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Sir Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish win Madison at 2016 Track Worlds, copyright SWPix.com, Britishcycling.org_.uk_.JPG11 things we've learnt this week
1. Sir Bradley Wiggins could race again in 2017.
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2. A cinema in Ireland has offered free tickets to visitors who were fined for illegally parking in a cycle lane outside.
Find out more here.
3. The inspiration for the design of Zipp’s new 454 NSW carbon clincher came from the leading edge of humpback whale pectoral fins.
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4. 15 per cent of people in England cycle at least once per month.
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5. You can attempt to fund a 1,200-mile fat bike trip through Antarctica on Kickstarter.
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6. Boris Johnson’s security team have banned him from cycling.
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7. You can convert any mechanical groupset into a wireless electronic groupset.
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8. You can create a cargo tricycle that features the front end of a Citroen 2CV.
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9. You need a licence and insurance if you convert a bicycle to run on a petrol engine.
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10. Cycling at under 12.5mph in cities will minimise your inhalation of air pollution.
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11. Castelli has been revealed as the new clothing supplier for Team Sky. Who knew?
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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But if you strap a motor and a propeller to your back, you're powered, not the vehicle, and you don't need a licence and all that twaddle. Once upon a time we were concerned about someone who had made such a device and gave him a proper propeller of a suitable size to replace his home-made one. He used it for a commute up to the top of the N Yorks moors. Plod lay in wait for him one day and a dispute ensued - which revolved around 'motor vehicle' and variations on the theme. I believe at one stage he dismounted, pointed to his bicycle and said 'Where is this motor of which you speak?'. I believe it culminated in 'If you persist, you will have to prove in court that the vehicle fits within the definitions in law, and you haven't got the time, money, expertise or inclination to do that, and all I have to do is just watch'. I think they agreed on 'not kicking the arse out of it, and not in town'
Strange that no.11 is appended with "Who knew?" but no.9 wasn't! It's hardly rocket science that if you make your own motorbike it is legally the same as a motorbike is it?
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