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Not in the news. According to Boardman, The Sunday Times asked him to write this piece then declined to publish it without telling him why:

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/20171126-Chris-Boardman-0

Edit: Seems Boardman sent it to the wrong address! https://twitter.com/Chris_Boardman/status/935150321852133376

He really does seem to have a downer on them judging by this thread:

https://twitter.com/agibby76/status/929047080076705792

Note: this is just after Wale and Tipper have set a time that would have put them 5th at the 2016 Olympics!

Bigham and KGF just went sub-4 in Manchester and may be into the bronze medal ride off. Seems like a great underdog story to me but they're getting some pretty heavy criticism from Tony Gibb for some reason and poor Carlton doesn't know what's going on.

Heading south on Boleyn road this morning I just got caught by the lights at Crossway, think oh well and settle in for a 3 minute wait for my turn to come back around. After about a minute a driver arrives from opposite direction, decides they can't be arsed, so has a look around and goes straight through the red, clear as day.

Bloody drivers jumping lights, insurance, helmets, etc.

I'm going up by train as well but will ask around see if any friends have one. I doubt it unfortunately as MTBs are still way more popular than road bikes up there.

Will also be cheering for you. Dunno if you need any local advice but I grew up in Stocksfield and I can tell you that from the HQ to start is a reasonable distance uphill. I'd recommend warming up in the car park across the road from the Dr Syntax if there's space.

It's a stayer

FWIW I just fitted SKS raceblades on mine and there's enough clearance for my doughnut wheel setup - Michelin Endurance 28s on 2014 Mavic Kysriums (15mm internal rim width).

Looked like an incident at the "traffic-free" bank junction this morning. Didn't see what had happened but ambulance present and police were redirecting a bus somewhere.

Niiice ... but please cut that steerer.

At least you'll be warmed up, Dan Evans will have been waiting around for 2.5 hours when you meet him in the final.

Yeah I should've done. I'd decided to be the prick who beats the impatient driver over the speed bumps to show them who's boss.

Almost got tag teamed on CS1. One driver gives it all the revving behind whilst the driver in front (who is the one holding me up anyway) decides to suddenly brake and turn sharp left without indicating. Luckily I reacted quickly enough, should have given them more space but so hard to when you're being tailgated.

Sweaty/10

So much wasted energy and needless vitriol - government by clickbait.

Are you still drunk from last night? That thing is horrible. Black seatpost, saddle, cables, bartape and a better choice of bottle cage might improve it. Also is that a gold front mech or just the reflection?

Cheers, that seems like a fair procedure to me. I think there's a lot of interesting questions to be asked about this case that are probably best left until after a verdict is delivered.

Hi I've got a procedural question I think you may be able to answer. A few pages back you wrote:

For involuntary act manslaughter, four points need to be established:

1. that the accused has committed an unlawful act;
   
2. that the act was the cause of death;
   
3. that the accused intended to commit the act;
   
4. that a sober and reasonable person would recognise that the act carried some risk of harm, however slight
   

Do you think the jury will be asked to find on these points individually or just deliver an overall verdict?

As it seems that the case hinges on the interpretation of point 2 (brakeless = cause of death), I'd feel more comfortable if I knew the jury were focusing on it.

I believe @croft has also encountered this guy riding a double-disk fixed TT bike down Regent St.

I've had drivers do this twice to me last month at junctions with the same layout (when on a biek). I've been holding primary in the middle lane to go straight on and they've intentionally pulled up in the left turn lane to try to undertake me as the lights change. Both times I thought they're self-entitled dicks with no road sense but I resisted the temptation to run them into the kerb!

Could be. Have you got a shot of the Look seatpost? I've heard that's distinctive.

The L96 and T3 together in Regent's Park with matching forum skinsuits, such pretty.

Wow Bjoern's line is just so consistent compared to everyone else's, chapeau!

Dan Massie rides with me in Islington CC. I think he only got into cycling properly in the last 5 years (he apparently lost 30kg or something ridiculous). He's always been good at one-off, long-distance fast rides and last year he did a humongous tour of the Pyrenees and Alps which inspired him to give ultra a go this year.

The TAW is meant to be a training ride for TCR but he's a classic bloody-minded Scot so I'm not surprised he's doing pretty well with the bad weather. However, as you say @skinny, he might not know when to hold back to save his legs, will have to see how he feels next week.

Loving the videos @Skinny, really adds to the dot-watching. Just wondering if in the next TransAtlanticWay one you could give my friend Dan Massie a shout. It's his first ultra race in preparation for TCR this year. He was really struggling with knee pain a day ago but looks like he's turned it round and now considering going non-stop for 4th.

Velopark Tuesday Tens on medium gear take two! Managed not to crash this time by playing it safe and using the bull horns when it got a bit spinny. Managed a 25.19 according to Garmin (112.5 average rpm) which I'm pretty happy with. Will gear up a bit next week and see what happens.

Good time. I think fixed will be a lot easier with the standard westerly wind helping up the hill than the easterly we had. Happy with 28.11, means I was probably on a 25 as well until my incident so should be able to provide a bit of fixed competition in 2 weeks.