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Old 05-09-12, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayce
Small body weight changes have nothing to do with aerodynamics.
This is what I've come to understand as well. The size of the rider has little affect on aerodynamics, or at least not enough to balance the loss of power from losing muscle mass when cutting weight.

Also, power/weight ratio I really only becomes a big factor when climbing IMHO.
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