Rocker66
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I have noticed that the recent strong winds have reduced the fuel mileage that I'm getting on my commute quite a bit
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Back in the last century, the government pushed the speed limit down to 55 mph. The reason was to save gas, or that's what I remember. Anyway, the point is they published a lot of info on why it would save gas. I remember seeing a chart that showed how much gas you used as the speed increased. It was a pretty slow climb as speed increased...till you hit 60 mph. Once you passed 60, it increased dramatically....The co-efficient of drag really picks up once the air flow becomes turbulent and that's at around 50mpg. so you want to maximize your MPG, slow down...
If you knew you were going to be riding into high winds, and wanted the same mileage you'd been getting, would changing sprockets to lower the rpms help?
Not a practical solution, just wondering...