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Michael Daly Michael Daly is offline
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Default Race speeds/effort in paddling? How much force on each pole?

Chris Crawford wrote:

the front rider is helped by
having the turbulent air flow moved to the back of the rear rider.
They share the advantage although the gains for the front rider are
much more.


Have you got a reference for this? I'm having a hard time imagining two riders
on bikes getting close enough for this to work (yes, I've been a licensed bike
racer).

Mike