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Comment by loeg

5 hours ago

The exact same thing applies to electric cars, though -- going slower significantly increases your range.

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jeffbee  4 hours ago

But cars have much larger constants and linear terms in their efficiency equation and they hit peak efficiency at 15 MPH or higher, whereas a bicycle peaks at half that.

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