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Old 12-04-2009, 01:31 PM   #87 (permalink)
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When I first started this thread, I was thinking only about level ground, no stops.
I always cut the engine for downhills or coming to stops.

I find on many hills I actually gain speed when coasting down, so then I just wait to drop down to my set speed on the way back up, then hold that speed to the next crest.

I suspect there are gonna be a lot of factors (specific vehicle weight and aerodynamics, steepness of hill, traffic flow) that will prevent any one method from being ideal.
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A few months ago I returned home just as my neighbor pulled into his driveway. It was cold (around freezing) with some rain and sleet, and he yells to me: You rode your bike? In this weather?!?

So the other day we both returned home at the same time again, only now the weather is warm, sunny, with no wind. And I yell to him: You took the car? In this weather?!?
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