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Cyclelicious
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Cyclelicious is a personal blog at cyclelicio.us. Since 2013, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “The Fourth Power Rule”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Cyclelicious for posts on cycling and transport, such as bicycle dynamics, stop sign compliance, road wear from axle load, and bike path disputes. One commenter points to it as a good explainer on how bikes work.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- The Fourth Power Rule2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-07-02
What Hacker News says?
If we're going anecdotes, I can't remember the last time I saw a car stop at a stop sign either. http://www.cyclelicio.us/2013/stop-sign-compliance-temecula-...
Comment linking /2013/stop-sign-compliance-temecula-california/
on “Seth Vidal, creator of yum, killed in hit and run accident”Submitted The Fourth Power Rule as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'd recommend just googling how a bike works instead of pursuing this argument. There's lots of good articles, like this one: http://www.cyclelicio.us/2011/bicycle-dynamics/ It looks like my theory on wheel angle may not be entirely true either. You can also find videos on youtube.
Comment linking /2011/bicycle-dynamics/
on “Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)”There's resistance for things you'd imagine should be no-brainers. For example, an expansion of the Stevens Creek bike path is encountering major resistance: http://www.cyclelicio.us/2015/sunnyvale-nimbys-threaten-stev... Cooperation is hard work.
Comment linking /2015/sunnyvale-nimbys-threaten-stevens-creek-trail-extension/
on “Google’s Monastic Vision for the Future of Work”The road wear is said to be proportional to the fourth power of axle load. http://www.cyclelicio.us/2014/fourth-power-rule-road-tax/ That means you deal twice the damage by increasing weight by only 20%. Seems in line with electric car weight difference.
Comment linking /2014/fourth-power-rule-road-tax/
on “Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle: 50% of EPA range”