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dr dre2

So let's get this clear, licensing cycling would be less expensive than adapting every single road in the UK. That's an ideal, we'd all love to see More cycle paths. And just getting one message across would be worth a lot of lives, don't f**k with HGVS, they simply can't see you and, no its not th...

dr dre2

Removing the idiots and educating the ignorant is by far the cheapest and quickest option. Strange way to request account deactivation Look at me i'm a mod. Well you did argue about something from a position of ignorance and then suggest removing said ignoramus. I was talking from the position of a...

dr dre2

blindcider wrote:
dr dre2 wrote:Removing the idiots and educating the ignorant is by far the cheapest and quickest option.
Strange way to request account deactivation

Look at me i'm a mod.

dr dre2

So let's get this clear, licensing cycling would be less expensive than adapting every single road in the UK. That's an ideal, we'd all love to see More cycle paths. And just getting one message across would be worth a lot of lives, don't fudge with HGVS, they simply can't see you and, no its not th...

dr dre2

Which is why I feel adrenalin and testosterone may be a driver for it. Then the solution will be diazepam and oestrogen. Or fines and points. Either one is preferable to death by HGV as a solution I would have thought. At the moment it's just an occupational hazard for an HGV driver. The Ivan drago...

dr dre2

Who is blaming Strava? Are the HGVs the problem? Is the ignorance/competitiveness/stupidity/incompetence of the riders not in question? Just the ignorance/competitiveness/stupidity/incompetence of the driver in question? Id also argue that the high percentage of deaths there attributed to HGVs, is ...

dr dre2

I very nearly saw a cyclist get knocked down today, he went straight through a red light having shot up the inside and a car coming the other way had to swerve and slam the breaks on, very nearly caused a pileup. The cyclist never even looked back. Hope this helps. Interesting, I saw a HGV do exact...

dr dre2

No it was about your funny head.

dr dre2

male 52 A male rider was hit a car and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Marjorie Tappenden, 74, lost control as she confused the brake and the accelerator pedal. Horseshit - she was obviously trying to beat her PB. Come on Brazil..... you're too clever to disingenuously make yourself l...

dr dre2

Who is blaming Strava? Are the HGVs the problem? Is the ignorance/competitiveness/stupidity/incompetence of the riders not in question? Just the ignorance/competitiveness/stupidity/incompetence of the driver in question? Id also argue that the high percentage of deaths there attributed to HGVs, is ...

dr dre2

male 52 A male rider was hit a car and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Marjorie Tappenden, 74, lost control as she confused the brake and the accelerator pedal. Horseshit - she was obviously trying to beat her PB. Come on Brazil..... you're too clever to disingenuously make yourself l...

dr dre2

Here are the cyclist deaths in London since 2014... There is one death here when a cyclist lost control going down a hill in Richmond Park but it seems to me that tipper trucks and HGVs are the issue here, not Strava. female 55 Photos show lorry straddling two lanes with bike under front left wheel...

dr dre2

ok without boring the shite out of you about TSS and weekly training load. the reason to log the commutes is not to improve your commute times but to avoid the easy trap of overtraining with junk miles. that way you can see if the extra training load you get from the commutes is pushing you over th...

dr dre2

ok without boring the shite out of you about TSS and weekly training load. the reason to log the commutes is not to improve your commute times but to avoid the easy trap of overtraining with junk miles. that way you can see if the extra training load you get from the commutes is pushing you over th...

dr dre2

They are everywhere..... Avid Strava user owns up "The trouble is that I feel I might be in danger of morphing into a full-blown Strava**hole: “an individual Strava-ing at the expense of common courtesy.” These are the people who come blasting down the mountain screaming at you to get out of the way...

dr dre2

ok without boring the shite out of you about TSS and weekly training load. the reason to log the commutes is not to improve your commute times but to avoid the easy trap of overtraining with junk miles. that way you can see if the extra training load you get from the commutes is pushing you over th...

dr dre2

Dre doesn't appear to have much of a clue about what he is talking about wrt strava. Few people go out pot hunting when on rides and just use strava as a way of measuring distance and progress against themselves. It's important to recognise that not every part of every ride is even on a segment. Pe...

dr dre2

Dre doesn't appear to have much of a clue about what he is talking about wrt strava. Few people go out pot hunting when on rides and just use strava as a way of measuring distance and progress against themselves. It's important to recognise that not every part of every ride is even on a segment. Pe...

dr dre2

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dr dre2

Women only make up about 25% of people cycling in London but year to date, are about 75% of the fatalities. Yeah, there is a reasonable proportion of London bike commuters who are lycra clad city boyz bombing along on their carbon bikes but I'd say the majority (me included...) are just pootling al...

dr dre2

And regarding that average - most London commutes are under 10 miles. 23 KMh is about 14.75 mph. Let's say that the vast majority of London cyclists would be able to average at least 11.75 mph for a 5-10 mile commute, with only outliers below that. If we take 14.75 as a median figure, that means th...

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Dre do you think the woman killed by the truck last week was a strava "avid". Or in fact the woman in OP? or the guy who was killed by a banned truck driver? No.. I moved on from there and was talking more generally. I'd suspect "ignorance of HGVs" was to blame for that. By the way the founder puts...

dr dre2

You got your sneaky edit in just in time! OK, so you don't have to be fast to be trying hard, I concede that point. However, I still think you're simply wrong about how pervasive this kind of motivation is. For one thing, it's not easy at all to motivate yourself to go out and perform better day in...

dr dre2

And regarding that average - most London commutes are under 10 miles. 23 KMh is about 14.75 mph. Let's say that the vast majority of London cyclists would be able to average at least 11.75 mph for a 5-10 mile commute, with only outliers below that. If we take 14.75 as a median figure, that means th...

dr dre2

Womack wrote:Well, they sound like pillocks tbf. They should join a cycling club and do some proper cycling, rather than travelling from Suffolk to Surrey to post a time on Strava.

We're not looking for the bright ones are we, we're looking for the pillocks.

dr dre2

And regarding that average - most London commutes are under 10 miles. 23 KMh is about 14.75 mph. Let's say that the vast majority of London cyclists would be able to average at least 11.75 mph for a 5-10 mile commute, with only outliers below that. If we take 14.75 as a median figure, that means th...

dr dre2

People use it simply to log miles, or simply to show their mates that they've been on a ride, or because it's just what they do. Not all Strava use is straightforward competition. I'm a heavy user and I'd say that actually, very little of it is. As I said before, it's social media, facebook for cyc...

dr dre2

What does that prove? Womack, it's about competition lots of people are doing it 114,000 a week, if the average is 15mph on congested stop start city streets, a fair few are doing a lot faster to make up for the fair few who are doing a lot less. People are doing just as I said, whether you think t...

dr dre2

Yeah they measure how fast you ride to work.

Strava stats:

Average London Commute speed 23km, Average UK weekly commutes 114,000.

dr dre2

Dre, There are any number of things that could affect hazard perception. Alcohol, drugs, having a bad day, being tired, innately clumsy, short-sighted, spotting a fit burd on the other side of the road, being in a hurry to get home and post on Planet Rugby, being incensed to the point of distractio...

dr dre2

Dre, There are any number of things that could affect hazard perception. Alcohol, drugs, having a bad day, being tired, innately clumsy, short-sighted, spotting a fit burd on the other side of the road, being in a hurry to get home and post on Planet Rugby, being incensed to the point of distractio...

dr dre2

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents http://www.rospa.com/road-safety/advice/pedal-cyclists/facts-figures/ OK so aggressive riding is not a major factor? And a major factor for aggressive riding in no way can be conceivably attributed to competitive behaviour? Because unless you can sa...

dr dre2

Sorry that last paragraph was addressed at Dr Dre I've posted the link above. Just found an interesting article with an interview with Strava's founder. He certainly uses it as motivation. I was just suggesting PBs as motivation by the way. He talks about his target market of “avids", of course 0% ...

dr dre2

I drove into town today, little wonder cyclists lose out. Stupid woman undertaking me when I was turning left . Fockin lucky I saw her coming. It's my theory that most people who cycle often motivate themselves to do so by competing with themselves for a PB. Mixed with the increased testosterone, a...

dr dre2

I drove into town today, little wonder cyclists lose out. Stupid woman undertaking me when I was turning left . Fockin lucky I saw her coming. It's my theory that most people who cycle often motivate themselves to do so by competing with themselves for a PB. Mixed with the increased testosterone, a...

dr dre2

I drove into town today, little wonder cyclists lose out. Stupid woman undertaking me when I was turning left . Fockin lucky I saw her coming. It's my theory that most people who cycle often motivate themselves to do so by competing with themselves for a PB. Mixed with the increased testosterone, a...

dr dre2

Looking at that photo, a major issue there is what looks like construction site fencing/hoarding going right out to the carriageway edge leaving no room for escape. This also occurs with poorly designed pedestrian guard railing at junctions. I note that from my experience working in road safety eng...

dr dre2

I drove into town today, little wonder cyclists lose out. Stupid woman undertaking me when I was turning left . Fockin lucky I saw her coming. It's my theory that most people who cycle often motivate themselves to do so by competing with themselves for a PB. Mixed with the increased testosterone, a...

dr dre2

I drove into town today, little wonder cyclists lose out. Stupid woman undertaking me when I was turning left . Fockin lucky I saw her coming. It's my theory that most people who cycle often motivate themselves to do so by competing with themselves for a PB. Mixed with the increased testosterone, a...

dr dre2

Wales up to 22nd in the world then

beating their previous best by 5.

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