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Drinking When Riding. The Bike Gets Lighter, But Does The Overall Mass Go Up, Or Stay The Same?....
Basically im at work, but bored and in a thoughtful mood, so i thought i pose the question below, as i cant seem to find anything clear on google.
Drinking When Riding. The Bike Gets Lighter, But Does The Overall Mass Go Up, Or Stay The Same?....
When you drink, your bottle and bike get lighter. But as you take the water on board, does the mass overall stay the same, or does it get lighter?!
Answers below!....
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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Move your bottle from the cage to your pocket to lighten the bike during a climb
Think of the bike and the rider as a single system with only inputs and outputs.
Instantaneous:
No change in mass - the water is not leaving the bike-rider system
Over time, though....
I am having a sense of deja vu here, havent i seen this topic somewhere else recently?
Doesn't the answer depend on whether or not the bike is on rollers or not?
It got double posted for some reason, and the mods havent merged them. Slack eh!