Had a scan yesterday. Not exactly sure what I was expecting, but this shouldn't have come as a surprise:
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The brain of a cyclist

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I don't come to road.cc for podcasts. Where is the text version of this article? Or at least a simple transcript, please.
My convertible mtb uses a Chinese carbon version of the Surley corner bars. Needed a different stem to adjust the position (a smaller frame size would have worked better) converted to 2x from 1x to give a better range for the road. Using the same brakes and shifters makes it a quick simple swap.
@mctrials23 Hmm; Citing data that google suggests is from a single hospital... A hospital that looks to be in the middle of a city so will have a massively disproportionate chunk of said injuries and doesn't get the biggest cause of traumatic head injury (car crashes) because there are far easier to get to A&E departments... (Though will note that the data probably does support investigation, at least into mandatory helmets for children given high rate of beginners etc. Plausibly also supports offering training in schools and building better facilities)
@Mr Blackbird Hmm my goat is clad in carbon-based polymer and has the noted undercarriage certainly, but seems to be missing the jets and screens? Would the Old Billy still seize it do you think? If they find it among a herd of sheep how can I prove it's not being concealed but is a legal Electively Assorted Pally Caprid?
@chrisonabike Will you two please stop panda-ing to one another?
@kingleo They're only imposing the 18+ age limit, raised from 16, on escooters, not legal ebikes. There is no minimum age for riding an EPAC in Ireland.
I thought it was all about the gear ratios?
@chrisonabike These are polarising issues - anyone attending would have known there was trouble bruin.
@VIPcyclist Yes, the live coverage on S4C was a few stages at the beginning and a few at the end. Shame it wasn’t the whole lot. Stage 19 was particularly good live. Setting the record for the fastest time up the Alpe. He went a bit faster than I did a few years ago 😮. Amazing watching Pogačar hit the bottom of the hill with the breakaway over 3min ahead of him. S4C is available to watch again on the BBC iPlayer if you want to rewatch. The adverts seem to be stripped out too 👍🏻. S4C are looking forward to next year when some stages are here at home in Cymru 🙂. Non-welsh speakers can just watch the video I guess. I like it in my own language, but the iOS app ‘Tour Tracker’ is very very good too, especially for time trials. It’s also more ‘live’ than the live video. So, if it announces some sort of incident you can focus on the live feed to wait for it! (Cymraeg is one of the British Isles oldest living languages BTW.)
I paid for my month, first week off work so I wanted proper full day coverage. Enjoyed it, nice to be able to pause live coverage, but then they make you watch the adverts when trying to catch up. Channel 5 for when I was working, alright, less chat. Seemed to use the tnt virtual studio. Already cancelled, of course, but will be catching the TdF femmes until I'm booted off. Even though I could watch the commenwealth games I haven't, I hope the games have done well securing the rights because their viewing figures will be right down, such coverage benefits being on the BBC.

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Everything in order then.
Everything in order then.
Did I miss something here
Did I miss something here with the ‘Agony Guy’s’ posts? They appear to be recycled entries from his own seemingly largely unread blogs. I used to come to road.cc for good original views and writing. To be fair I still do on the the whole! But just not here. Or am I wrong??
Waste of time, space and
Waste of time, space and effort
Raleigh wrote:Waste of time,
That’s what the doctor said, too. Well, waste of space. “Some people have fit E=MC squared in there,” is how he put it. “You’re currently wondering which brake calipers look prettiest.”
PS. Poetic licence aside, that was a real brain scan. Serious stuff, in direct violation of my own user guide.
I love the comment at the
I love the comment at the bottom “Do not google and try to compare with ‘normal’ brains” brilliant.
That’s a real thing. This was
That’s a real thing. This was obviously a real brain scan at one time, and people who take them home always want to find and compare their heads with “normal” ones – and promptly freak out when they don’t have their own “ipod jack” and it must be abnormal!