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Aerodynamic cost of eyebrows.
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Trev
May 30, 15 1:12
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Some of us rather older gentlemen grow very bushy eyebrows. Due to the riding position of the head my bushey eyebrows are directly full frontal into the wind.

I don't use a visor as I need the full cooling affect of the airflow on as much skin as possible to keep my big fat body with short fat arms and legs, cool. I look like Fred Flitstone, so I'm not very aero in the first place, I need to save every little bit of drag.

How many watts might shaving my eyebrows off save me?
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Borden
May 30, 15 3:23
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If you aren't shaving your eyebrows, you aren't even trying.

Now the real question is should we chevron them or not.
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iBot
May 30, 15 4:00
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Won't make a difference unless you also dimple your forehead.
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aahydraa
May 30, 15 4:14
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Just ask a topiarist to trim eyebrows and hair into a NACA airfoil shape, wax them, and you have a legal fairing.
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7401southwick
May 30, 15 4:22
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aerodynamic cost of the snot running out of my nose ?
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Irix
May 30, 15 5:27
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Trev wrote:
How many watts might shaving my eyebrows off save me?

Let's say someone actually provided you the precise answer to that question. Then what? You still have the choice of taking "advantage" of that information or not. And even if it was a significant amount. Would you actually shave your very eyebrows instead of working on pedaling balance/technique and form durability? Maybe you should shave just the left eyebrow to compensate for your left leg being weaker and get a smoother push moving forward ;-)
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Cervelokid
May 30, 15 6:22
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I heard that removing just one testicle will save you enough weight to win seven Tours.
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Henrik33
May 30, 15 7:47
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I tried that last year. Sadly I am no faster. I'm more comfortable on the nose of my saddle in aero though.
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TheForge
May 30, 15 7:50
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I don't know about eyebrows but my wang tends to cause a lot of drag. Can't tuck that because the. I would be sitting on it.
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Goobdog
May 30, 15 8:49
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TheForge wrote:
I don't know about eyebrows but my wang tends to cause a lot of drag. Can't tuck that because the. I would be sitting on it.

You should at least get it circumcised so it doesn't catch the wind and flap.
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Irix
May 30, 15 16:57
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Goobdog wrote:
TheForge wrote:
I don't know about eyebrows but my wang tends to cause a lot of drag. Can't tuck that because the. I would be sitting on it.


You should at least get it circumcised so it doesn't catch the wind and flap.

Unless he would take the headwind penalty for the tailwind advantage.

After millions of years of selective breeding, here we are!
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