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Old 10-27-2010, 09:13 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Your hypothesis' sound right to me.

I usually don't glide up hills very often unless its a fairly gradual hill. The object of P&G is to heavily load the engine. Going up a hill increases load quite a bit. So, normally I just climb it at whatever is needed to maintain speed, or achieve my max pulse speed by the top.
Thanks for that Daox,

On my commute, a lot of the Hills co-incide with the on ramps for the Motorway..

so by gliding, I can reduce speed enough to allow folks to merge without braking

I do ofeten find myself completing the pulse at the top of a hill.

i've got 1 section on the route home that allows me to coast approx 3 miles by doing 2 short (200m) pulsed- this is a big factor in my MPG figures I think.

Glad you think the hypothesis is good.

Can I expect a sizable gain? e.g. 1 mpg?
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