rruff wrote:
In the summer, avg high in London is 78F and probably humid. Humidity greatly inhibits the ability of the body to reject heat via sweating and evaporation. I'll take dry western US air any day!
That's just my point. Airflow doesn't make as much of a difference in humid conditions, because evaporative cooling is minimal. You're going to be hot whether you mantis or not.
rruff wrote:
The studies you referenced were about cooling in excessively hot environments. If you aren't flirting with your bodies temperature handling limits (core temperature rising) I don't think you'd suffer a power loss in either position.
Totally disagree. The trade-off between temperature and power output is curvi-linear starting at fairly low temps, it does not just start at some really high threshold:
https://www.physiology.org/...plphysiol.00367.2010
When you're generating 250-300 watts, you're generating more heat than a hair dryer on full blast and it's easy to push high core temperatures even when the ambient temperatures are fairly low. Check out XC ski racers, who wear practically nothing when it's 15 degrees.
I can tell you from lots of experience, airflow has a major impact on both cooling and power output even at fairly low temperatures (50-60 deg.). Anybody who has been on an indoor trainer both with and without a fan can tell you that. Turn on a big fan and voila! you have an extra 10 watts.
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