outlawing road racing would have saved many lives this year
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From: JMS jmsmith2010 on 8 Aug 2010 18:39 On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0100, Nick Finnigan <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote: >Ret. wrote: >> Nick Finnigan wrote: >>> >>> The Cheshire Classic Road Race is presumably an imaginary event? >> >> It's down to individual Chief Constables to make the decision. Maybe the >> current CC has different views to the one who stopped cycle races when I >> was serving. > > I imagine it started around 1980. When were you serving? Why not just call him a liar? -- Latest accident figures from DfT Q1 2010 Killed or Seriously Injured: Pedestrians DOWN 8% Car Users DOWN 8% Motorcycle users DOWN 8% Cyclists UP : 4% Spot a theme?
From: thirty-six on 8 Aug 2010 19:26 On 8 Aug, 23:39, JMS <jmsmith2...(a)live.co.uk > wrote: > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:00:10 +0100, Nick Finnigan <n...(a)genie.co.uk> > wrote: > > >Ret. wrote: > >> Nick Finnigan wrote: > > >>> The Cheshire Classic Road Race is presumably an imaginary event? > > >> It's down to individual Chief Constables to make the decision. Maybe the > >> current CC has different views to the one who stopped cycle races when I > >> was serving. > > > I imagine it started around 1980. When were you serving? > > Why not just call him a liar? spoils the beer. > > -- > Latest accident figures from DfT Q1 2010 > Killed or Seriously Injured: > > Pedestrians DOWN 8% > Car Users DOWN 8% > Motorcycle users DOWN 8% > Cyclists UP : 4% > > Spot a theme?
From: Elder on 9 Aug 2010 03:59 In article <576u561jliruvvm57nbtsuopvq96ik0rkc(a)4ax.com>, guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net says... > > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:40:29 +0100, Clive George > <clive(a)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > > >On 08/08/2010 18:03, Mortimer wrote: > > > >> I admire those cyclists' fitness. I can keep up about 20 mph on the level > > > >That's actually pretty swift for a non-racer. How long can you keep that > >up for with no tailwind? > > I managed to average a fraction over 20mph from St. Albans to Reading > once, just under two hours end to end (with a five minute stop to dig > fuel out of the pack). I'd say that is about as fast as I will ever > be! > > Guy I used to do about that on my old, but quite light and high spec mountain bike, but I did do 10 miles a night to work, and the same back, then 50 miles of road, plus a run around Delamere forest for a couple of hours. That was when a 531 frame and no suspension was perfect for everything. Now I'm loaded down with long travel full suspension and has made the offroad easier, but the road riding takes a lot more effort. -- Carl Robson Get cashback on your purchases Topcashback http://www.TopCashBack.co.uk/skraggy_uk/ref/index.htm Greasypalm http://www.greasypalm.co.uk/r/?l=1006553
From: David on 9 Aug 2010 10:16 "Elder" <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message news:MPG.26c9c5a8b476c60998970e(a)news.individual.net... > In article <576u561jliruvvm57nbtsuopvq96ik0rkc(a)4ax.com>, > guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net says... >> I managed to average a fraction over 20mph from St. Albans to Reading >> once, just under two hours end to end (with a five minute stop to dig >> fuel out of the pack). I'd say that is about as fast as I will ever >> be! >> Guy > > I used to do about that on my old, but quite light and high spec > mountain bike, but I did do 10 miles a night to work, and the same back, > then 50 miles of road, plus a run around Delamere forest for a couple of > hours. That was when a 531 frame and no suspension was perfect for > everything. Now I'm loaded down with long travel full suspension and has > made the offroad easier, but the road riding takes a lot more effort. > I managed 19.5mph average from Harlow to Clacton fully laiden with camping gear for a week on a clapped out old '10 gear racer' when I was 15. Not a hope in hell nowadays! D
From: Ret. on 9 Aug 2010 14:44
Nick Finnigan wrote: > Ret. wrote: >> Nick Finnigan wrote: >>> >>> The Cheshire Classic Road Race is presumably an imaginary event? >> >> It's down to individual Chief Constables to make the decision. Maybe >> the current CC has different views to the one who stopped cycle >> races when I was serving. > > I imagine it started around 1980. When were you serving? In Cheshire from 1975 to 2001. I cannot remember what year it was when the CC stated that he was stopping cycle races. It was following a particular race that I was involved in policing (as a traffic constable so that would have been around '78). The behaviour of the cyclists was appalling, despite them having been given a very clear briefing by the Inspector in charge of policing the event. Reports were submitted to the Chief by everyone involved - and his decision to prevent any further races was based upon that. -- Kev |