http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: If You Can’t See My Handlebars… en Tue, 26 May 2026 12:45:59 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124225 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:26:39 +0000 gembo 124225@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some very lovely Rapha cyclocross kit out yesterday, black with rainbow stripe down the front of the semmit, a wee shoulder pad on the right shoulder, long sleeves. Bargain for only £135. The short sleeved one was dearer as it is for professionals.</p> <p>With Rapha they offer me a further ten per cent at the end of their sale and I am nearly getting tempted but by then there is nothing left. There is a guy on my route with the brevet jersey 140 quid but free pink gilet. He looks a bit like the cartoon above but thinner, however he can shift on flat, never seen him on hill as he takes a different route at that stage </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124223 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:18:37 +0000 crowriver 124223@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>a very large cyclist in Rapha Lycra</em></p> <p>*Team Sky* Rapha lycra no less. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124218 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:01:32 +0000 gembo 124218@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think all those things are in there and I took it as humour. The flaming came in the comments.</p> <p>If you look at the graphic at the top of this thread it has a cartoon of a very large cyclist in Rapha Lycra</p> <p>There is a bit of an implicit dig at a tendency to go into something right at the top so you buy an expensive bike, get all the kit etc before earning your spurs..??</p> <p>The only sportive I have participated in is the etape and you were released in batches related to the time you estimated you would finish. Mostly clubs, groups of amigos etc all bombing along, none of the behaviour described in the blog. Except fair bit of undertaking on bad corners at high speed but some of those dudes then came off. Big signs held up on some bends SLOW DOWN etc.</p> <p>Maybe in england shire you cannot get moving for sportive s blocking your routes? I doubt it but some of the dourest cyclists I have ever come across have been in rural Cheshire.</p> <p>So I think sportive riders is a way if trying to group the behaviours that as has been stated are discourteous to other cyclists</p> <p>brace yourself for big hike in mad cycling as another batch of students hits town. Remember they are students so they are only learning about all sorts of things (which side of the road you cycle on, what pavements are for, what a red light might mean etc). Keep smiling </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124216 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 08:50:01 +0000 crowriver 124216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Roibeard, I think the parody of the lorry safety advice is aimed at riders who the blogger sees as being like juggernauts with huge blind spots, likely to crashj into you without warning. Yes an implied critique of lorry drivers in there too...</p> <p>Anyway it's all a bit of fun. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124215 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 08:34:18 +0000 Roibeard 124215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm in a position of ignorance here, without experiencing sportive ride(er)s.</p> <p>Am the only one &lt;oops, clearly fimm too!&gt; that took it as a swipe at the <a href="http://sedgemore.com/2013/09/cyclists-a-threat-to-hgvs-says-haulage-industry-lobbyist/">Freight Transport Association</a>?</p> <p>Other more cycling-specific blogs are even more strident!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124211 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 07:55:26 +0000 fimm 124211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, I thought it was amusing, and any criticism was aimed at people who ride without thought for others around them.</p> <p>I also thought that it was making a serious point about the advice cyclists are given about lorries and keeping clear of them - it sounds so silly when applied to cyclists. A bit like comparing a cyclist to a horse. Oh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124200 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:23:10 +0000 crowriver 124200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't interpret it that way. I saw it as a sideswipe at inconsiderate roadies in particular. The article implies there's a group of poeurs with all the gear who are not 'real cyclists'.</p> <p>But hey, that's what I saw in it. I think the post is intended as humour. I'm not endorsing it necessarily, but it did make me smile even though I can't claim to be a 'serious' road cyclist myself (Mrs crowriver might disagree with me there). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124199 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:11:32 +0000 stiltskin 124199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>&amp; another fantastically warm, welcoming attitude to people new to cycling..... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124198 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 23:05:21 +0000 crowriver 124198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think the implication in the article is that they don't or won't because they're oblivious of what's going on around them, concentrating on their Garmin or the wee yellow arrows stuck up along their route. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124184 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:28:18 +0000 kaputnik 124184@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>sportive riders can't turn their heads?</p> <p>One of my bikes has considerably narrower handlebars than another. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124178 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 19:58:34 +0000 gembo 124178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Road cc get a gentle flaming for putting the writer vechhejo's blog on their site. All tongue in cheek but also snobby. I can see both sides and appreciate crowriver drawing our attention to it.</p> <p>any stragglers on the long version of the Glasgow Edinburgh run on Sunday will have to bump the pavement at my house as road will be closed from 7pm</p> <p>From previous years the earliest is through about 1230 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11083#post-124175 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:48:07 +0000 crowriver 124175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/preview_500/images/VecchioJoPics/Sportivist-Final.jpg"></p> <p>…I Cant See You.</p> <p>We want cyclists to stay safe when cycling near other vehicles, especially larger ones, like sportive riders. The safety advice is simple, “Stay safe, stay away”.</p> <p>The “Stay safe, stay away” advice applies to cyclists when cycling near to moving Sportive riders or approaching any stationary Sportivists on the road, at junctions, traffic lights, on climbs or at feed stations. It's important to stay out of the risk zone and get into a position where the sportive rider can see you over their Garmin.</p> <p>Follow our tips below to find out how to protect yourself.</p> <p><a href="http://road.cc/content/blog/92981-if-you-can’t-see-my-handlebars…" rel="nofollow">http://road.cc/content/blog/92981-if-you-can’t-see-my-handlebars…</a> </p>