Use of Grease to Lower Drag

[wmjinman]

Originally Posted by markweatherill

I suppose you could grease the tyres up and see if the reduction in friction helps any.


Caution: Don't do this.

When I was in high school, I had a buddy who was a bit of a prankster. He convinced his little brother to oil the caliper brake pads and rims of his bicycle. Needless to say, the little brother had a little more excitement than he planned on when it was time to use the brakes the first time...

[Xist]

Originally Posted by wmjinman

When I was in high school, I had a buddy who was a bit of a prankster. He convinced his little brother to oil the caliper brake pads and rims of his bicycle. Needless to say, the little brother had a little more excitement than he planned on when it was time to use the brakes the first time...

Brian Regan- Big Family Stuff - YouTube

"We had Twister, twister was fun, but my older brothers never let me play when they played, so I put Vaseline on the colored circles. Left leg, broken!

"Should have let me played. I said please."

I thought that the was a whole lot funnier when I was a whole lot younger.

I like the idea of painter's tape to catch bugs, but they only bother me on my windshield. What can you do about that?

Automatic laser array! I read about one on a spaceship in a sci fi novel!

[radioranger]

There may be some surface design that could be used on high flow areas such as mirrors and such for a tiny gain, or to delay flow separation , might be worth an experiment or just so you feel like your improving it, how about a golf ball textured mirror surface.

[Xist]

I would suggest avoiding golf ball and Mythbusters references.

[jakobnev]

oil the caliper brake pads

I suppose that's one way to practice DWB.

[Cobb]

When I was confined to an electric wheelchair we use to wrap the tires in silver duct tape and go sliding around, like out side on the grass.

Originally Posted by markweatherill

I suppose you could grease the tyres up and see if the reduction in friction helps any.


Caution: Don't do this.

[radioranger]

Well all good there, In the field of sailboat racing , certain bottom paints have been outlawed because they are pricey to install on the boat , but they work , some of them employ a surface described as sharks'skin,