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Originally Posted by
choddo
Steady state, I agree this is a good representation of the physics. What I am struggling with a bit is that lighter riders also tend to accelerate more slowly at the start of descents. Perhaps they just don’t put as much power into getting up to speed and if everyone coasted they would be more on a par.
Think of it as an advantage that's always there, but which gets larger as speeds increase. I've found that even coasting of softpedaling, I coast away from lighter riders on descents.
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