Recent content by Bez

This is perhaps precisely one of the grey areas of the law that needs tightening up. I would - in the non-statutory sense - describe tailgating as dangerous. The aforementioned case demonstrates that. A law about "dangerous driving", to my mind, should cover that. But apparently not. Yes...

Well, if you're using that specific example, I did say earlier that 50mph+ dual carriageways are the one place where I think it's inherent in the design that slow vehicles can't mix well with a heavy flow of motorised traffic. The tricky thing is that such roads can be quite safe at quiet times...

Maybe I'm using the wrong terms. Judicial system, legislative system... whichever term represents the sum of statute, case, judge and jury. There are different flaws in different parts but the piece as a whole certainly falls way short of adequately aiding in road safety. I don't personally...

Alright, there are the semantics of having and causing an incident. I'm sure no-one here is daft enough to actually misunderstand the difference. What blame do you think could be attributed to the cyclists in the above cases? Cars are supposed to leave "as much space as for a car" -...

Alright, there are the semantics of having and causing an incident. I'm sure no-one here is daft enough to actually misunderstand the difference. What blame do you think could be attributed to the cyclists in the above cases? Cars are supposed to leave "as much space as for a car" -...

That's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that when the law is broken, it does nothing. People are given derisory and toothless sentences, or they're acquitted, or they're not even charged. It propagates the "it's not your fault that you drove into someone, shit happens" message and does so...

Hello. Author here :) I fully agree. Cyclists should be responsible and competent and law-abiding road users. I am a great believer in the idea that you make your own luck, and that it's possible to anticipate a lot of dangerous events before they become incidents. But not all. Mary...

Of course they're raked. All Kona forks are raked. All bicycle forks are raked. Otherwise the excessive castoring effect would ruin the handling. The word you're looking for is "curved" :)

Ok Ed, you have a 'personal message' :) Cheers

Simon, which one are you, I had two Simons interested :) Yup, drop me a line please. Cheers

I think I've got some old DX cantis in a box somewhere :)

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