Road Cycling - Want serious aero?

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Jonny B
03-02-04, 04:34 PM
Ride a tandem. As Sheldon is so keenly demonstrating, sitting in the stoker seat of a tandem is very nearly the same position as the outlawed Superman. No doubt this would increase you average speed for a TT by at least 5-10%. Not to mention, everyone knows tandems are faster than solos anyway. For the more serious TTer, why no do away with the front BB and cranks, stoker bars and saddle, and fit a comfy chest support instead.

http://sheldonbrown.org/images/Solotand-BS.JPEG

Avalanche325
03-02-04, 04:47 PM
Well, I bet tandems are only faster when they have two motors.
Stubacca
03-02-04, 04:50 PM
Well, I bet tandems are only faster when they have two motors.
Ya think? ;)

Funny pic... thanks for the laugh. :)

roadfix
03-02-04, 04:53 PM
That's not Sheldon. That's Stanley Kubrick.
Stubacca
03-02-04, 04:58 PM
That's not Sheldon. That's Stanley Kubrick.
:roflmao: :lol:
HarryK
03-02-04, 05:38 PM
That's not Sheldon. That's Stanley Kubrick.

You sure....looks like Tommie Chong to me.
nhorscro
03-02-04, 06:04 PM
You sure....looks like Tommie Chong to me.

Then the frame must be made of hemp fiber, the predecessor to carbon fiber. Hope it doesn't go up in smoke.
p3ntuprage
03-09-04, 09:34 PM
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=46832
^found in the recumbent forum...

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