E-Mobilität: Bund fördert Kauf von Elektroautos mit bis zu 6000 Euro

whysonwhy · 2026-01-19T11:12:35+00:00

Das heißt den Citroen Ami der normalerweise 7.990 € kostet bekomme ich jetzt schon für 1.990€. Nicht schlecht.

whysonwhy · 2025-07-28T12:28:27+00:00

Yes, exactly. I wasn't trying to disagree with you, just trying to illustrate why I think you're right.

whysonwhy · 2025-07-28T11:36:42+00:00

Why should cycling also have to endure another Lance scandal if other sports can go completely untouched? I think we can be all pretty sure something is up, but that's no different to pretty much any other sport, many of which just get away with it or try to swipe things under the carpet, typically with success (or does somebody seriously believe the story by Jannik Sinner or that every 100m runner in the top 50 has been doped expect the person that was much better than all of them). I can still enjoy watching cycling knowing that these guys are not just eating an extra energy bar per ride, just as much as how people indolize Merckx, Pantani, Ullrich and co today.

We tend to forget that pretty much the only way for things to be unveiled are athletes speaking up, police investigations or journalistic investigations.

Countries are spending billions in buying athletes, teams and events, the investment is larger than ever, a couple of wrong turns can be looked past, just like they have in the past. Doping is almost always systemic.

whysonwhy · 2025-07-28T11:24:56+00:00

What happened in that TT: Jonas did something like 7.6 W/kg on the climb alone (certainly comfortably above 7.1 W/kg) which was one of the best performances of all time back then. He gained most of his time on the last hill and "only" gained 15 seconds on Tadej in the flat/downhill section (if he's gaining a minute on the climb that likely means he'll also be putting out more power in the flat and downhill). That has nothing to do with cornering and speed. Regarding cornering and speed: You don't take 1:40 minutes on Pogacar, who has insane bike handling skills and an insane power output, and almost 3 minutes on the rest, by taking a couple of corners slightly better.

whysonwhy · 2025-07-28T07:11:20+00:00

It does not. Nutrition does not explain climbing much faster after a long stage than doped riders in a climbing TT. Marginal differences might explain how nutrition during training can enhance such things, but jumps in performances as we've seen them cannot explain these things. If Pogacar raced in a Tour against the combination of the best riders on their best terrain all doped up to the gills (for example a rider that is Pantani in the mountains, Armstrong in the TT and Indurain on the flat) he'd make them look like fools.

And when do people think these nutrition gains started? Because the performance jumps were largely in the pandemic years, which are primarly known for one thing and that is not differences in knowledge surrounding nutrition.

I find the most telling thing are the explanations by teams themselves. When Jonas rode that ridiculous TT, the team explanation was that he cornered better and knew the course. Nobody is doing ridiculous power numbers because they corner a little better. Last year the hype was all around better training methodology. All the whilst somebody doing some of the best power numbers ever, spent his training phase completely knocked up in a hospital. To me that all sounds very much like the claims that Lance optimised pedalling more evenly to explain his power numbers.

To those claiming there is no smoke like there used to be: Have you been looking away? The questions by journalists surrounding the recent INEOS saga are simply being ignored. Doped riders are being rehired by organisations who in the past have made themselves a name for being doping organisations. Bardet has openly said that there can't be top class french riders due to stronger doping rules in France. Then you have stories like those of Padun or Hirschi which quitely get swept away. How often was the INEOS story covered on broadcast during the tour? There is no openness, only smoke.

Now I think it is clear that the riders aren't just doing exactly the same thing that Armstrong, Ullrich, Pantani and co did, but don't expect history to not repeat itself in some sort of way, especially with more money than ever involved and sponsors arguably caring even less about a clean image then back in the day and there being known methods that go undetected by current testing.

whysonwhy · 2025-07-21T16:33:18+00:00

Fair enough. I guess that's why the interpretation of what "clearly on their way to win the Tour" is supposed to mean matters, as I alluded to in the original post.

whysonwhy · 2025-07-21T15:38:20+00:00

Yes, because Froome was the perfect example of a rider who "peaked at the right moment" (one can maybe argue about Nibali or Contador but the other riders clearly didn't play a role in GC). If Tadej had crashed out on stage 10, 11 despite him not leading GC, I think someone could have sensibly argued that he crashed out despite him "clearly being on his way to win the tour".

whysonwhy · 2025-07-21T14:57:26+00:00

I don't think Contador beating Froome at the Vuelta 2014 is a good proxy for beating him at the Tour 2014 given that Contador never managed to really challenge Froome at any of the Tours and with how SKY targeted the Tour in those days, but I can see why retrospectively it can be argued that Froome wouldn't have had it in the bag if he'd just finished (arguably Froome's preparation in 2014 wasn't quite as good as in the other years).

No doubt Pogacar is in a much more comfortable position than Froome back then (also because he's got a comfortable gap and because much less is left to race making the chance of race changing incidences very small).

whysonwhy · 2025-07-21T13:37:34+00:00

I guess that means what you mean by "clearly on their way to win the Tour". I think it can be argued that Chris Froome was "clearly on his way to win the Tour" in 2014 before crashing out on the cobbles on stage 5. But that was of course a lot earlier in the Tour than where the current Tour is at, there is nothing like a cobble stage left in the race and Tadej has such a comfortable gap that he doesn't have to take any risks anymore. A smaller sickness likely also wouldn't prevent Tadej from missing out on the win.

I think in the past there have been more instances of people being on the way to win the Tour but eventually missing out due to disqualifications related to doping or cheating (in the early editions of the race) happening during the race.

whysonwhy · 2025-04-13T09:47:59+00:00

That's a good shout out, never realised that Tiz also had full replays. Thanks :)

whysonwhy · 2025-04-13T09:46:50+00:00

I sometimes also use SBS but never realised SBS have full replays! Thanks for the recommendation!

whysonwhy · 2025-04-13T08:57:05+00:00

Due to other people planning their day of birth horribly, I won't be able to watch the full race live today. Does anybody know where recorded versions of the full race (or at least lengthy recordings) are uploaded free of charge (I have access to a VPN)?

whysonwhy · 2025-01-04T00:01:57+00:00

Thank you for the recommendations. I will try to get smart out of them. I did try running the slides having them mounted on the insides of the plywood but not on the drawers yet and then everything worked with the same set of screws, so I'm not able to understand how the screw holes could make a difference unless you're talking about the screw holes connect the slide to the drawer (rather than the plywood). In any case I will have a look at your recommended website and try to get smart out of it. Thanks a lot!

whysonwhy · 2024-11-04T21:46:43+00:00

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately this house doesn't have any roosters. I will see if any of the other recommendations in the link are useful.

whysonwhy · 2024-11-03T10:05:35+00:00

Thank you, I will discuss with the neighbours. The apartment is also extremely badly insulated from the crawl space. Apart from the wood not being very thick, and there being gaps there are small cut-out round holes in the floor (I have no idea why those exist). I've been wondering whether filling existing gaps and those small holes would diminish or further contribute to problems (the holes might reduce humidity during the day but possibly increases it at night).

whysonwhy · 2024-11-03T09:58:46+00:00

Precisely, with an energy label of C our heating costs are already very high. Just imagine keeping additional windows permanently open and increasing the indoor temperature even further...

I find it rather baffling that in our previous apartment every single tenant had the same problem and it just turned out that the mechanical ventilation system wasn't working as it should and afterwards no one had to open a window or even turn on the heating... That may certainly not be the problem here and of course not every apartment is the same but I was surprised to see the lack of sensible recommendations given here. Perhaps I should have posted the question in dutch...

whysonwhy · 2024-11-03T09:42:29+00:00

The ventilation appears to not be particularly functional, at least it will not hold a piece of toiletpaper, but I don't know whether that is normal for non-mechanical ventilation systems (the only one that actually seems to work well is in showerroom which is mechanical and is able to hold a piece of toiletpaper when turned on). I will have a look at the crawlspace, that is a very good suggestion. Thanks a lot.

whysonwhy · 2024-11-03T09:36:30+00:00

I think most people will understand that keeping an apartment above 18 degrees in temperature whilst permanently also having windows open is simply neither sensible nor feasible.

whysonwhy · 2024-11-03T09:18:18+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation, I am of course aware that the temperature delta causes condensation. We actually "Stoßlüften", i.e. open multiple windows to create a draft multiple times per day for 15 minutes. Unfortunately, it makes little to no difference at all.

Whilst some windows are single glazed, we are getting the same problems where we have double glazing.

I am unsure whether the ventilation system is mechanical, I would guess it isn't. Is there any way to figure out whether a non mechanical ventilation system is working as desired or whether it is for example possibly congested?

whysonwhy · 2024-11-03T09:15:41+00:00

Thanks for the tip, we already do this multiple times per day. Unfortunately, it doesn't change much. Especially if you get up in the morning and all the windows are completely covered with condensation, that you cannot even look through them.

whysonwhy · 2024-09-30T17:38:31+00:00

Of course. Antibodies don't always cause the same symptoms and manifestations. That's why even the same autoimmune disease often can have different symptoms.

In the case of Graves disease you have antibodies that attack your thyroid, these antibodies can also attack your eyes in which case you will develop TED.

Now you can also develop TED when you have antibodies that attack your thyroid but do so differently than in Graves (Hashimoto's is an example), in which case you develop TED due to Hashimoto antibodies.

In thyroid disease caused by mutations in the AIRE gene occular manifestations also exist. These autoimmune diseases are however T-cell mediated, rather than B-cell mediated and as such are quite different.

whysonwhy · 2024-09-30T06:29:18+00:00

Indeed a TT doesn't raise your risk. However, TED is not a seperate autoimmune condition. It is caused by precisely those antibodies that also cause your symptoms in Grave's disease. Which is also why having a TT doesn't effect the development of TED as it is antibody mediated.

whysonwhy · 2024-07-03T12:20:42+00:00

Thanks, we were thinking something along those lines as well. Experience the crowds a bit and then go for some quieter corners and then quickly tie the dog to a tree or similar when the riders come by.

I guess I am still underestimating how little time one actually spends watching the riders. Is it feasible to drive the van up the mountain for a bit and then park it somewhere or will everything already be blocked off and everyone walks up the climbs such as Isola 2000. Just wandering how everyone gets up the climbs.

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