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Old 09-04-14 | 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by chasm54
Try it in a race. It's the repeated accelerations that kill you.
It's the weight of the bike and rider COMBINED that matter. So 10lbs for a 200lb rider+bike will only reduce acceleration by 5% at most. In practice, a lot less - because most work will be against resistive forces even while accelerating. So this is the type of stuff that can matter in a race, but it's small by other standards.
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