Cycling, explained.
Grand tours, classics and the track: power data, team tactics, aerodynamics and how a race is really controlled.
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- AnalysisWatts per kilogram explained: the number and its limits20 minWatts per kilogram is power divided by body mass, and it decides climbing speed because gravity scales with mass and air resistance does not.
- AnalysisCycling doping history explained, era by era21 minCycling's doping history runs from amphetamines to EPO to blood bags. The turning points are 1967, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2012, and here is what each changed.
- ExplainerUCI bike rules explained: what makes a race bike legal20 minA road race bike must weigh at least 6.8kg, use an approved double-diamond frame, and obey the 3:1 tube rule. Here is every constraint and why it exists.
- ExplainerPeloton drafting explained, and why the bunch rides as it does20 minWhy drag dominates at racing speed, how the wake behind a rider works, why shelter moves sideways in a crosswind, and how a paceline functions.
- ExplainerHow the Tour de France jerseys work, and what each one means18 minThe Tour de France jerseys explained properly: what yellow, green, polka dot and white actually count, how the classifications are scored, and who wears what.
- GuideGrand tour team selection: how eight places get filled21 minHow grand tour team selection works: the eight places, the roles they cover, the sprinter trade-off, and why the route decides more than the riders do.
- ExplainerCycling time trial explained: inside the race of truth20 minHow a cycling time trial works: start intervals, the drafting ban and how it is policed, the position trade-off, pacing, team time trials and UCI rules.
- TacticsCycling team tactics explained: why nobody wins alone19 minHow cycling team tactics work: drafting, domestiques, breakaway arithmetic, echelons, lead-out trains, and why the strongest rider so often loses the race.
- AnalysisCycling power meters and FTP explained, watt by watt18 minWhat a cycling power meter physically measures, why normalised power exists, what FTP really approximates, and why critical power is better founded.
- ExplainerCycling aerodynamics explained: why position beats kit20 minHow cycling aerodynamics really work: the cube law, CdA, why most of the drag is the rider, yaw angles, wind tunnel testing and the UCI equipment rules.
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