leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
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leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
To shave or not to shave…that is the question.
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
I've often pondered whether the reduction in weight that would result from shaving my back would outweigh the aerodynamic benefit from shaving my legs.
Just sayin.
P.S. Alan C...I think I've found a topic for that collaborative research project that we were talking about yesterday!
Just sayin.
P.S. Alan C...I think I've found a topic for that collaborative research project that we were talking about yesterday!
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
Love reading Alex Huchinson. Interesting to discover that the original work which was taken as gospel was based on a fake leg in a miniature wind tunnel with glued on hair. Alan, I'm surprised your skeptical mind hadn't ferreted this out. I suspect we'll be seeing your shorn legs shortly.
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
TMI, John, TMI.John D wrote:I've often pondered whether the reduction in weight that would result from shaving my back would outweigh the aerodynamic benefit from shaving my legs.
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
I think Alan C. should write his next book on this.
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
Darn. Hope someone retests and disproves it. Don't want go back to having to do that.
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
The real reason some of us shave legs is:
1.To look totally pro.
2. better for getting massage( but not from me)
cheers pc
1.To look totally pro.
2. better for getting massage( but not from me)
cheers pc
Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
You're absolutely right that this should be the subject for the next book. I'll put wind-tunnel testers in the queue with the other professions that piss me off and will eventually be the subject of a dirt-digging bestseller. That list includes orthodontists, veterinarians, and 'health food' store owners. (Advance apologies to anyone in the club who belongs to one of these esteemed professions)
As for research in this area, in the spare time I had this morning between picking my teeth with a debit card and staring at my keyboard, I thought of all kinds of randomized controlled trials we could perform that would advance the science in this area. Cyclists could be randomly assigned to a different arm of a multi-armed trial, each arm assigned to shave hair from a pre-specified sector of the body, including nose, ears, eyebrows, navel, back, butt crack, etc. With careful analysis, aided by Strava and some high-powered analytics, we could truly provide an answer to one of the thorniest questions to ever perplex mankind: "how do I make myself faster than other members of my species?"![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
As for research in this area, in the spare time I had this morning between picking my teeth with a debit card and staring at my keyboard, I thought of all kinds of randomized controlled trials we could perform that would advance the science in this area. Cyclists could be randomly assigned to a different arm of a multi-armed trial, each arm assigned to shave hair from a pre-specified sector of the body, including nose, ears, eyebrows, navel, back, butt crack, etc. With careful analysis, aided by Strava and some high-powered analytics, we could truly provide an answer to one of the thorniest questions to ever perplex mankind: "how do I make myself faster than other members of my species?"
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
I thought the best way to be faster than your fellow riders was subscribe to rule #5
Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
I just completed my own trial. I built my own wind tunnel using a shop-vac, and found that riding in a speedo with a complete body wax gave me the biggest advantage. I recommend each TS member follow this regime beginning with the first cross race this weekend. If you dislike wax, try bathing in a tub of Nair.
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Eric Simonson
Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
The funny thing is that you would not look out of place in your speedo at a cross race...EricS wrote:riding in a speedo with a complete body wax gave me the biggest advantage. I recommend each TS member follow this regime beginning with the first cross race this weekend.
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Re: leg shaving and wind tunnel tests
I went to Burning Man, and a cross race broke out.wonger wrote:The funny thing is that you would not look out of place in your speedo at a cross race...
Results are going to depend on where you are on the Chewbacca scale.