11 things we’ve learnt this week

1. IAM Cycling’s Sondre Holst Enger is a pretty good dancer, as it happens.
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2. You can’t use a bike with disc brakes in a Spanish sportive.
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3. A Wheelys mobile cafe – a trike furnished with a solar panel, electric motor and an optional windmill – costs US$5,000, compared to a reported US$500,000 for a Starbucks franchise.
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4. SRAM employs 3,500 people, 450 of them in the US.
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5. As well as making you a laughing stock, using a concealed motor in a bike race could land you a six year ban from competition and a fine of 20,000 Swiss Francs (£14,180). 
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6. Canyon has an Aeroad Disc in the offing, and SRAM is developing eTap electronic shifters that are compatible with hydraulic disc brakes.
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7. Last year’s Cycle to Work Day saw a record 32,763 people participate, an 88 per cent increase on the previous year.
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8. Wout Poels’ Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory last Sunday was Team Sky’s first Monument win. 
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9. A group of yarnbombers wearing dark clothing, black masks and face paint distributed knitted creations around Thirsk earlier in the week in support of the Tour de Yorkshire. No, really.
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10. There’s going to be a reality TV series called Tour de Celeb on Channel 5 this summer where celebrity participants ultimately ride L’Etape du Tour. 
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11. The association between pro rider Dan Martin and pandas looks set to run and run.
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