Shaving of leg

[PeteXXX]

If I only shaved one leg, would it make me only half as fast over my present speed as if I shaved both, and would it allow me to corner faster in the direction of the shaved or unshaved leg.

I got as far as this, but still can't be sure.....

 

[Mrs M]

If I only shaved one leg, would it make me only half as fast over my present speed as if I shaved both, and would it allow me to corner faster in the direction of the shaved or unshaved leg.

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I got as far as this, but still can't be sure.....

You'll just go round in circles

 

[Dave 123]

You'll just go round in circles

He can be a track cyclist.

 

[classic33]

You'll just go round in circles

Suppose the road sloped the opposite way!

 

[classic33]

He can be a track cyclist.

They race on oval tracks

 

[cosmicbike]

I think Pi (e) would be involved, certainly on the going round in circles idea. Sadly the ideal man to work such a thing out is no longer with us...

 

[PeteXXX]

You'll just go round in circles

He can be a track cyclist.

Suppose the road sloped the opposite way!

But which leg would be aerodynamically advantageous?

 

[Mrs M]

But which leg would be aerodynamically advantageous?

Left one, shortest distance travelled
No right turns.

 

[classic33]

Gping round in circles, which way do you want to go?
For a track cyclist, the upper leg.
On sloping roads, depends which way it slopes, and whether your coming or going.

 

[classic33]

Left one, shortest distance travelled
No right turns.

Increased drag on the longer one!

 

[Mrs M]

Neither of my chubby wee legs would be aerodynamically advantageous

 

[TVC]

But which leg would be aerodynamically advantageous?

You would turn towards the hairy leg, it generating the most drag so slowing progress.


I was always interested by cyclists paying lots of money on bike components to shave off a few grams of weight, when a dodgy curry the evening before a race will most likely remove much more mass from the bike/rider combo.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

You could try shaving the front half of both legs to provide an aero profile to the direction of travel.

Depending on how hairy you are though too, the disruption vortices created by the remaining flapping hair could suck you backwards

 

[classic33]

You could try shaving the front half of both legs to provide an aero profile to the direction of travel.

Depending on how hairy you are though too, the disruption vortices created by the remaining flapping hair could suck you backwards

Why not just the outer front quarter on one leg, the inner front on the other?

 

[PeteXXX]

Why not just the outer front quarter on one leg, the inner front on the other?

The possibilities are endless....