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On flat terrain a bicycle can coast a very long way without peddling. If your bike comes to a stop quickly then you have something out of alignment or loose.
by plorkyeran 7y ago
On flat terrain a bicycle can coast a very long way without peddling. If your bike comes to a stop quickly then you have something out of alignment or loose.
- btrettel 7y agoOkay, I think I was unclear. I was thinking 100 meters or longer. I made a slight edit to my comment. My point was that for starting and stopping to be a major contributor, getting up to speed had to be comparable in energy to drag. Turns out that getting up to speed took more energy than I expected when I did the math in a later comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22257938 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22257938
- pintxo 7y agoOr a cheap bike