11 things we’ve learnt this week

1. Team Sky is swapping its fleet of Jaguars for Ford vehicles, although possibly not the Capris suggested in this Tweet (above).
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2. Jeremy Corbyn’s dream bike is a £475 Raleigh Criterium, and a crowdfunding campaign to get him one has raised enough funds many times over.
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3. A law has been proposed in Missouri to make cyclists carry a 15ft high fluorescent flag. No, really.
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4. It’s possible to draft a bendy bus at 70km/h on a hybrid bike while wearing a rucksack, and there’s video evidence to prove it.
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5. Sir Chris Hoy reckons fellow knight Bradley Wiggins is Britain’s greatest ever cyclist, whether or not he wins a medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
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6. Helmet-wearing cyclists are more likely to take risks and be sensation seekers than those wearing baseball caps, according to new research.
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7. Kask, the provider of Team Sky’s helmets, is getting into the eyewear market.
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8. A Plymouth man has been banned from going within four metres of a bike rack or having a bike unless he can prove ownership. Mind you, he is a convicted bike thief. 
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9. US cyclist Kurt Searvogel has ridden 76,076 miles in the past year.
Find out more here.10. Pro racer Nicolas has been bitten by spiders twice in the last few months.
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11. The number of fines issued by the Metropolitan police for pavement cycling has dropped to less than two a day.
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