#ICYMI: Extended Classic: The Physics of the Tour de France

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🗓️ 13 July 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Now updated for the 2017 race: Aerodynamics, Newton’s Laws, drafting, power to weight ratio, nutrition, technology and more! Get smarter about the Tour de France with hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly and their guests Lance Armstrong, Neil deGrasse Tyson and John Eric Goff. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Subscribe to our channels on: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360?mt=2 GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science TuneIn: http://www.tunein.com/playingwithscience NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	I'm Gary Aurelie.
0:02.0	I'm Chuck Nice.
0:04.0	This is playing with science.
0:07.0	I'm Gary Aurelie.
0:09.0	I'm Chuck Nice.
0:10.0	This is playing with science.
0:12.0	Yes, it is today.
0:14.0	On playing with science, we ride.
0:17.0	So fill up your water bottle, get your Lycra on.
0:20.0	It is sentry's old and said to be the most efficient means of transport known to humankind.
0:25.0	Pretty simple, really.
0:26.0	A wheel of the chant.
0:27.0	Some way to sit and something to stay with.
0:30.0	Yes, very simple, but not so simple because you know, cycling is now one of the most sophisticated sports on the planet.
0:36.0	And it's loaded and I mean loaded with lots of tech.
0:41.0	But don't worry, you're not going to miss out on that.
0:43.0	We have a whole nother show that's going to be devoted to the tech of cycling.
0:48.0	Oh, yeah, but for now, we'll be exploring the physics of the two front, which is a test.
0:53.0	Oh, man, we it is a test of man's endurance, man's need for speed while not falling off.
1:00.0	And with more twists and turns and devious strategies than an egg of the Christina fall.
1:05.0	Let's see what you did there.
1:06.0	Yeah, I like that.
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