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Daox · 12-22-2011, 10:10 AM

You have to be going pretty slow to make aero insignificant though. In my Paseo, at about 35 mph its a ~50/50 division between aero and RR and it has decent aero and a very small frontal area. Even at 25 mph its still ~30% of the energy used.

12-22-2011, 10:10 AM	#12 (permalink)
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