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Pump Battle World Series 2016.JPG11 things we’ve learnt this week
1. There’s such a thing as the Pump Battle World Series where having a chain on your bike is usually banned.
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2. The curse of the world champion’s rainbow jersey is a myth. Or is it?
Find out more here.
3. Two Team Sky riders can power 5,000 fairy lights.
Find out more here.
4. It’s possible to draw a snowman with a Strava trail.
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5. There are compression base layers out there with stormtrooper and Darth Vader themes.
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6. You can get a bike helmet that glows in the dark.
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7. A New Zealander has circumnavigated the globe by bike in 123 days.
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8. Bradley Wiggins is going to guest-edit BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
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9. Cycling is the most damaging thing for London since the Blitz. Allegedly.
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10. You can ride trials on a fatbike.
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11. A former Coronation Street star has been accused of wrecking a £2,000 bike when he hopped on it to chase after Johnny Vegas.
Find out more here.
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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I would love to ride that pump track!