Werehatrack wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:36:06 -0500, Tom Sherman
> <sunsetss0003@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> may have said:
>
>> joseph.santaniello@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
aka Joseph Santaniello wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> I see it as killing two birds with one stone. I like riding, and I
>>> like being (sort of) fit. My bike interests go up and down in
>>> different directions. Sometimes it's MTB for months, other times
>>> fixed, then TT bike, and I even contemplate getting a low-racer
>>> re***bent![...]
>> Forget about the lowracer. You will annoy everyone else on windy days
>> when they are struggling against the wind, while you are in the zone
>> where the wind is greatly slowed by viscous drag along the boundary
with
>> the ground.
>
> To equalize the results, add a 2M vertical mast with a decorative flag
> of about 1 square meter area. If anyone looks askance, claim it's for
> safety reasons. (It is poor s****tsman****p to deploy a spin****r when
> running before a stiff tailwind, BTW.)
>
On a very windy spring day, I was on a group ride on a re***bent with a
front fairing [1]. When we turned to ride parallel to the wind, I was
able to "sail" along the flats at 17-18 mph without pedaling, much to
the annoyance of the upright cyclists. ;)
[1] RANS Rocket with Muller Windwrap.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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