Land Rover driver fined after causing cyclist to fall off

I'm not sure how the focus moved away from the actual issue, and switched to oooh look at the cyclist falling.

These threads are always full of cranks....
 
Absolutely no need for this at all, All he had to do was stop for a second, Let them pass safely and on his way.

He was obviously one of these guys with the mentality of "They don't pay road tax" :rolleyes:
 
OspreyO said:
Apparently most of the power comes from the down pedal not the uplift and any performance increased was balanced by the increase in expenditure of energy.
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You don't get something for nothing, but it does engage different muscles which does provide some relief to the main ones for cycling which is useful when going up hills. I find when increasing power, it is deployed across a wider range of of the pedal stroke compared to the average for the whole ride.

From a recent cycle: https://imgur.com/a/mct6WPT

As said, ensuring that your foot is in the correct place at all times is also a major benefit for injury prevention. Especially useful on long rides and when putting more power through the pedals.

I still see the failure on the cyclist was not being ready to unclipped when she stopped pedalling. I hope she has learnt this lesson for future cycles so she doesn't cause injury to herself. I always move to the tension point if there is any possibility that I might come to a stop.
 
like this morning with heavy wind gusts , so, to remind motorists that I might move a bit erratically I was sitting about 1/3 across carriageway,
in case the <90 degree angle of the bicycle and the trees blowing weren't enough of a hint to give more space.
 
OspreyO said:
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A cyclist could swerve or fall for any reason.

That's why you them a wide berth and can be fined for not doing so. It's that simple.
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pretty much.

It’s not just cyclists though, very few people move over for any vulnerable road user. This is a particular issue for road maintenance workers and recovery drivers.

It really grinds my gears when people don’t give those people any space to work, particularly where cars are pulled off the road but they are not in a proper lay-by or anything. It’s a really very dangerous place to be and most drivers couldn’t give too hoots.

I saw someone the other day cut across the chevrons to carry on down the dual carriage way while some road workers were trying to close it, spraying dust and gravel everywhere. Utterly wreckless behaviour and the detour was only 5 mins round a parallel road.
 
Car was going slightly too fast but was the cyclists own fault for falling off.

I use SPDs for all my riding, XC, gravel, enduro and turbo trainer. I would never go back to flats.
 
Drollic said:
Re cleats:

It's not just about efficiency in the sense of power output against an optimally placed foot under different loads and you don't need to be a competition cyclist to benefit. With cleats properly setup, control of the bike is better, your feet will likely never slip out, your body will never have to continually micro adjust the feet constantly, you will move about on the saddle less, the pedaling stroke will be better and likely more symmetrical, the pelvis is likely to be more symmetrical on the saddle itself and so on.

If you cycle regularly as a more serious hobby the symmetry part is vitally important as most people don't walk nor pedal symmetrically, even with cleats. This will lead to problems at some point depending on your hours on the bike, it's literally a question of time spent. Knee, feet, hips, and of course, your backside.
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and I did say in one of my original posts if you are a serious road biker doing large distances with hardly any stop/starts then cleats are the way.

I can think of one time when cleats were vey advantageous, my left pedal arm fell off and I couldn't get it back on and I was able to cycle the 2 miles with one foot :)
 
SexyGreyFox said:
and I did say in one of my original posts if you are a serious road biker doing large distances with hardly any stop/starts then cleats are the way.

I can think of one time when cleats were vey advantageous, my left pedal arm fell off and I couldn't get it back on and I was able to cycle the 2 miles with one foot :)
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Yes, not saying anyone is right or wrong directly, just why in part they are used. They are actually really quite crude and awkward to setup if you want/need them exact. If you overdo it through effort or time or both and they're wrong, you can really injure yourself - normally the knee goes first. The body does normally warn you first of course.
 
I think it's right he got fined. It's absolutely indefensible. He completely missed the cyclists! All it took was a little right turn :p
 
Ashley Neal uploaded a video on this general topic - something I have to admit I've never thought of for some reason, though the audio quality on my dashcam is hit and miss, the cyclist at the end of the video reads the numberplate of an offending vehicle out loud so as to have a note of it.
 
Has any ultruistic citizen actually uploaded videos under the new reinvigorated scheme the police heralded for this prosecution.

I like that idea of reciting the number plates verbally for the audio track, a dashcam that on-demand would capture some higher resolution stills would be good.
 
The driver should have slowed down. Driving and riding standards have massively declined.

Cyclists are unaware of the Highway Code, I rarely see arm signals nowadays. In London, they jump red lights all the time.

Car drivers no longer use indicators at roundabouts and junctions. Just stop dead when turning right etc...
 
Ninco! said:
Driving and riding standards have massively declined.
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Got to a dual-carriageway today with a group of other cars and it was just tragic - why people can't just drive to the conditions, speed limit, etc. or failing that just get going I dunno. You got the people who take forever to get up to speed, until someone pulls out and speeds up at which point they decide to finally get going leaving the person in the outside lane in an awkward position, the people who just meander about between 50 and 65 MPH or so driving the person behind them up the wall, the person who stubbornly sticks to 40 MPH for probably no valid reason just causing chaos, etc. etc. (not to forget the one who seemingly takes offence when someone overtake them and speeds up and overtakes that person again before meandering down to a slower speed again until that person leapfrogs them... repeat...)

I just sat back let them jostle it out for the first few minutes then put my foot down and passed most of them... then hilariously at this point they decide to all follow me at the speed I'm doing in a line except the 40MPH person who got left behind...
 
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