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Old 10-19-2010, 03:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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tuft testing handlebars.



looks like their out of ground effect


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Old 10-19-2010, 07:44 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Ha. If he had raked all those cylinders at 60° instead of 30°, they would present themselves to the air as reasonably low-drag ellipses. Silly biker guy.
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Old 10-27-2010, 02:19 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Ha. If he had raked all those cylinders at 60° instead of 30°, they would present themselves to the air as reasonably low-drag ellipses. Silly biker guy.
Oh the handlebars seem the least of his aero trouble. His pants acts as a parachute, and provided a higher resolution picture we could see how the tufts on his arms reacts - would he better shave or not?
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Poor guy also missed the memo about helmets.


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Yeah, but think of the money he saves on deodorant !
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Old 10-29-2010, 09:36 PM   #7 (permalink)
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...that's all I have to say about that...


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