Bike snobbery

Theo Bekkers wrote:

Tamyka Bell wrote:

Haven't read the other replies yet, but...

I am unsure about wind resistance cycling, but in other areas of fluid
dynamics, making an object longer reduces the drag on it, so it
actually should help you if you let someone wheelsuck.

That appears to be the concensus.

Yes you are still towing them, though, as they are doing a much lower
effort for the same speed. So they should appreciate it and be polite.

They are certainly gaining something measurable and should appreciate it.
The tower OTOH has lost nothing at all. So are they just jealous?

No, they're just ****ed that the prick behind them won't share.

Tam

ritcho writes:

Wheelsucking is fine on open roads, but it seems a little dangerous in
peak hour traffic... :O

It's fscking dumb in peak hour traffic.
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Remember this a.b thread from April '05?

'Some kind of Monster'
http://www.cyclingforums.com/t231080...f-monster.html

Interesting how a similar tale can be told, but now it's viewed by some
in a far more *personalised* context.


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