Weren't a couple of the specialist time-triallers a bit unhappy about it?
Tremendous ride by Dumoulin but hats off to Froome. Dumoulin had targeted this from the start of the season and it will be interesting to see if he takes Froome on in 2018's Tour de France.
I am still angry about the organisation of Velo Birmingham . Some of my family live within the closed circle of roads. They had no notice of the extent of the closures and how difficult it would be to get out of the ‘ring of steel’ I had a family bbq near to Cannon Hill Park, it took the first 3 relatives an hour and a half to get from Quinton, the 3 children and their mom didn’t manage to get here as it proved impossible to get into Quinton to pick them up. They had to order a take away which took 2 hours as the suppliers had the same problem. There were no stewards along the route to advise drivers, it involved trying a road then turning back at the closed sign. I learned this morning that Lodge Hill Cemetery was completely inaccessible as it was surrounded by closed roads. I now see that “People have got to expect that roads are not just going to be about cars. It’s about sharing that space.”(Councillor Ward) This wasn’t sharing space, it was denying car drivers the use of roads that they have paid to use. Are cyclists now going to pay to share the space?
Quote from: Scratchins on September 25, 2017, 11:11:22 AMI am still angry about the organisation of Velo Birmingham . Some of my family live within the closed circle of roads. They had no notice of the extent of the closures and how difficult it would be to get out of the ‘ring of steel’ I had a family bbq near to Cannon Hill Park, it took the first 3 relatives an hour and a half to get from Quinton, the 3 children and their mom didn’t manage to get here as it proved impossible to get into Quinton to pick them up. They had to order a take away which took 2 hours as the suppliers had the same problem. There were no stewards along the route to advise drivers, it involved trying a road then turning back at the closed sign. I learned this morning that Lodge Hill Cemetery was completely inaccessible as it was surrounded by closed roads. I now see that “People have got to expect that roads are not just going to be about cars. It’s about sharing that space.”(Councillor Ward) This wasn’t sharing space, it was denying car drivers the use of roads that they have paid to use. Are cyclists now going to pay to share the space?Here we go again. What do you think funds the roads?Anyway, it was one day, a Sunday, in September. Whilst I'm sure there'll be lessons learnt about pre-event communication to say people had no notice of something with the profile of the Velo is an absolute nonsense, unless you don't own a TV, listen to the radio, or use the internet.London manage to cope with the Ride London (equivalent event) and London Marathon. Newcastle cope with the Great North Run. Manchester copes with their marathon and there doesn't seem to be anywhere near as much fuss made of the Birmingham half-marathon. Also, judging by the size of the crowds along the route it seems that the vast majority of people were extremely positive about it, giving up their own time to cheer random strangers on and get to know their neighbours.
Still at least nobody has mentioned the fact cyclists don't pay road tax eh?
Are cyclists now going to pay to share the space?
Quote from: Jon Crofts on September 26, 2017, 01:33:40 PMStill at least nobody has mentioned the fact cyclists don't pay road tax eh?Quote from: Scratchins on September 25, 2017, 11:11:22 AMAre cyclists now going to pay to share the space?Not sure if this was deliberately tongue in cheek - if so, sorry!