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Old 09-09-2015, 11:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cd View Post
Why spend over ten times the cost of a standard bicycle frame, shave your legs to cut drag, etc, when a simple piece of bent cardboard would drastically reduce drag ?
Because the rules of the organizations that govern bicycle racing allow shaved legs &c, but not fairings. (Otherwise all the Tour de France competitors would be riding recumbents.) A lot of recreational cyclists are wannabe racers, or at least appear so from their choice of apparel.
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