Drafting

secretsam
secretsam Posts: 5,120
edited October 2007 in Commuting chat
How close do you need to get to a bus/car/cyclist to effectively draft? I keep getting stick-thin lycra types hanging on my tail, then passing in a flurry of aerobic efficiency :lol:
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  • mtb.boy
    mtb.boy Posts: 208
    It will depend on the size of the object in front. i.e.- a bus is huge and you will be able to draft it from a few metres back. But a cyclist is small and you will have to be within a few feet of thir rear wheel.

    The closer you get the better the drafting will be. BUT, if you are 3 inches away from the back of a bus (doing 30mph) and it brakes :shock: - you will have a sore head!!! :!:
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  • mrchrispy
    mrchrispy Posts: 310
    imagin a triangle of equal sides projected from the back of a bus.
    anywhere withing that is going to give to a hell of a free ride but you've seriously got to watch what your doing. I sometimes get 40 over a mile stretch going out of manchester but only becuase its against the traffic - its not big and its not clever but bloody good fun every now and again.

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