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11-19-19 | 09:40 AM

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cyccommute

Mad bike riding scientist

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Originally Posted by wphamilton

I should have remembered my policy to never explain physics to anyone who hasn't asked. My fault for getting him wound up.

Ah, the classic Bike Forums "I won't explain something because the other person is an idiot" gambit. You can't explain the physics because your physics are wrong. No physicist will tell you that a fall of your center of mass from roughly 4 feet will kill you while an impact on a flat plain at 100 mph won't. It simply doesn't work that way.

If you are so confident about your physics, teach us. Hiding behind "you wouldn't understand" reflects more on you than on us.

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