I spent a warm, sunny saturday afternoon encamped in the outdoor section of a gelateria on Lygon street to watch Brad McGee's last pro race in stage 6 of the Herald Sun Tour. If only spectating could always be this good - gelato, warm day, bike race passing by every 2 minutes. I've loaded some photos of the day, but really I was too busy eating to really get clicking. Anyway, nice to see McGee finish his career healthy rather than retire while on one of his lengthy injury breaks. I don't think you could call his career disappointing exactly, but on the other hand I'd have to say that it could have been so much more. So farewell Brad, and good luck with your new career at Sexy-Bank.

It seems a shame to include this as well. But the next morning this is what happened while a group of riders were cycling to the startline of the Around the bay in a Day endurance ride. I know this road well and will often be riding it on Sunday mornings myself (though usually a little later than this). Am I disturbed more by the car full of hoons - or by the police who provided this gem of a quote:

"People do get frustrated with cyclists on the road, there are cyclists out there who don't obey the road rules, don't stay in their designated lanes.

"We all bloody get jacked off with it because the cyclists are on the road and they are travelling two or three or four abreast chatting away to each other, but it doesn't justify the behaviour that's happened in the early hours of Sunday morning."

Is there some suggestion that these cyclists were not obeying the road rules? No it's just a gratuitous anit-cyclist comment. How generous of him to throw that in for free. Echoed I might add by the newspaper running these stories. So a car (allegedly) deliberately mows down a group of cyclist and the poll question is? Yes, good guess!

Are cyclists responsible road users?

Currently the poll is running: Yes 45% No 55%. Yes because it's cyclist behaviour we all need to worry about after incidents like these.  

ED: Jam the poll!!! This is complete and utter bs, blaming the victim for existing, to the inconvenience of the noble (re homicidal) driver and his 2,000 pounds of steel.