Physics Lesson
Usually, when riding a bike uphill, one gets up off of the saddle and leans forward over the handlebars. This is a powerful position which leads to increased efficiency and an easier, faster climb.
This does not work on snow. Mostly because a bike is a "rear wheel drive" vehicle. Removing the weight from the rear wheel causes a marked decrease in traction.
As a result, when climbing a hill in the snow, weight should be kept on the back wheel. The result is a very inefficient difficult climb which quikly tires the hamstrings, which are not usually worked when cylcing.
Learn something new everyday, huh?
This does not work on snow. Mostly because a bike is a "rear wheel drive" vehicle. Removing the weight from the rear wheel causes a marked decrease in traction.
As a result, when climbing a hill in the snow, weight should be kept on the back wheel. The result is a very inefficient difficult climb which quikly tires the hamstrings, which are not usually worked when cylcing.
Learn something new everyday, huh?
posted by Kevin at 11:08 AM
5 Comments:
oh my kevin! cycling becoming painful in finland? hope you're surviving the cold...i keep reading about deaths from freezing in estonia, ukraine, and russia. hope things are well in scandilavia (as the spaniards say).
stay warm!
patty
mmmm... with the Spanish pronunciation, that would be: "Scandilabia!"
What a lovely place indeed!
god you can be gross sometimes mike. sorry kevin...coupledom!
btw, hope you're not freezing! for reals.
Shocking! What a scandal. I
Don't worry, it's been quite warm here. 32F today! It seems this is the warmest winter in decades. Hmmm...I blame Bush. Funny, Bush doesn't often come to Scandi...ohh I can't go through with it
Come on, Kevin! You can do it - belabor the dirty extended metaphor until it begs for mercy! I've seen you do it before - I know you have it in you.
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