Lance Armstrong: How Aerodynamic Can a Cyclist Get?

[necromir]

cheatttttttterrrrrrr



[RMJ1984]

But what about customizing youre own doping? why not talk about that. :S

[Cyclingismypassion]

@RMJ1984 he never failed a doping test ja!!!!

[necromir]

cheater

[Cyclingismypassion]

@necromir boooooo if he is a cheater why has he never failed one doping test?

[jalit]

Recumbent bicycle with a fairing is the best you will get with aerodynamics.

[TimpBizkit]

Whilst you can't enter a recumbent, are there any rules against adding a nose that clips onto the front forks, covering the front wheel and diverting air around the cyclist, and also a tail fairing that allows the air pressure to push the bike forwards as it equalises behind the cyclist? I know all this stuff would be heavy on hills but what about a flat time trial?

[necromir]

cheater Lance

[snipesnrifles]

@necromir prove it

[DanFrederiksen]

basically a bicycle with a person has horrible aerodynamics. as bad as normal cars which themselves have bad aerodynamics. that means at a given speed you have to work as hard as a car to break the wind.

what a bicycle needs is a front cowling and similar tapered body for the rear.

it would be such a dramatic diference that you could probably go twice as fast for the same power and that's huge because doubling the speed means quadrupling the drag.

on a flat 200km race you could cut hours

[marcosbullock]

Go Lance! You're an inspiration to all of us! LIVESTRONG!