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Michal Kwiatkowski win Milan-San Remo 2017 - picture credit LaPresse - D'Alberto-Ferrari.jpg11 things we've learnt this week
1. Michal Kwiatkowski averaged 443 watts for 5:47mins when climbing the Poggio at the end of last weekend’s Milan-San Remo.
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2. A rider taking on soft sand could be the funniest video you’ll see this week.
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3. There’s such a thing as a full-suspension gravel bike.
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4. A new sign at the top of Mont Ventoux in Provence, France, will show a height of 1,897 metres rather than the 1,911 metres shown on the previous sign.
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5. The Guinness World Record for circumnavigating the world by tandem will probably be broken this weekend when George Agate and John Whybrow arrive back at Canterbury Cathedral.
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6. Injuries caused by Edinburgh tram tracks over the last seven years have resulted in a bill for the NHS of more than £1m, and the vast majority happened to cyclists.
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7. A pair of Mavic’s new Comete shoes will cost you £900.
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8. You can buy a Bianchi Oltre XR4 in more than 2,000 colour combinations.
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9. London’s North-South Cycle Superhighway has been nominated for a top civil engineering award.
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10. There are a hell of a lot of indicators for bikes being launched these days.
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11. You can take ride on a £2,899 Giant Defy Advanced Pro 1 at Bike LIVE Cannock.
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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.
While I agree with the sentiment, there doesn't always need to be a 20mph sign (for the very reason that it is the new default). I will confess to...
Oldfield Lane, Altrincham, which links Oldfield Brow to Dunham Park was permanently closed to motor traffic during the pandemic....
Very sad news this, I rode with this lad once on a new group ride I was trying out last year. He was very welcoming and I could tell he was a kind...
Agreed, and I'd contribute....
Thanks for your thoughts David. Argos is looking a good bet.
I'm pretty sure this is at least the third time the BBC have had a story on this - not sure why they keep forgetting that they've covered it.
Watching sports seems super boring to me, so not a problem....
Wattbike are notorious for releasing products before the software is ready. Likely long term it will be fine....
That is a horror show. A gravel racers bike but since it has a motor no racer can use it....
Have you seen the prices for vinyl records these days? Music piracy is still alive and kicking.