Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Easy Instant Cheapest Most Sensible Effective Proven Aero / Aerodynamic / Performance Part Product Accessory

....a WATERBOTTLE ON THE DOWNTUBE. 7.5 seconds faster in 10km. 30 seconds faster in 40km or approx. 75g less drag thanks to simply putting a standard waterbottle in its usual place onthe downtube bottle cage.

*On the average bike trip that most of us daily cyclists do (2-5km) to go to n from work...that 3 seconds faster on every trip! That can be the difference between catching the bus/subway and missing it. And yes, I am living proof of that.*

So, GET yer DOWNtube bottle on folks! It'll make you faster!
Unless you have a wicked new CYCPRO or equivalent Softride, Zipp or Lotus bike in which case you'd have the fastest bike on the market regardless ofthe downtube bottle.

My source: John Cobb and his test results from the Texas A&M wind tunnel:

The quick numbers results:


Ave. Drag
40 km
112 mi
base bike, no bottles
7.537
1:07:26
5:56:48
down tube bottle only
7.370
1:06:58
5:54:29
seat tube bottle only
7.433
1:07:09
5:55:22
bottles on both tubes
7.598
1:07:36
5:57:38
Profile bottle only
7.337
1:06:53
5:54:01
Hydropac w/40oz. only
7.556
1:07:29
5:57:01
Never Reach only
7.561
1:07:30
5:57:07
behind-seat low bottles
7.658
1:07:45
5:58:27
behind-seat high bottles
7.578
1:07:32
5:57:27



Whole article:
http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/waterbottles.html

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Bicycling / Cycling Efficiency / Performance ! :O Thank GOD

Hmmm what else shall I write about as an adult Christian-Chinese-Canadian-Torontonian 4-season cyclist... How God has given me this opp! Yes! He rocks! Therefore we rock! "Because I (Jesus) live, you will also live" John 14.19 :O Woah.  That's BIG.  Only God can say that and back it up, eh? ;)  Love Him.

Thank you Loooord for bikes.  Bikes being by FAR the most efficient means of transportation. Period. I am talking worlds more than ANY other vehicle incl. cars, jets. even any animals.

This was proven and documented by Richard Weber at some university (I recall Duke or somewhere on the East coast of U.S.).  Google it.  Absolutely awesome. No wonder there is that special something that happens when you bike...yeah, it's called YOU workin in perfect harmony with a MACHINE to acheive the most efficient thing in existence!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance :

"bicycle's performance, in both biological and mechanical terms, is extraordinarily efficient. In terms of the amount of energy a person must expend to travel a given distance, investigators have calculated it to be the most efficient self-powered means of transportation.[1] From a mechanical viewpoint, up to 99% of the energy delivered by the rider into the pedals is transmitted to the wheels"

BOOYAH

RIDE ON.

DT
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