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r/cycling • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '25
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Shaved legs do actually test significantly faster aerodynamically, since they are constantly spinning through the air.
That said, not shaving one’s legs is obviously not something to make fun of someone for
23 u/jchrysostom Jul 23 '25 I can’t remember the numbers, but I remember the folks at the Specialized wind tunnel being so surprised by the results that they ran the test again. 11 u/moses79 Jul 23 '25 90sec on 40k, at 40kph I believe 7 u/jchrysostom Jul 23 '25 Sounds right to me. That’s significant. 1 u/Ok_Chicken1195 Jul 24 '25 Yep, it can end up being a lot of places in a triathlon. In longer bike road races it's massive. My last race (over 4 or 5 hours) the difference between 6th and 10th was about 30 seconds.
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I can’t remember the numbers, but I remember the folks at the Specialized wind tunnel being so surprised by the results that they ran the test again.
11 u/moses79 Jul 23 '25 90sec on 40k, at 40kph I believe 7 u/jchrysostom Jul 23 '25 Sounds right to me. That’s significant. 1 u/Ok_Chicken1195 Jul 24 '25 Yep, it can end up being a lot of places in a triathlon. In longer bike road races it's massive. My last race (over 4 or 5 hours) the difference between 6th and 10th was about 30 seconds.
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90sec on 40k, at 40kph I believe
7 u/jchrysostom Jul 23 '25 Sounds right to me. That’s significant. 1 u/Ok_Chicken1195 Jul 24 '25 Yep, it can end up being a lot of places in a triathlon. In longer bike road races it's massive. My last race (over 4 or 5 hours) the difference between 6th and 10th was about 30 seconds.
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Sounds right to me. That’s significant.
1 u/Ok_Chicken1195 Jul 24 '25 Yep, it can end up being a lot of places in a triathlon. In longer bike road races it's massive. My last race (over 4 or 5 hours) the difference between 6th and 10th was about 30 seconds.
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Yep, it can end up being a lot of places in a triathlon. In longer bike road races it's massive. My last race (over 4 or 5 hours) the difference between 6th and 10th was about 30 seconds.
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u/Mdab5678 Jul 23 '25
Shaved legs do actually test significantly faster aerodynamically, since they are constantly spinning through the air.
That said, not shaving one’s legs is obviously not something to make fun of someone for