| Re: Humidity affect on biking speed
mary wrote:
> On a day with a high humidity (everything else being equal) would it take
> more energy to bike a certain distance than on a day with low humidity since
> a person has more resistance from the moisture.
>
Water vapor is less dense than dry air. A more humid air mass
is less dense than a dry air mass. Not only that, but since
your hair is all matted down from sweat, you present less
surface area!
So you should be rocketing along on those humid days!
Scott
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