Yoga for Cyclists, part 18: Arms

On the contrary, Pogacar is showing us that winning is irrelevant. Its team work that counts and how you play the game. Even Pog has the whole truth of the thing in perspective. He’s already said that if he never wins again, he’s happy. He’s quietly saying that the whole obsession with winning is unhealthy. He’s dropped 7 mins in this years TDF. If other teams are strong enough they could win. The whole journey of every cycling grand tour is full of hundreds of team and individual stories, far more interesting than whoever ‘wins’ overall. Strategy is everything…let’s see a whole lot more outside the norm! …Pog is inviting it.

Sodium =/= salt. Lithium batteries are already salty - just with lithium salts. A polymer electrolyte might even make it less salty. [Salt batteries (including sodium- and lithium-based varieties) are a whole other thing again.]

Really hope these guys or a company like them can come up with an environmentally friendly and non-combustable solution for ebike batteries. I don't have an ebike at the moment because I don't need one, but I did have one to get me through serious illness and I might well want one in future if the illness comes back or I generally just get more infirm; one of the reasons I sold it was for peace of mind as I didn't have to worry any more about remembering whether I had unplugged the charger before leaving home. A battery with zero fire risk would be a major selling point for me.

Who is this Al Terrain, though?

@quiff Doh! You're playing 5D pedant chess here.

@Wales56 Thank you for that. I visited Bristol yesterday. Bus and train. I was astounded by the number of cyclists even on the steep hills in a heatwave. Many people still drive though and the traffic was horrendous meaning a short bus journey from Temple Meads to the center took ages. Quicker than walking (just) but cycling would have been much quicker. The number of cycle paths does mean you need to be aware as a pedestrian but I was prepared for this after getting in the way of a cyclist on my previous vist a few years ago. Needless to say the train on the return journey was overcrowded (had to stand for the journey) and delayed and meaning missing a few public transport connections which made the journey take longer than needed. Even with these frustrations it was much more relaxing than driving. 20 years ago I would have driven without even thinking about it.

@quiff Should be on a new sub-tier website 'OffroadRacing.cc' :)

There you go, getting in a tangle over terminology again - you've written 'subtle', when what you meant was 'incoherent'.

…serves you right for seeking out such a cliche of a photo opp! 🙃 sunflowers, please 🙄

@quiff The police definitely can't park where they like (rephrase: legally they definitely can't park where they like, in practice…), if they are not on emergency response all traffic laws and regulations apply to them just as they do to the ordinary motorist. I have an ongoing battle with the Met regarding the bus lane outside King's College Hospital on Denmark Hill; every morning there will be three or four police cars or vans parked in the lane, often on the zigzags of the pelican crossing there, forcing buses, motorcyclists and cyclists to switch out into the busy main traffic lane. As a user of the hospital myself I know that very rarely do they have any police business in the hospital, they are usually getting coffee and doughnuts from the in-hospital Costa. The Met has admitted that they should not be parking there and promised to sort it out, but my dialogue with them has lasted more than five years now and every morning they are still there just the same.