Swashbuckling over science

Chris Boardman once explained to me how I could make myself faster by the way I shaved my legs.

‘You can shave in a certain way so that you leave your legs rough down the front edge but smooth at the side, creating an aerodynamic effect. Aerodynamics is really important,’ he said. Human beings are a really crappy shape – a collection of tubes ostensibly – and 90% of the energy you produce on a bike goes towards pushing