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Reminds me of a joke: "A shark could swim faster than me, but I could probably run faster than a shark. So in a triathlon, it would all come down to who is the
by mysterydip 2y ago
Reminds me of a joke:
"A shark could swim faster than me, but I could probably run faster than a shark. So in a triathlon, it would all come down to who is the better cyclist."
- 082349872349872 2y agoOn first thought, a shark would make a pretty good roadie: they don't need to shave their leg hair, for instance. However, it appears that both basking sharks and great whites peak at only 5.5 W/kg, while professional human cyclists can sustain such output. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30209042/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30209042/ (incidentally, everything old is new again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41179954 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41179954 )