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43 at the time. Probably relevant too – systematic endurance training since 12, elite-level racing since 18 (world champion at that point). So not a stranger to all kinds of injury…

I guess worth mentioning another story.. Some years after my fuck up, Chris Froome, multiple Tour winner, crashed badly. Much worse than me, broke a lot of bones. One of them was t…

> how did you know to disregard the doctor 's instructions My background (Russian). Don't trust western approach to solve problems with pills etc. End up talking to (usually) Sovie…

Another thing – the surgeon told me I'll need a hip replacement in 10 years' time. This was 16 years ago and I don't feel I need a new hip although it's not perfect the way it work…

Anecdotal but... Broke my femur neck on a mountain bike. Surgery, plates and screws. Surgeon said no weight on the broken bone for 8 weeks and no walking on it for 12. And then we'…

In the same boat here: 20+ years of hard core Christianity (Scottish Presbyterianism). Heavy, very heavy indeed studies lasting years and years. Regulative principle of worship, th…

This is odd. I'm from the area, near Grozny. If Grozny were under fog, there are at least 10 airports nearby (Makhachkala, Vladikavkaz, Nalchik, Minvody, Rostov, Krasnodar etc) in …

To OP: please keep it going.

> Even better, for a few months the browsers themselves would highlight RSS feeds and allow you subscribe right in the browser. It was too good to last. Vivaldi browser still does …

Not true. Hearing Ukrainian for the first time, if you're Russian, sounds like you're hearing a Russian dialect you never heard before but understand 90% of, bar some words you've …

> Ι wonder what would the effect be if someone got drunk just once before a race. Not sure, depends on a person I guess. My first time was ok. Mind you, it's not like we were drink…

Former elite cyclist, Russian. Can confirm, drinking in cycling circles at elite level is normal. Heavy drinking that is, even before races. Doesn't seem to have any effect on perf…

I work in IT (hence my daily visits here) but blog about something else – cycling. https://bikeinfolab.com/ Been blogging since 2008, on and off, using few different domains. This …

That (the IPA designations) could, and probably is, helpful for breaking down sounds on paper but taking that /t/ from what is a manual of sorts and dropping it into a foreign tran…

> This sound is an ‘affricate’, meaning that it’s pronounced by starting with a /t/ and releasing it with the tongue so that it finishes with a /ɕ/ sound. I don't agree. I don't st…

> Without the starting t, you might end up with something that could be spelled sheck in English. That might be true. The truer thing though is, English speakers at least (unless t…

Don't know. When I think about it, all Russian ч (ch) pronunciations are consistent unlike some other sounds that vary depending who is talking. Not sure why they'd want to add any…

> no one, not even high level party members took this bullshit seriously enough Don't know when you were born (I was in the 1960s). You're wrong. A lot of people, especially Gagari…

You don't need a t there (native Russian speaker), it's a clear ch like in check. This is a common mistake when transliterating the Russian ч (ch), t doesn't add anything. In fact,…

> Have you ever heard of "innocent until proven guilty"? In the criminal court of law, that's the burden of proof. This is not it.

Paceline has nothing to do with road closures. Riders form a paceline because of the crosswind which forces everyone to look for draft on the left or the right side of a rider in f…

It is being used to refer to pro cycling fraternity. "The rumour going around the peloton..."