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11 things we've learnt this weekPeter Sagan celebrates winning 2016 road worlds (pic by Alex Whitehead, SWpix.com via Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpg

11 things we've learnt this week

Fascinating facts and figures from the past seven days on road.cc
by Mat Brett
Sat, Dec 17, 2016 07:00
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1. World champion Peter Sagan believes current anti-doping rules make riders live like prisoners.
Find out more here. 

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2. You can get an electronic anti-lock braking system for bicycles.
Find out more here.

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3. A pack of Cinelli’s Imperial Leather bar tape costs £84.
Find out more here. 

 

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4. The 2018 Commonwealth Games clash with the cobbled classics so Geraint Thomas won’t be able to defend his road race title.
Find out more here. 

 

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5. The Netherlands has achieved an 80 per cent reduction in the number of cyclists killed per kilometre over the last 30 years.
Find out more here. 

 

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6. Nottingham-based Kajsa Tylen has cycled 50,000km (31,068 miles) over the last 12 months, passing Billie Fleming’s 1938 record for the greatest distance cycled in a year by a woman.
Find out more here. 

 

7. It’s possible to ride a unicycle while playing fire-breathing bagpipes.
Find out more here. 

8. Yorkshire will bid to host the start of the Vuelta a España.
Find out more here. 

 

Christmas Courier (image courtesy of Waltham Forest Council)

9. An East London council could be the first in the UK to offer residents free delivery of their Christmas shopping by cargo bike if they've bought from local shops.
Find out more here.

 

10. Cycling on a motorway in Costa Rica could result in a £70 fine.
Find out more here.

 

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11. The Cannondale SuperX 105 has a paintjob called Wow!

Kajsa Tylen
Netherlands
Handlebar tape
Peter Sagan
Geraint Thomas
Vuelta a Espana
Yorkshire
Unicycle
Bagpipes
Mat Brett

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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