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I despise the st George cross, but she was being a snob, course she was, regardless of her upbringing.

Emily Thornberry must be a particularly annoying snob to your average white van man. Especially as she has special transport privileges. She is privileged to move around town faster than most, she travels in luxury, gets free transport rights in the capital, is exempt from road tax and is given a dopamine hit every commute to keep her smiling despite adversity. She probably doesn't even mind getting told by her boss to'get on your bike'

She's a cyclist
(Picture from the Daily Fail - to rub it in...)

^ On small ring, needs sds

• no helmet or hiviz
  
  

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She has had cycle training too

Not using the traditional high-heel-midfoot technique, might actually be cyclist.

Not covering brakes and saddle appears too low. Who trained her?

(I did) . She has very short legs. Good riding position though.

Are people really taught to cycle covering their brakes?

Of course... Why, don't you?

I thought only bike polo players did that.

That is a really stupid thing to do. It takes a fraction of a second to move your hand to your brake and use it. Not having a full grip on the handlebars surely impairs control and handling.

People have this view of cycle training:

When it really looks like this:

I don't see what labour lady did wrong. She posted a picture of a house. It's not like she wrote "poor thieving commoner scum" underneath it.

(Not really the right thread to debate this but)

1. That fraction of a second can be crucial in an urban environment
   
2. Control not impaired but perhaps enhanced as an open handed grip, a lighter grip means quicker reactions and less stiffness for steering
   
3. Open hand also leads to less tense neck muscles for looking behind
   
   

Further discussion in Cycle Training forum perhaps

Do you even mtb?

Cycle training is soooo dumb

I don't see what labour lady did wrong. She posted a picture of a house. It's not like she wrote "poor theiving commoner scum" underneath it.

True, that would have been a terrible spelling mistake.

How do you know? You tried it? @señor_bear
#bikesnob

Cycle training is soooo dumb

Have you considered trolling training? :)

How do you know?

Any fool knows that it's 'thieving' and not 'theiving'. :)

ha!

Humans instinctively clench their fists when tense. If people are not covering the brakes it means their first reaction in an emergency is to grasp the bars, they then need to release and get the fingers to the brakes before they can stop. In an emergency it is better to be able to just pull the brakes immediately.

MTB training is also to cover the brakes (with one finger) to encourage a relaxed but secure grip of the bars. Too tense a grip impairs control and handing.

Charing Cross Station is on fire

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@dancing james by that rationale, people would be going over the handlebars all the time. Humans are not that simple.

Vid of fire
http://instagram.com/p/vvWiUuNXg7/