could be had with one group staying on the track for the whole hour (paying less for the privilege of course!) and just pulling over to the railing to get instructions from the coach. Could do a whole hour of sufferfest style intervals like that....I always enjoy it when we do 20mins of pyramid intervals at SQTs - imagine doing that x3!

I wonder how much club bookings have increased by...if at all. Perhaps it's time to resurrect the idea of a LFGSS session, organised to get more from the track time than the current SQTs.

Certainly looks out of place on a T4 rather than a P5.

I assume Rohan Dennis will be having a go on a TR01? Has it been announced yet?

Tough on Bobridge but good to have a reminder that you can fail at it too...too many successful attempts would get boring!

Does this mean Cervelos are slow now? Heh.

Bit of a cunt, I reckoned.

Probably chasing a COM.

Long Lane, Southwark has a 20mph speed limit painted on the road. Drivers are oblivious to it.

Sticking to the 20mph limits while driving round my way regularly gets me beeped at or overtaken - the speed limits are painted on there too. Can't help but think signs would be more visible. Wouldn't stop some drivers from being twats though.

Most long-course bikes look ugly so I agree for the most part

This is all I'm saying. What I mean when I say the fuel cell isn't integrated, I mean it's an add on to the frame....you could say panniers are integrated too. It just LOOKs a bit rough to me, although I'm sure I'd appreciate it's value in the circumstances it's designed for.

What looks unintegrated?

Bottle holders, cables, brakes, fuel cell, stem/tower...I recognise that this is all very practical for the purpose it's designed for, just not to my own aesthetic tastes!

I love TT bikes but tri rigs like that are so anti for me....it all looks so un-integrated....

Lovely crisp clear weather, but greasy roads and a wipeout on a mini roundabout means that cornering confidence has dropped to zero despite not having had a fall for a few years!

5/10, wouldn't slide again.

Looked like Gaviria went early again and caught everyone out...Cav's lead out was pretty badly positioned when the sprint started and the gap was too big to close in time. He still outsprinted everyone else sitting down...

Harsh. I've never seen anyone be told to remove their computer...there always seems to be a few people with them on at the SQTs.