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No cycling sign's lack of grammar sends it viral; 10,000 FREE GCN+ passes for Tour de France Femmes; Ashley Neal goes cycling (+ chats on road.cc); But cyclists; 10 years since Wiggo won yellow; Return of the cycle lane; Stage 19 + more on the live blog

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No cycling sign's lack of grammar sends it viral; 10,000 FREE GCN+ passes for Tour de France Femmes; Ashley Neal goes cycling (+ chats on road.cc); But cyclists; 10 years since Wiggo won yellow; Return of the cycle lane; Stage 19 + more on the live blogNo cycling sign (No Context Brits / Twitter)
22 July 2022, 07:45
No cycling sign's lack of grammar sends it viral

So let me get this straight...

No cycling sign (No Context Brits / Twitter)

I can't ride my bike, but it's perfectly fine to go around injuring children and pensioners? Not sure that's a policy you want to be shouting about, York Museums Trust...

 Cue the memes and comments...

No such granny-bashing advice repeated on their website, just absolutely no mention you could maybe ride your bike to the gardens? Drive? Sure. Parking? We've got it. Bus options? Of course. Riding a bike? Don't even think about it...won't somebody please think of the children.

Another corker here...

22 July 2022, 15:21
Jumbo-Visma win (again) — Christophe Laporte takes final road stage before Paris

What a finish...

So close for Fred Wright (and those who had him at 50/1)...another late heartbreak for the south Londoner as Christophe Laporte took the Dutch outfit's fifth win of the race. Even when Wout van Aert's not at the front they've got someone to win...

Jasper Philipsen was, once again, the fastest of the sprinters, and adds another Tour de France second place to his palmares, while Alberto Dainese was third.

Tadej Pogačar sprinted to fifth...I mean, at this point, why not? He takes five seconds on Jonas Vingegaard who was the other side of a tiny split. Is the comeback on? Pogstanbul... 

22 July 2022, 14:42
Grasper Stuyven

You can almost imagine the reaction in the team car: "See that's why there's a second soigneur.......oh."

22 July 2022, 14:33
ATTAQUE DE TADEJ POGACAR

Yep, it just about sums this bonkers Tour de France up...Tadej Pogačar, 3:26 down on yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard just attacked on the flat with more than 30km to race on what's looking almost certain to be a sprint...

I say almost certain...Jasper Stuyven, Fred Wright and Alexis Gougeard went over the top once Wout van Aert had pulled Pog back...

30 seconds advantage with 28.5km to go... 

22 July 2022, 14:15
If only...
22 July 2022, 14:06
22 July 2022, 13:51
"I’m glad to have a president who can ride a bicycle": United States Secretary of Transport Pete Buttigieg fires back at Donald Trump
Pete Buttigieg National Bike Summit

Remember when Joe Biden fell off his bike? Of course you do. Well one of the more amusing things to come out of it was Donald Trump promising "I will never, ever ride a bicycle". Yeah, and I promise never to win the Tour de France. You're safe, Jonas...

Transport secretary Pete Buttigieg had something to say about Trump's comment...

"First of all, I'm glad to have a president who can ride a bicycle," he said...

Oh that's it. I was kind of expecting more, but I guess that's the beauty of the live blog. We can feed you morsels under the excuse of short-form content...the Independent wrote a whole story on that...

Right, what's next?

22 July 2022, 13:19
BMX bike lane

Fair play to Stockport Council for building such an accessible BMX racing facility...oh, right...it's not a BMX track...oh, okay...oh, it's a cycle lane(?!)...are you sure?

22 July 2022, 13:11
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22 July 2022, 10:51
Biniam's new lid is a corker...
22 July 2022, 10:48
Give this man some kudos
 
22 July 2022, 10:44
Will this bike win today?
22 July 2022, 10:32
10,000 FREE passes to watch the Tour de France Femmes

Thank the cycling lords...the Tour de France may be coming to an end BUT the Tour de France Femmes is just about to get underway. Hopefully in the future we'll see a full three-week women's race, but still, we can't wait for the week-long race.

Le Col Wahoo (press release)

To celebrate, and get as many eyeballs on women's cycling as possible, Le Col Wahoo — who will be competing in the race — have purchased 10,000 GCN+ passes to hand out to fans across the UK, so that they can watch the inaugural Tour de France Femmes.

Applied for on the team's website, the first 10,000 fans will be sent a code to activate on GCN+. The codes are only for those based in the UK and can be redeemed at any point between 23rd-31st July — meaning fans can watch every stage live, or on catch-up.

Get involved...

FREE PASSES HERE

22 July 2022, 10:17
Ashley Neal goes cycling (+ chats on road.cc)

Ashley Neal, the driving instructor who has spoken out criticising CyclingMikey and divided opinion with use of the horn during an overtaking video, uploaded his first cycling video to YouTube last week, titled: 'First Ride Left Hooked', which, as you've probably guessed, shows some far from ideal driving...

Anyway, it got shared on our forum and the footballer-turned-driving instructor got involved in the discussion. Worth a look if you haven't already...

22 July 2022, 09:27
Upper Shoreham Road cycle lane "not ruled out"

The saga continues... 

Shoreham popup

Upper Shoreham Road's pop-up cycle lane, the star infra in a government cycling promo film back in 2020, was scrapped in November of that year despite council backing, prompting Cycling UK to head to the Court of Appeal and a dramatic increase in speeding...

The Argus is now reporting a permanent cycle lane on the route has "not been ruled out". The council had previously said there was "no prospect of the temporary Upper Shoreham Road cycleway being restored", but Cllr Neil Parkin has now said it has "not been ruled out".

22 July 2022, 08:50
Poor Simon Geschke

Sport can be cruel...

One of the unfortunate (for Simon Geschke) implications of Jonas Vingegaard winning yesterday's stage was he took the maximum KOM points atop Hautacam, condemning Geschke, the leader in the climbers' comp since after stage nine to lose his jersey on the final mountain day.

With an eight-point lead and just three more points to be contested it doesn't take a mathematical genius to work out what that means...(although with Jonas in yellow he will still be wearing the jersey on the road)...

"Thanks for the overwhelming support from Germany and everywhere my friends," Geschke wrote on social media afterwards. "Bit of a heartbreak to lose the jersey on the very last mountain stage but that’s sport. Thanks everyone at Cofidis for the support as well. At least we died trying!" 

22 July 2022, 08:48
Tour de France or night on the town?
22 July 2022, 08:17
10 years since Wiggo won yellow

Here's a throwback to how we reported it back in the day...I say we...I'm sure Simon won't thank me for mentioning that day came in the week of my 14th birthday...feel free to tell me I'm a silly Gen Zer in the comments...

> Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour and leads out Mark Cavendish to fourth Champs-Elysees win

It's not all about the rider (sometimes it is, sometimes it's not)...here's the bike Brad rode to victory...

> Bradley Wiggins' Tour de France winning bike

I guess it was one of those 'where were you?' days in sport...so, where were you 22 July 2012? Dipping out of the family barbecue to watch the finish? On holiday? Glued to the telly from start to finish? 

22 July 2022, 10:44
22 July 2022, 08:16
But cyclists

Another classic of the genre... 

Dan Alexander

Dan is the road.cc news editor and joined in 2020 having previously written about nearly every other sport under the sun for the Express, and the weird and wonderful world of non-league football for The Non-League Paper. Dan has been at road.cc for four years and mainly writes news and tech articles as well as the occasional feature. He has hopefully kept you entertained on the live blog too.

Never fast enough to take things on the bike too seriously, when he's not working you'll find him exploring the south of England by two wheels at a leisurely weekend pace, or enjoying his favourite Scottish roads when visiting family. Sometimes he'll even load up the bags and ride up the whole way, he's a bit strange like that.

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brooksby replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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And would it have been fine to have collided with the taxi if they did have insurance?

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mdavidford replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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And will there be an investigation into how the police officers came to collide with the taxi?

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Rendel Harris | 2 years ago
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Presumably only considerations of space prevented the sign writer adding "Is that what you want, you monsters? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!" 

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Mungecrundle | 2 years ago
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That sign is indeed confusing. How have the cut off ages been decided upon and how will legitimate targets be marked out? I mean, it could be a bit embarrassing if you gave a Chinese burn to what you thought was a pensioner but they turned out to be someone with progeria.

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IanMSpencer replied to Mungecrundle | 2 years ago
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If we consider what I suspect is the actual intended meaning of the sign, I really think that they are over-optimistic about the nimbleness of the average adult these days.

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IanMSpencer | 2 years ago
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Parents at Abberley school, are, however, allowed to drive as recklessly as they wish.

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Rendel Harris replied to IanMSpencer | 2 years ago
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It must be a bit discouraging for the less able children to be singled out like that, and with such a non-PC designation. I don't suppose all the high achievers are brilliant at driving.

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eburtthebike replied to Rendel Harris | 2 years ago
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Most informative sign ever, and indicative of the intelligence of South Gloucestershire council employees, on a locked door:

"This door is locked."

Sooooo useful.

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Seagull2 replied to eburtthebike | 2 years ago
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I recall traffic sign years ago in Wexford in the SE of Ireland "Stop for the Red Light " 

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Steve K replied to IanMSpencer | 2 years ago
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IanMSpencer wrote:

Parents at Abberley school, are, however, allowed to drive as recklessly as they wish.

I am well known for making this kind of joke.  Years ago, a group of us arrived somewhere in two cars.  There was a sign saying "CHILDREN DRIVE SLOWLY" and I said they shouldn't be driving at all.  When we arrived, the first thing one of the occupants of the other car said was "I bet Steve said that children shouldn't be driving at all".

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Rendel Harris replied to Steve K | 2 years ago
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My favourite is a mate of mine who drives his wife mad as they leave London on the A40, where there is a sign to a monument to the gallant Poles of WWII.

"Oh dammit, I've forgotten to do it!"

"Do what?"

"Polish the war memorial!"

 

 

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IanMSpencer replied to Rendel Harris | 2 years ago
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When I returned to Spalding where I went to school in the early 70s ("Ut Omnes Unum Sint" if people want to check my credentials as an attendee of SGS!)  about 10 years ago, I was initially baffled by the enthusiasm for specialist cleaning stores, till Mrs S V1.0* pointed out the error of my ways that they were "Polish Shops".

*This was indeed my last expedition with V1.0. I'm not sure whether the visit to Spalding and the rapid demise of my marriage thereafter were related. Contrary to my expectations as a software developer, V2.0 was easy to install and delivered many new features and improvements over the original version.

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Rendel Harris replied to IanMSpencer | 2 years ago
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But have you dared risk testing V2.0 with a visit to Spalding?!

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IanMSpencer replied to Rendel Harris | 2 years ago
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Given the scarcity of holiday accomodation in the UK at a reasonable price, I may yet have to give it a try.

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eburtthebike replied to Rendel Harris | 2 years ago
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My local tip, sorry, recycling centre, has a sign:

"Please keep children and pets in your car"

I have asked whether I'm allowed in as I don't have either, let alone keep them in my car.

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Sriracha replied to Steve K | 2 years ago
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Procter & Gamble's advice is to "always keep away from children."

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Steve K replied to Sriracha | 2 years ago
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Sriracha wrote:

Procter & Gamble's advice is to "always keep away from children."

As the father of an 11 year old girl and 9 year old boy, I can confirm that this is good advice.

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Seagull2 replied to Sriracha | 2 years ago
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Which reminds of comedian on tv, " my wife and I have decided we don't want to have any children .... we're on our way home now to tell them " 

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chrisonabike replied to Steve K | 2 years ago
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"This building is alarmed at night" has been a favourite.

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Rendel Harris replied to chrisonabike | 2 years ago
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There's a sign on a warehouse I pass in Bermondsey sometimes that reads, "This building is monitored by 24/7 CCTV and is alarmed." Well it would be, wouldn't it, enough to make anyone paranoid.

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Kapelmuur replied to Rendel Harris | 2 years ago
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I was told that a product similar to Vicks Inhaler was sold in West Africa with the instruction to 'unscrew cap and push up bottom.'

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HoarseMann | 2 years ago
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York Museum's garden is not the place for the young nor the elderly. This approach means they can discourage them without needing to employ security in these difficult economic times.

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