Getting aero - how riding position affects cyclists

Nicole looks at how a cyclist's body position affects their aerodynamics using flow visualization and computational fluid dynamics.

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Further resources:

Drag and cyclist leg position: T. Crouch et al., "Flow topology in the wake of a cyclist and its effect on aerodynamic drag," https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2013.678


Tour de France footage:
timpy88, "Tour de France 2015 - Stage 2 @ Utrecht, Marnixlaan",    • Tour de France 2015 - Stage 2 @ Utrecht, M...   (Creative Commons licensed)

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Laserdisc by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Silver by Riot

Special Thanks To:

Ali Arafat
Jean Hertzberg
James Hoskins
Brett Poulton
James Rouse
Netty Zaharia


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