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Originally Posted by Farlander
This may have been mentioned but as a cyclist, I am very in tune with vertical climb rates. Going straight up a hill is a lot harder than zig zagging back and forth across it, keeping your angle of inclination always less than straight up. Net energy used to get to the top of the hill is the same, but less force is required to keep your momentum. Use this technique on a 2 or more lane highway with no traffic, simply change lanes back and forth. As long as we're nitpicking....
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I disagree.
On a cycle the rider performs best with a low load, where as in a normal gasoline car you want to keep the load high to reach a higher BSFC. That said, maybe in competition, the more miles traveled in the criss cross pattern would counteract the additional fuel used.