Do heavier people go downhill faster?

[Slowbee]

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[davem]

Although slightly slower from the gravitational pull, a smaller person is not necessarily at a disadvantage.

 

Suck the wheel, swing aroung and tuck really small and you will probably overtake the bigger guy quite easily.

 

Aero has a far greater affect than gravity.

 

[Black_Jack]

In practice - by all means heavier guys are faster downhill (I know this from only being able to beat my wife on downhills and getting toasted on climbs...)

 

In theory - if you can reduce your wind resistance you should be able to keep up

 

[Tumbleweed]

 

would a smaller dude be able to corner faster downhill?

 

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Would a fat dude be able to then corner faster uphill?

 

 

 

if you unscrewed you belly button' date=' would your bum fall off? of course not

 

 

 

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the note arrived on friday, am picking it up tomorrow.

[CarbonCAS]

I am heavy and fly on the flats and downhills but i cant climb.

 

 

 

Looks like we have the same problem

[mountain_lion]

 

Finally!  A topic I can talk on with some authority...  And the answer is "Yes' date=' but not fast enough to catch up with the bunch of weight obsessed annorexics who have just dropped one on the climb".[/quote']

 

I also talk with authority from personal experience and concur with Domestiquehated. You have to go put in a huge effort on the down hills to try and make up what you lost on the climbs. Mostly it is futile.

 

[kosmonooit]

Problem with going so fast downhills is that its over so quickly and the next thing you know more afkak up the next!