proof that drafting works

[gonzo]

Myth busters looked at the effect of drafting on bikes and got the following:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RjDGjQ14Sjo&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/RjDGjQ14Sjo&rel=1</a>

[Seineseeker]

I don't think that was ever a myth.

[hazeii]

To only label it "plausible" rather than "confirmed" was weak, even by MB standards.

[Biggsy]

They're scraping the barrel to even question whether it's a myth, and giving people ideas to do a horribly dangerous and addictive thing.

[Cyclops]

WTF did he need body armour to cycle on a empty stretch of level tarmac at 20mph? Or is them just enforcing another 'myth' that cycling's dangerous?

[Biggsy]

WTF did he need body armour to cycle on a empty stretch of level tarmac at 20mph? Or is them just enforcing another 'myth' that cycling's dangerous?

I don't think it's bad to enforce the idea that drafting is dangerous.

[Seineseeker]

It's a funny one. I mean it's blindingly obvious that
1. It works
2. It's dangerous (and stupid)

[Biggsy]

It's a funny one. I mean it's blindingly obvious that
1. It works
2. It's dangerous (and stupid)

Trouble is that it doesn't feel dangerous until you get up to about 45 mph because it is so easy and you don't see anything except the back of the truck.

[MSeries]

I hate it being called drafting, it's slipstreaming which is probably an equally silly name. Surely though here in Britain it should be draughting.

[fin]

all that body armour 

     and no gloves.....

[geraldc]

It's mythbusters. They're mental.  They normally blow things up.

They don't always wear armour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZu25-W1qdg

It's strange to watch with an American narrator, rather than the geordie guy we get here

[Mike J]

WTF did he need body armour to cycle on a empty stretch of level tarmac at 20mph? Or is them just enforcing another 'myth' that cycling's dangerous?

I thought it was so he would be wearing the same clothing when he was behind the truck, just in case something happened when he was behind it.

[gonzo]

It could be because last time he ride a bike on camera, this happened:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/kbmp8L0D5ro&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/kbmp8L0D5ro&rel=1</a>

[Paul Smith SRCC]

The <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BmpxJWAJbFM&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/BmpxJWAJbFM&rel=1</a> was done behind a car, the frame built by Cliff Shrubb , maximum speed 110mph, gear so large that he had to be towed behind the car to get the gear going



Cliff still owns the bike as he never got paid for it, although he has not got a clue where it is, or who now has it, as he never got it back....

Paul_Smith
www.bikeplus.co.uk