"Qui si parla Campagnolo " <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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BUT all these are calculations mostly about wind drag on the bicycle and rider and none take into account the riders conditioning, state of mind and body for say, 10 days in a row. Ya see, these 'calculations' assume that the rider's output is constant, and with a body, it never is.
Unless you're proposing that there is some interaction between "...the riders conditioning, state of mind and body..." and the shape of the tubing, etc., then my reply is, so what? That is, your comment is basically a non-sequitor.
Andy-<< Unless you're proposing that there is some interaction between "...the riders conditioning, state of mind and body..." and the shape of the tubing, etc., then my reply is, so what? That is, your comment is basically a non-sequitor. >><BR><BR>
I say-My point is that all the numbers acheived in a wind tunnel about various equipment should be taken with a pound or so of salt. I know marketeers need to put a number on some of this stuff(SAVES 3 seconds per Km), but it all really depends. Like a teammate of Eddy Merckx once said, "Eddy can win on my bike, I can't win on his".
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