11 things we've learnt this week

1. Danny MacAskill can ride on top of a rolling hay bale.
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2. Lance Armstrong still has seven Tour de France winner’s yellow jerseys on display in his home.
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3. The late comedian and actor Robin Williams owned a Schwinn Apple Picker Krate Stingray child’s bike, among dozens of others.
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4. The edges of rotors will have to be rounded off to minimise the risk of cuts when the trial of disc brakes in UCI road events recommences in January.
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5. A Saudi Arabian cycling fan rode 560km across the desert to get to the World Championships.
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6. Buy Rapha’s new Peace Race jersey and you also have the option of buying a board game based on the 1952 edition of the race.
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7. A cyclist has been chased by a pack of creepy clowns in a Ford Fiesta.
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8. Oakley Radar Pace smart glasses allow you to receive real-time performance-based data without taking your eyes off the road.
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9. There’s such as thing as a bike light that doubles as a 140 decibel alarm.
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10. A picnic bench in Usk has been painted gold to mark the fact that Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Mark Cavendish had tea and cake there.
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11. There’s a glow-in-the-dark cycle path in Poland.
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