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Old 09-02-20, 08:59 AM
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Bah Humbug
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Drag goes up with the square of velocity, bike, car, or bunny rabbit.
Believe me I know. However, “not very much power” depends greatly on context. For a car, 30 vs 31mph would probably be hard to discern on gas mileage. On a bike, it’s huge, as a percent of power available.
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