Re:If you're busy, you're doing something wrong (2011)
by rorykoehler on Friday November 15, 2019 @04:13AM
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Cycling is much more tactical. Trying to win by a large distance reduces your odds of winning.
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Re:If you're busy, you're doing something wrong (2011)
by jacquesm on Friday November 15, 2019 @08:22AM
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That's a direct consequence of the aerodynamics of cycling. You need partners in the middle stage of a race to help overcome aerodynamic drag, only in the last stage of a race is there a pay-off for being a longer out ahead of everybody else. There is an immediate energy consumption penalty to cycling by yourself because you can't rotate the lead with someone else.