Aero tucks, weight, whats the SECRET?
posted,
In straights everyone generally says that people with aero tucks and the most weight win. But that isn't true. Look at Scoot he is lightweight but with an aero tuck and mobs past heavier riders with good tucks in straights. The Roger bros they have american tucks, which aren't the most aero compared to a euro tuck but still mob. I just don't get it, it seems as if there is a secret to this?
2009 May 2 7:33 PM
fakpan replied,
try that shit out.
2009 May 2 8:00 PM
nachofly replied,
+ weight = + momentum
the secret is "to be clean"
what makes you slow or to reach
"terminal velocity" is cause by
Parasite Drag. which in this case is
our entirely body, helmet, shoes,
wheels , trucks, everything that
touches the air.
For example, if you put a feather and a
rock at the same height and you drop it
at the same time.. off course the rock
is gonna hit the ground first.. but if
you take the air away, both are gonna
hit the ground the same time... AIR is
the factor
so to be fast or the "secret" that
eventually is none.
is like i said... "to be clean"
a solid tuck... that means no railing
no waiving always keeping the less
surface of your body in air flow
contact. when your reach that level..
you are gonna realize that to get first
place is gonna be funner that ever....
it's gonna be a chess game... "when to
draft" ,"when to pass"... stuff like
that... getting the best curve lines
and keep that idea the hole run...
well i'm missing a lot details, but
that is the main idea...
hope to be some help..
Cheers mates
2009 May 3 8:57 PM
replied,
the "secret" i think is having a super rock solid tuck, being able to hold that tuck, and staying absolutley still in that tuck look at dalua hes like a statue when hes bombing. that and knowing the right lines and drafting