I simply can’t be bothered to join in the debate about whether kids should be allowed to ride to school on their own that seems to be floating around the papers at the moment. Instead I shall wade right into the big debate in the Tour de France at the moment. Was the course from Brussels to Spa just too dangerous, or was it, in fact, just what the rides should expect from a hard bike race designed to test them and see who the best all-round rider is. It seems to me that slippery roads and steep hills should be what the kind of rider good enough to be at the tour in the first place expects to be able to deal with. At least the tricky cobbles of yesterday's stage were raced over properly, with riders not following the example of French football and thinking they're bigger than the event.
In more positive news, there are reports now that the events at the Nevis Range in June, including the Mountain Bike World Cup, generated around 20000 extra visitors to the area. This is great news for the area, and also shows just how popular cycling can be. Hopefully it can encourage more great events to make use of the excellent countryside that we have in this country and get more people into sports like cycling, which can only be a good thing.
Finally in a short post today it seems it is possible to put an engine in a bike, and make it travel at the speeds that Cancellera manages. The trouble is it’s not exactly as subtle as the solution that has been doing the internet rounds. I think the UCI might not even need scanners to spot a bike that looked like this.
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