Originally Posted by Bassmanbob

Boy, I wish I had studied more physics and some fluid dynamics. I could read this stuff all day.

I can't imagine it being that difficult to set up some appropriate "real world" experiments. Get a number of hairy riders together (perhaps that's the challenge right there) and have them ride after a warm up. Then shave them and see how they do making sure the weather hasn't changed. Do it a few times with as many subject you can get each time, and there you go. I'm sure I'm over simplifying it at least to some degree, but I'm surprised this has not been done before.