You read Ted wrong. He wasn’t pontificating, just being factual. Ted is entirely right. Wind slows any cyclist down, but it slows cyclists with tall and wide profiles down a lot more than those low and narrow. Grant is wrong on this one.
I ride fixed gears into 20 mph and higher head or quartering winds regularly. Thank God for 38 cm drop bars. I actually enjoy this, in moderation. On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM Leah Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh lighten up, Ted. Have a glass of wine and then read my stories. They’re > mostly fun and hardly dogmatic. You know this by now. > Leah > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 14, 2025, at 8:32 PM, Ted Durant <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 4:16:23 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > > But wind is the mortal enemy of a Rivendell, I think, even if it’s a road > bike. > > > Wind is an impediment to speed on any bicycle. The stronger the apparent > wind (either from speed or headwind) the bigger the impediment. The > disadvantage of a large frontal area and otherwise increased Cd goes up > with the square of the apparent wind velocity. You've chosen a bike and > position that have a great deal more Cd than what most people think of as a > road bike and position. It's certainly not anything like my Rivendells, so > I don't think it's fair to generalize your experience to all Rivendell > bikes.. > > Grant once published a photo of himself descending Diablo sitting bolt > upright and wearing a big sombrero. He titled the article "In Favor of > Blowing Off Aerodynamics". You've discovered the limits of that philosophy. > > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/0NEP_PxVtP8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/07b2adca-3351-4781-a3d5-dc791e3f9542n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/07b2adca-3351-4781-a3d5-dc791e3f9542n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/C61BD7ED-54EC-460B-8503-CBC07D3C4010%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/C61BD7ED-54EC-460B-8503-CBC07D3C4010%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtOyz2ruog-2UZdEuLPYwMmuz5gQb4SumzvpuEP8tJxQw%40mail.gmail.com.
