Tour de France

High time it came back to Cambridgeshire and Essex. In 2014 they mended the roads in advance, although one tree in a roadside hedge was destroyed needlessly, alleged to be a danger to something or other, which it wasn't. Roads now full of holes again.

I do think they ought to mend their own punctures and take a saddle bag for their lunch and to put the empty bottles in, along with all the other wrappers they chuck away. Also to use proper bicycles with 3 speed hub gears. And proper lights and reflectors in accordance with the Highway Code. I mean proper bicycles made in England, not the junk from abroad.

Tour de France Cambridge to London watched by one million

 

The lady's ignorance of the whereabouts of the riders will cut little defence should she be tracked down. Cause and effect is what will be looked at by any legal inquiry/investigation. Though she won't have intended to cause such, she did.

I don't doubt that currently full of remorse, and likely chiding herself along the lines of "how could I be so stupid", she will hopefully reach the point where the best thing to do is to make contact with the investigating authorities and see (and accept) any outcome. Other alternatives for said lady are too dark to contemplate.

No longer (for some years) "Road Traffic Accidents", have since been "Road Traffic Collisions". Cause and effect. Lady/placard/encroaching within carriageway equaled massive pile up, and will I don't doubt be investigated and treated as such.

Likely outcome for the lady concerned, as Stolpi has so eloquently stated above, not good.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Nice gear!

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Sac on your back, don't confuse water bottle with Sloan's Liniment one, and keep your plasters handy. Those were the days.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Just in case they dont






TD

 

I had a 4 speed Sturmey Archer on a second hand Moulton bicycle from 1970 until the suspension broke. It was extremely difficult to adjust so that you were not left "pedalling air." The 3 Speed on my Brompton works. That has a two speed derailleur as well. The Shimano 3 speed on one of my shopping bikes with 20 inch wheels is very easy to work with, but the rim of the wheel fell apart, so the wheel needs rebuilding. An older folding shopper is in use. The folding frame is fine, but the whole of the transmission needs rebuilding. I got a 20 inch child's bike very cheap just for the wheels and tyres but that was a dreadful thing, very heavy and the brakes hardly worked. I got it from a charity shop. I am sorry for the child who was given it, it was plain dangerous. The wheels and nubby tyres were useful. As for the Tour de France, I hope there aren't any more crashes. It looks impossible just keeping up ! Picture shows an earlier version of a bike I had. My friends preferred drop handlebars and Benelux or Campagnola derailleur gears.

 

Just for our American cousins in case they didnt know, as the tour passed by Saint Goustan, adjacent to Auray

Saint-Goustan - Wikipedia

The name of this wharf is a tribute to Benjamin Franklin, the famous diplomat, physicist and engineer who landed at Auray on 3 December 1776 to ask for French aid in the War of Independence.


TD

 

Absolutely disagree, no wish to comment further.

 

They had an aerial shot of Chateau de Josselin for about 15 seconds with 70 miles remaining but they didn't provide an historical narrative like they used to do in years past.

I suspect woke culture. Any mention of European history is pretty much verboten on American TV these days.

 

Not saying it will be simple but worth a try - she ran off not without a reason (which IMO is a guilty plea). It would be good for the ASO to set an example ... since there are more of these lunatics to come

 

Holland: THE DAY AFTER


(=Holidays!!)

Dutch soccer team dried off by the Czechs (0 - 2); the streets in Holland today were even quieter than during the most strict phase of the lock-down ....

 

She probably rightly understood she was about to lynched if she stayed.

 

The good thing is the riders who were injured did not needed any 'extra' drugs...............................

 

The bandits have got her

French police say they have arrested a woman suspected of causing a huge crash during the Tour de France by waving a sign in the riders' path on Saturday.

Tour de France spectator arrested over sign crash

 

Van Der Poel is a quitter. Fans who traveled to see him must be so happy.

“It was impossible for me to do the whole tour and then be at my top at Tokyo. I’ll be back next year.”

 

The lady in question turned herself in (a good thing) and benevolent outcome ensued (also a good thing).

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/t...tator-who-caused-crash_sto8399500/story.shtml

 

I just noticed that the tattoo fad is almost completely over among the riders.
They have almost disappeared for American college athletes too.

 

The Tour de France proved a success for the newspaper; circulation leapt from 25,000 before the 1903 Tour to 65,000 after it; in 1908 the race boosted circulation past a quarter of a million, and during the 1923 Tour it was selling 500,000 copies a day. The record circulation claimed by Desgrange was 854,000, achieved during the 1933 Tour.

Desgrange died in 1940 and ownership passed to a consortium of Germans.[1] The paper began printing comments favourable to the occupying Nazis and so its doors were nailed shut with the return of peace,[2] like all other papers that had printed under the Germans.

L'Équipe - Wikipedia