Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Really wasn't the point--the previous poster had pointed out that by increasing it to a few tons, you were obscuring the likelihood that a realistic change in bike weight wouldn't result in any PRACTICAL difference. My point was that the box car was not even a good example because the momentum is so great.
Basically, your straw man was kind of funny looking.
The boxcar example, and the trailer one prior to that, were given as extremes that would demonstrate with ease that weight does in fact matter on the flat. A fact that I believe you agree with. They were posted as a way to rebut those claiming
more weight doesn't matter... because clearly it does, whether you can notice it or not.
That a few pounds on the bike would require a much smaller amount of extra power to propel at X speed than the extreme examples, and may even be difficult for some to notice, was specified many times over by me.
I think you're being a bit disingenuous saying that equals a straw man.
