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Sounds like slackness on the part of the local council.
As I'm on the old 2012 Olympic cycle route and there is a yearly race around part of the old route but it's publicised well in advance, route maps in the local papers, proper signs put up, rolling road closures where needed, etc.
The only ppl who can stop them or make sure it's better organised is the council & police. I would suggest ringing your local constabulary regularly to report a group of dangerous cyclists. If you can rope in friends and family to do the same so much the better. At the same time contact your local councillor and ask if it's an officially sanctioned event. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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https://youtu.be/MhFlw7r63R8
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You may be allowed to time trial but it is still a statuatory offence to cycle like a cunt.
Quote: | "7. Cycling furiously Cyclists cannot be booked for speeding, but under the 1847 Town Police Clauses Act(link is external), they can be fined for 'cycling furiously'. Under the Offences Against the Person Act 186(link is external)1, cyclists can be convicted and imprisoned for up to two years if found guilty of “wanton and furious driving,” which causes injury to someone other than themselves. Under Section 28 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(link is external) it is an offence for cyclists to ride recklessly or in a dangerous, careless or inconsiderate manner. Dangerous cycling, defined as riding “far below what would be expected of a competent and careful cyclist” is a more serious offence than careless and inconsiderate cycling. The maximum penalty for dangerous cycling is a £2,500 fine. " |
https://www.cyclistsdefencefund.org.uk/cycling-offences
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I saw some pacemaking on the public highway a couple of weeks ago.
It seemed to be a bicycle race or tour, headed by people on motorcycles with big fluorescent signs on them. The motorcyclists were riding in front of the cyclists, in a kind of formation, with forerunners, etc. as well as behind them, and there were motorcycles along the side of the road too.
It happened on a really nice day on a pretty good road (B3024) in the direction from Maidenhead, so I may have touched the brakes when I saw them and didn't know what the fluorescent signs said (I think its was 'cycle event' or something like that). They were coming the opposite way, the bikers nodded but I was too busy watching my speedo, plus I found them a bit creepy. Why? Big, OLD touring bikes, not all the same but an attempt had been made to homogenise their appearance. The signs were large and easily mistaken for some kind of official or police convoy warning. They may have had poles with lights fitted to them, too. I passed one of them which appeared to have broken down, and it was a very old BMW boxer ridden by one of those types who alternate between a strange bike and a Harley or Triumph, but only in the summer months.
Can't be right, having lights and police-like signs while pacemaking on a road that has NSL portions. |
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Bhud wrote: | I saw some pacemaking on the public highway a couple of weeks ago.
It seemed to be a bicycle race or tour, headed by people on motorcycles with big fluorescent signs on them. The motorcyclists were riding in front of the cyclists, in a kind of formation, with forerunners, etc. as well as behind them, and there were motorcycles along the side of the road too.
It happened on a really nice day on a pretty good road (B3024) in the direction from Maidenhead, so I may have touched the brakes when I saw them and didn't know what the fluorescent signs said (I think its was 'cycle event' or something like that). They were coming the opposite way, the bikers nodded but I was too busy watching my speedo, plus I found them a bit creepy. Why? Big, OLD touring bikes, not all the same but an attempt had been made to homogenise their appearance. The signs were large and easily mistaken for some kind of official or police convoy warning. They may have had poles with lights fitted to them, too. I passed one of them which appeared to have broken down, and it was a very old BMW boxer ridden by one of those types who alternate between a strange bike and a Harley or Triumph, but only in the summer months.
Can't be right, having lights and police-like signs while pacemaking on a road that has NSL portions. |
Tour de Maidenhead.
Organised Events have local council permission and law enforcement are notified.
If the event is not a hazard to traffic flow then the PoPo won't be in attendance.
It is not a biggeee.
I haven't identified what the actual problem is with bicycles using the road in groups yet.
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I haven't identified what the actual problem is with bicycles using the road in groups yet.
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Nowt wrong with bicycles on the road, but there might be if their presence is somehow magnified with the help of confusing convoy entourages. I didn't have any problem with the cyclists at all - they were coming from the opposite direction and they weren't in my way. But if I had been going the same way as them, I would have much preferred if they didn't have a volunteer motorcycle company with them. A bicycle is an agile and narrow vehicle - I spot them and pass them safely with lots of space and hard on the throttle to minimise overtaking time, and I always anticipate one being around the next left-hander. No problem at all - nobody is put in danger. Two-abreast cyclist can slightly complicate matters, but what forces my brain to switch to a different program is the sight of a motorcycle. If I'm coming up behind them, I slow down and hang back and try and make sure I'm in their mirror. If they're coming the other way I move over a bit to the left if there's a car in front of them, in case they pull out to overtake. This is a completely different set of mental patterns. With a motorcycle convoy around them, a group of cyclists behaves like a large and dangerous, unpredictable block. They ride closer together. If someone, bike or pushbike, crashes, they're probably all going down. They take up the whole lane so overtaking becomes risky to everyone. They go all over the road instead of holding a line, because of the increased sense of safety. This invariably encourages furious and wanton cycling, which puts road users in general at greatly heightened risk. |
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As for the rest of it, human beings in charge of all sorts of transport can be utter bell ends, who knew right? |
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Most of the people who're keen cyclists with expensive bikes are going to have insurance. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 338 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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