Need For Speed: Engineering Propels Champion Cyclist (Science Daily)

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Once an object, such as a cyclist, is moving fast enough, the main barrier to going even faster is wind resistance; nearly all the cyclist's strength goes into pushing aside air. Conversely, reducing that resistance by a relatively small amount can result in major increases in speed with minimal increased effort. So one enthusiastic racer enclosed his brake cables in a special housing shaped ...

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