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Old 10-02-13 | 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Art Gibs
Here's one possible answer. The guys at Flo Cycling say that the slower you go, the more time you save, which is counter-intuitive. So if a piece of aero equipment saves 60 seconds over 40km going at 25mph when compared to not using that aero equipment, if you travel slower, let's say at 20mph, you'll actually save more than 60 seconds.

http://flocycling.blogspot.com/2012/...odynamics.html
I think that is only up to a point. At some point (slow) the aero effect becomes so minor that you actually save less time. It is not a monotonic relationship.
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