clarkson, in a car, once went up against a marathon runner in a 26 mile race across london and lost by about ten minutes.i watched top gear last night for some reason and they had a race across london from the most east part to the most west.
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clarkson, in a car, once went up against a marathon runner in a 26 mile race across london and lost by about ten minutes.i watched top gear last night for some reason and they had a race across london from the most east part to the most west.
I'm still really shook up about what happened to me yesterday evening and don't know what to do. I was cycling home and a hiace van which was a taxi overtook me and then pulled right into the kerb so I couldn't pass. I tried to shuffle past with one foot on the kerb and as I was doing so the light turned green and he started moving again. Worried he was going to run me over I tapped lightly on his window to alert him to my presence. We both turned the corner and he proceeded on up the road out of sight. About 5 minutes later I was travelling up the bike lane on the path and I spotted the taxi van coming in the opposite direction. He stopped the van, holding up a load of traffic and starting screaming abuse at me. He said that if he got hold of me he would break my fucking neck for touching his van. He then called me a cunt and a geebag and other assorted names. I asked had he nothing better to do than scream at people on the street and cycled on. I kept cycling and suddenley noticed the van again. He had gone around the roundabout at the end of the road and turned back and was following me. Again he rolled down the window and screamed more abuse at me, while holding up a whole line of traffic again. Worried he would follow me home I stopped where I was, took out my phone and told him I was calling the police. He then drove off. In the heat of the moment I only managed to get the first three digits of his taxi number. This whole thing has really upset me and I don't know what to do. I'm afraid if I report it to the ploice that he will find out where I live and do something to me. The man is clearly unbalanced and the fact that he drives the public around for a living is a scary thought. He was literally screeching and screaming and was bright red with anger. I called the police and explained what happened and the girl said I should make a statement to them and to the carriage office but I'm terrified that this asshole will get hold of my details. What would you guys do?
I'm still really shook up about what happened to me yesterday evening and don't know what to do. I was cycling home and a hiace van which was a taxi overtook me and then pulled right into the kerb so I couldn't pass. I tried to shuffle past with one foot on the kerb and as I was doing so the light turned green and he started moving again. Worried he was going to run me over I tapped lightly on his window to alert him to my presence. We both turned the corner and he proceeded on up the road out of sight. About 5 minutes later I was travelling up the bike lane on the path and I spotted the taxi van coming in the opposite direction. He stopped the van, holding up a load of traffic and starting screaming abuse at me. He said that if he got hold of me he would break my fucking neck for touching his van. He then called me a cunt and a geebag and other assorted names. I asked had he nothing better to do than scream at people on the street and cycled on. I kept cycling and suddenley noticed the van again. He had gone around the roundabout at the end of the road and turned back and was following me. Again he rolled down the window and screamed more abuse at me, while holding up a whole line of traffic again. Worried he would follow me home I stopped where I was, took out my phone and told him I was calling the police. He then drove off. In the heat of the moment I only managed to get the first three digits of his taxi number. This whole thing has really upset me and I don't know what to do. I'm afraid if I report it to the ploice that he will find out where I live and do something to me. The man is clearly unbalanced and the fact that he drives the public around for a living is a scary thought. He was literally screeching and screaming and was bright red with anger. I called the police and explained what happened and the girl said I should make a statement to them and to the carriage office but I'm terrified that this asshole will get hold of my details. What would you guys do?
ring the carriage office; the first few digits of the taxi plate with a description of the taxi might be enough. they take these things quite seriously in there, i believe.
ring the carriage office; the first few digits of the taxi plate with a description of the taxi might be enough. they take these things quite seriously in there, i believe.
returning to the realm of the day-to-day cyclist, does anyone know if one can get such a thing as a waterproof saddle cover? or a saddle that doesn't soak up/release rain?
i am heartily sick of returning to my bike if i've locked it outdoors to find that the saddle has absorbed approx. a gallon of icy rain, which then slowly seeps into my trousers as i cycle. the only solution i've come up with is wearing rain leggings, but that looks/feels a bit stupid when it's not actually raining.
edit: or tying a plastic bag over the saddle, but that does kind of require me to have a plastic bag about my person at all times. my imaginary saddle cover would fold up into something attached to the seatpost, though possibly there i'm entering the realm of pure wish-fulfilment.
Brooks saddles aren't water proof, you should really keep them dry. i use one of these. they're cheap and work great. it folds up small enough to fit between the rails of my saddle when I'm cycling.
they have a velcro strap thing that you can use to attach the cover to the saddle rail but you might want to sew it on to stop it being stolen.
oh my goodness, that's exactly the sort of thing i was thinking of! it is as if they READ MY VERY MIND. did you order it from the website or are there bike shops in dublin that sell them?
i still probably need a new saddle, mind.
just got on the other halves bike after 4 weeks of no cycling due to my wonky wheel that wont accept any tyre i try to put on it. sigh... it felt so good cycling cycled all around ballsbridge looking at flowers and even got stopped by gardai in a merc for looking a bit too closely at an embassy flower mind you i was on the path so who knows,. anywho cycling is such a rush
Fans who thought that global warming had ruined the Classics and all the hard men of Flanders had grown soft, have no fear. This Sunday's 92nd Ronde van Vlaanderen is shaping up to be a race of epic proportions, the likes of which have not been seen since 1989 edition. Instead of the nearly summer like conditions seen last year, this season's Ronde should evoke memories of the legendary 70 kilometre escape of Eddy Merckx in the wind and rain of 1969.
Riders will be chilled by temperatures between 2°C and 6°C, and with rain, hail and a possibility of even snow, Sunday's battle will provide a true Classics spectacle unlike anything the current crop of professionals has experienced in the one-day race.
weather from cyclingnews for Flanders
nice. shame eurosport has such sucky coverage. why interrupt coverage for an hour for superbikes which everyone can see on bbc anyway
hell eurosport have world superbikes on one station and british superbikes on eurosport 2?
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