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    Jaysus cycling!

    Flanders is scheduled for next Sunday It's gent wevelgem due tomorrow and scheldeprijs on wednesday Pity about roubaix
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    Jaysus cycling!

    And for the first time ever, a crash in lbl could have repercussions for flanders. Excellent finish
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    Jaysus cycling!

    Maybe all the birds my father blamed for knocking off wing mirrors were actually cyclists?
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    Jaysus cycling!

    There is a small continental irish Pro team EvoPro in their second season though I think they only got 1 days racing this year. A few irish guys but a really good Dutch rider wippert. He was on the ef team for a few seasons. The team had some good results last season The Ras mumhan is looking...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    Met police writes letter asking if the owner was driving the day in question. That is a ridiculousness response to the BMW hitting the cyclist.
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    I don't recognise the jErsey he is wearing in it
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    Jaysus cycling!

    Went to make appointment with dentist Me: I damaged my teeth and need an appointment earlier than my next check up Reception: no, no vacancies before your next check up but any cancellations, we'll let you know Me: thanks, I'm having difficulty eating drinking Reception: what do you think is...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    Looking at map my ride, my speed was 25km/h. If it was 50 metres later, I'd have been going slower as the road goes uphill The result being broken nose, fractured cheekbone, stitches, teeth.
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    Jaysus cycling!

    I was out cycling yesterday, when a Jeep up ahead had slowed down and after it sped up, all of a sudden is a loose calf running on the road without giving me a chance to make preventative action to avoid the calf. with my front wheel, it had made contact with the calf's legs. I come crashing...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    maybe they could make the big back pack they carry fluorescent according to Dublin Deliveroo worker: 'I fell off my bike... when I rang the call centre, the first thing they asked was if the food was okay' - Independent.ie you ring about having a crash, the first question is "is the food ok?"
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    Jaysus cycling!

    Apart from omitting mattresses from things you find on local roads, I thought it was an excellent piece
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    Jaysus cycling!

    Yes , there is a paragraph in the article to paraphrase as on mobile "People are steeping out and trucks are cutting corners short and so on. so you need to project yourself and fluorescent jackets and helmets are the way to go" Unfortunately if a truck cuts a corner short and hits a cyclist...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    I was out on Sunday morning and stopping several times over dissatisfaction on one stretch of road. Eventually i found I had got a thumb tack in my tyre causing my dissatisfaction instead of my usual imagination or looking for excuses
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    Jaysus cycling!

    I can't see it being enforced if it became law. This video was on stickybottle a week before Christmas Video: Evidence of vehicles close-passing cyclists on Irish roads - Sticky Bottle I recognise a vehicle and a road from my own cycles
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    Jaysus cycling!

    I empathise with Chris Boardman. I hurt my left shoulder cycling on Sunday and my helmet was useless preventing it ;) Although I am still unsure how as I hurt it when I was stopped at a crossroads changing my bottles with the water bottle in the back of my jersey and then having to try to save...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    yes, it happened today where on a red light where the person had passed (probably way before the red light stopped the traffic, i didn't see from the position) but by me stopping at the red light, by the time it turned green, i had a blue van man starring down at me, with no regard for...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    my understanding was that under the road transportation act of 1963 or 1964, a bicycle is considered a vehicle and by this act, it is illegal to operate a vehicle on a footpath. there was this article in the drogheda independent about a cyclist being fined for hitting a car when he was cycling...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    yes, i think the same with me. ---- i was out cycling on friday morning and when coming down a hill in a town, at a t-junction in the middle of the hill, a car pulled out very slowly right in front of me with all the momentum i was carrying. i would say if i pulled the breaks, i'd have came...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    according to Dutton Cycles - Why Ride i recall talking to a friend about times it took (well friend was telling me) and for him, it was quicker to go on a bike because of where he lived and where he worked, there was changes he had to make on the buses and so the dublin bus to work was longer...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    glad your ok, scutter :)
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