tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post3915223752733649465..comments2024-03-15T07:44:55.087+00:00Comments on The Cycling Lawyer: Sir Alan Beith's Private Member's BillMartin Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802050121734667593noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-11677942299090218542011-08-04T11:55:43.987+01:002011-08-04T11:55:43.987+01:00There would certainly appear to be a commercial re...There would certainly appear to be <a href="http://www.kimharding.net/blog/?p=1693" rel="nofollow">a commercial relationship between James Cracknell and Merida/Alpina</a>, unless sponsorship is not considered to be a "commercial relationship", of course. I will leave that one to the lawyers...Kimhttp://kimharding.net/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-76299549068020020102011-08-03T13:44:14.059+01:002011-08-03T13:44:14.059+01:00James Cracknell, who claimed he had no commercial ...James Cracknell, who claimed he had no commercial relationship with a helmet manufacturer, is actually Brand Ambassador for Alpina:<br />http://www.merida-bikes.com/en_gb/blog/611/3810/en_gb-merida/james_cracknell_bbc_june2011?page=2<br /><br />Follow the money.<br /><br />He also seems to be or have been a BA for BMW:<br />http://www.surgerypr.com/case-studies/BMW/<br /><br />Encroyable :/Tim Beadlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17958070871462777000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-12396477228994609852011-05-28T10:43:40.776+01:002011-05-28T10:43:40.776+01:00It's all about confidence.
UK cyclist need t...It's all about confidence. <br /><br />UK cyclist need to build their confidence to actually step up to the plate and start a sensible debate. We constantly get lost in talking about the petty fringe things that really don’t matter to us (but only to others thereby diffusing the cycling discussion). <br /><br />As a minority group it's a decidedly difficult task – but a necessary one if we really want cycling to be mainstreamed. <br /><br />Confidence through solidarity.katsdekkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03801161470696254169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-9723082995005092662011-05-22T13:09:05.706+01:002011-05-22T13:09:05.706+01:00Mandatory helmet laws are an unmitigated disaster ...Mandatory helmet laws are an unmitigated disaster - don't do it!!!!!<br /><br />We held the inaugural 'Punk Commute' in Sydney last week, and even managed to score a police escort to Parliament House from Town Hall steps where the protest started.<br /><br />One brave politician came out to meet us punk commuters, waving a limp little olive branch and listening to what we had to say! OK admittedly a tenuous start to revocation of the draconian regulation 256 (NSW Road Rules), but a start nonetheless!!<br /><br />Don't do it!! - helmet laws killed cycling in Australia, and have left us with a next to impossible task clawing ourselves out of our very self-dug hole!Freedom Cyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187400454555241935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-49586770971066282392011-05-21T23:21:50.220+01:002011-05-21T23:21:50.220+01:00My own fear is that Cracknell is being used and ma...My own fear is that Cracknell is being used and may not be the best judge of character... Obviously this is just my slightly paranoid opinion.<br /><br />I do fear that if Cracknell's case were properly demonstrated you'd see a range of things that contributed to his survival:<br /><br />- the bike being pushed forward<br />- the wing mirror folding in<br />- his body slumping forward and out of the way<br />- the fact that he is an athlete and his skull may be more re-enforced from training (looking at boxers you see the skull hardens up, looking at runners the leg bones become tougher, etc. All down to vibrations that cause microtears in bone structure, the bone heals and heals stronger. Cracknell is a known runner)<br /><br />Cyclists have to accept limitations in helmets and ride accordingly. There is parallel with HGV sensor tech, lets hope a culture of "blame the tech" doesnt arise as a result in place of good road practice.Downfaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184133679478493276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-30149007687059134982011-05-20T08:40:02.503+01:002011-05-20T08:40:02.503+01:00The helmet clearly failed and provided no absorpti...The helmet clearly failed and provided no absorption of force. They are not designed to help in impacts of over 12mph anyway. I wonder if Mr Cracknell would allow his helmet to be examined by a helmet testing expert for a 'proper' analysis of the accident?<br /> <br />I was having some physio last year for a dislocated shoulder. My therapist knows personally one of the chaps who was in Cracknell's party at the time of the accident. In the news report we see a picture of him in a coma in a hospital bed. After the accident, he was sitting up conscious and talking fine. The coma was induced by US medics as they do for ALL head injuries. Use of that picture is purely emotive and in no way describes the injuries he received.crapbournemouthcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040362064777634431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7651597981151570147.post-8903288991493787502011-05-19T19:48:45.885+01:002011-05-19T19:48:45.885+01:00A bit of polystyrene and plastic isn't much us...A bit of polystyrene and plastic isn't much use when 40 tonnes of metal hits you... It probably did save James, but a top-spec full face lid would've done more good, but we don't want to go down that road. Lets wrap everyone in at least 3 inches of bubblewrap whenever they leave the house!<br /><br />Hope this bill goes through, it's surely negligence to allow such vehicles to have blindspots given the vast number of incidents where someone is injured or killed simply because they couldn't be seen.Iainecghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964304626053221126noreply@blogger.com