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Introducing Rich Carter…
Rich Carter Will be riding for Kiron next year….as he steps away from racing for a year of sportives. He has been on hand testing dhb and Kiron parts for some time too, lending his knowledge and experience of road racing to help develop dhb and Kiron brands.
Over to Rich…
Hello! My name is Rich Carter. I’m looking 40 in the face and I’ve got some big plans to celebrate. Next year is going to be a massive one in the Sportive Calendar. The UK scene is exploding and more and more riders are searching for bigger and tougher challenges on home soil, Europe and beyond. I’m planning to ride some monumental Sportives in 2010. Along the way I’ll be keeping you up to date with everything I’m experiencing as well as having my say on what’s going on in the cycling World. I’ve generally got plenty to say and don’t mind sharing my opinion with anyone who’s willing to listen. It won’t always be complimentary, but I’ve promised to be polite.
There’s been quite a bit of spleen venting over the last couple of weeks. I felt that I’ve missed out on all the fun, so albeit late I’m going to get stuck in too (blame Wiggle for not putting my post up sooner)! James Martin, the celebrity chef has ruffled the most feathers. Mr and Mrs Wiggins from Manchester certainly took exception to Mr Martin’s comments in a national newspaper. They launched an amusing barrage of Twitter based abuse on the unsuspecting chef. The thing that’s made ME most upset is that Mr Martin’s comments were pretty indicative of our national attitude towards cycling. We make it more difficult to cycle than we do to drive therefore most people take the easy option. Take my work. In order for me to cycle to my place of work I have to have lights (even in the day time) a helmet (which I have no objection to) and a high viz vest. I hate wearing the type of high viz vests that fasten with the use of Velcro. They’re Ok for “leisure” cycling, but anything over 6 miles an hour and they’re flapping around like my wife the day before the NEXT sale. I purchased a high viz cover for my rucksack. I could be seen from the moon, but I failed to comply because I couldn’t be seen from the front. Why would a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction need to see me? For me to be a potential obstruction to them, they (or I) would need to be on the wrong side of the road! Why is it up to cyclists to make themselves seen? Why can’t drivers be aware of the fact that they have to share the road with other forms of transport? That said I purchased a yellow dhb Amberley Jacket and Mr Jobs worth security guard is more than happy!
James Martin has now issued an apology. The irony of the incident was that his comments were part of an article about an environmentally friendly electric powered Supercar.
Hi Rich, enjoyed your first blog. I hope you are not getting paid to bang on about bikes! BTW the sportive in the Forest is 100 miles not Ks http://www.ukcyclingevents.co.uk/
I know there will lots of cycle porn at the show but now you are the man from Kiron you should be out doing the real thing.