#ICYMI - The Physics of the Tour de France (Repeat)

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🗓️ 26 July 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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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 sports physicist John Eric Goff. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Please subscribe to our channels on:Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/playingwithscience 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 NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/physics-tour-de-france-repeat/ Photo Credit: Credit: Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.)

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0:00.0	I'm Gary Arraile.
0:12.8	I'm Chuck Knives.
0:13.8	This is playing with science.
0:15.8	Yes, it is today.
0:17.8	On playing with science, we ride.
0:20.5	So fill up your water bottle, get your Lycra on.
0:23.5	It is centuries old and said to be the most efficient means of transport known to humankind.
0:28.8	Very simple, really.
0:29.8	A wheel of the chain, somewhere to sit and something to stay always.
0:33.6	Yes, very simple, but not so simple because you know, cycling is now one of the most sophisticated
0:38.9	sports on the planet and it's loaded and I mean loaded with lots of tech.
0:45.2	But don't worry, you're not going to miss out on that.
0:47.3	We have a whole nother show that's going to be devoted to the tech of cycling.
0:52.1	But for now, we'll be exploring the physics of the Tour de France, which is a test of man's
0:56.5	endurance.
0:57.5	Speed, fall speed, while not falling off and with more twists and turns and devious strategies
1:03.8	than a negative Christine awful.
1:05.4	Ah, so what you did there.
1:06.6	That was pretty good.
1:08.1	Yeah.
1:09.1	To explore this lesser known world, we sent the intrepid meal de gras, Tyson, to meet with
1:14.6	what some might say is a controversial figure in the sport.
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