11 things we’ve learnt this week

1 Chris Froome had a VO₂ max (the maximum volume of oxygen consumption during exercise, measured in millilitres per kilogram of bodyweight per minute) of 88.2 during this year’s Tour de France, compared to 35-40 for the average untrained male.
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2 In 1992, more than 97% of households in China owned a bicycle.
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3 Team Katusha is switching from Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 to SRAM’s new eTAP wireless drivetrain for 2016.
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4 Cycling on the road makes you a better driver and could lower your car insurance premium.
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5 The town of Lismore in New South Wales, Australia, has installed a brightly-coloured recycled-bicycle Christmas tree. 
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6 Mark Cavendish is pretty handy on a motorbike.
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7 A spoonful of sugar dissolved in water could give you more of a performance boost than some sports drinks that contain only glucose. 
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8 When he discovered that Miguel Indurain was going to be present at his Hour Record attempt, Bradley WIggins asked his wife to bring along one of Indurain's yellow jerseys so that it could be signed.
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9 There’s an etiquette to wearing a cycling cap.
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10 Ridley Scott directed the famous Hovis ad that featured a delivery boy riding up a steep, cobbled hill. No, really.
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11 Pink bikes can attract the attention of the police.
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