Physicist reveals tailwind has negligible effect on cycling speedl

3 pointsposted 10 months ago
by toss1

6 Comments

user

10 months ago

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ggernov

10 months ago

Can they do a study regarding cyclists shaving their legs for a "competitive advantage"? Its hilarious I still have educated friends who think shaving their legs adds a perceptible amount of "advantage" while they're racing.

toss1

10 months ago

Yup, IDK abt any significant aerodynamic advantage, but there is definitely an advantage in preparing for road-rash. When you get it, you won't have to go through the pain of shaving in and around your ground meat to remove the hairs while cleaning and prepping for bandaging... so it may help quicker healing

bell-cot

10 months ago

At any serious level, there's plenty of psychology and self-motivation in winning competitions. So whether it actually helps them win, or makes them feel better about their efforts - don't knock it.

bell-cot

10 months ago

Waiting for the rebuttal from @xkcd...