I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
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Re: I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
Originally Posted by Paul
Yes he will waste tons of power that way.
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Re: I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
Originally Posted by spkr_diy
Ritz, you thought you could read me and claimed I was trying to brag about my bike, and you were wrong. Deal with it. This is about a race, not a bike. I posted the pic of the bike because: a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a car enthusiasts forum and it might be hard to explain my ride to some people here, but with a pic no explanation should have been necessary, except that asshats like you like to throw accusations around. Now I have to explain the pic instead of the bike, even though the bike costs less than the wheels a lot of people have on their road bikes.
Deal with it.
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Re: I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
Originally Posted by driveahonda
Can with throw a go cart into the mix?
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Re: I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
Originally Posted by dave22
If you say so. 
Ya, I was not going to answer, but on a bicycle there is always enough time to be efficient.
Admittedly, I mountain bike, I don't ride road bikes. But pushing without pulling is inefficient, and standing up to pedal is horribly inefficient. You move your whole body, you waste energy by a tremendous percentage.
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Re: I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
Originally Posted by Paul
Ya, I was not going to answer, but on a bicycle there is always enough time to be efficient.
Admittedly, I mountain bike, I don't ride road bikes. But pushing without pulling is inefficient, and standing up to pedal is horribly inefficient. You move your whole body, you waste energy by a tremendous percentage.
Admittedly, I mountain bike, I don't ride road bikes. But pushing without pulling is inefficient, and standing up to pedal is horribly inefficient. You move your whole body, you waste energy by a tremendous percentage.
This is going to be a 1/4 mile sprint, not a century. It'll take under 40 seconds! I don't have enough time to even come close to running out of energy, so wasting some wont matter in the slightest. All that will matter will be starting/staying in the right gear and putting as much force on the pedal as I can. Efficiency wont be a factor. You guys would drag race your car and only be half on the gas so you'd get better fuel economy.
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Re: I want to drag race a moped on my bicycle
Originally Posted by spkr_diy
All that will matter will be starting/staying in the right gear and putting as much force on the pedal as I can.
Originally Posted by spkr_diy
drag race your car and only be half on the gas