jimmycool

Sheesh that's rough.Congrats on the fantastic win for your team!

The dstv now app shows La Course at 10am and then tdf at 13:50 on channel 212.

In light of the lack of a Bikehub fantasy competition this year I thought it might be fun if we all came up with our own top picks for the gc podium this year. In 3 weeks time we can look back and see who got it right or came closest (obviously no editing of the post)! In no particular order for the podium my head picks are Roglič Bernal Quintana My heart/ outsiders picks are Sivakov Martin (G) Alaphilippe OK. Time to put your money where your mouth is! Who do you think/ hope will be on the podium in Paris???

I think the lower places in the top 15 or so on GC are going to be a lot more hotly contested and defended as a rider could quite conceivably find themselves leap frogging much higher up the leaderboard in the latter parts of the race due to all the extra withdrawal inducing circumstances present in this year's tour.

Thanks, it works for me.

This is brilliant! https://twitter.com/CrazyinRussia/status/1295011010168983553?s=19

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mcewen-uci-need-to-take-responsibility-after-jakobsens-horrific-pologne-crash/ 'They need to start listening to riders' says former sprinter who designed a safety barrier but never received a response from the UCI Former sprinter Robbie McEwen has called on race organisers and the UCI to take greater responsibility for rider safety and ensure that riders’ concerns are given more attention. ` “What was most disturbing to me was that when Fabio Jakobsen hit the barriers, he didn’t deflect back into the road. He went straight through them. That’s really poor planning, not just from the organisers themselves but the UCI, and they have to take responsibility for that. This is something that has been going on for years. I lobbied for it when I was racing, and I’ve been retired for eight years. "I put forward a barrier design to both the UCI and the ASO at the same time, for exactly the circumstances like this. While things have improved at some races, a good barrier set-up has to be solid, it can’t come apart, and it’s got to be heavy. The board on the front of the barrier also has to come down at an angle and meet the road. Everything has to deflect the rider back onto the road. "The barriers in Poland flew every which way, and it looked to me like they were made of plastic. One of them broke into pieces and that doesn’t happen with the metal ones. There’s a lot to be done in regard to safety in the last few hundred meters.”

The only real difference is that you do 1 less uphill rep. You start the ride at the top of the climb and end it at the bottom.

Well done team NTT. A clean sweep of all of the jerseys available at the virtual Tour de France!!!

I think I read elsewhere that he suffered a massive brain aneurysm.

Some more sad news ???? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/entertainment-arts-53401026 Grant Imahara: Mythbusters TV host dies suddenly at 49

You took the words out of my mouth!

Is there any way to view a larger profile picture of a user? surely if one clicks on the picture while viewing the user's profile it should open a pop up with the full size image.

GCN has done a few good videos about waxing a chain on YouTube. I have yet to try it but I am keen to give it a go.

You are quite correct, my memory has let me down. Those regulations do apply to the western cape and not the whole country. The differentiation though must also be highlighted that the area left of the yellow line on roads that one is allowed to ride a bicycle is not an emergency lane and therefore on is allowed to cycle there to allow other road users to overtake.

Ok so I scratched around and found the important bit. 3. (1) A cyclist riding on a public road must— (a) if the road has a pedal cycle lane, ride only in the pedal cycle lane and may not ride on any other portion of a public road except when crossing the road; or (b) if there is no pedal cycle lane, ride— (i) to the left of the left edge of the roadway; or (ii) on the roadway, keeping as close as practicable to the left edge of the roadway.

Regarding the legality of cycling to the left of the yellow line it is actually allowed and in fact recommended according to the road traffic act. We discussed this at some length a few years ago on the hub. I can't search for the posts now on my phone but I will link to them later but the important thing in the act which changes what was posted previously in this thread about where a vehicle can and can't drive is a section pertaining specifically to bicycles only. Also, remember that you only find emergency lanes on freeways on which you are not allowed to cycle anyway.

I wonder what's going on here? https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/diet/vegans-have-twice-as-many-sick-days-as-their-meateating-colleagues/news-story/334984664af72305cc918d7f24c3b5a0

Any update about how Frail is going? Surely this must be something of a record doing 4 everestings back to back? At least for a South African rider?

A guy I know told me that the only thing to do with a baton is to hit the perp on the top of his head. He said any other part of the body is a waste of time.

Um, the same chlorine that is there to kill the e.coli?

Sheesh they really are being stingy with the amount of TT kilometres.

I can't help but wonder what the 24th most popular device was?

It will be great to have full functionality on mobile devices.