Monday, October 12, 2009

Xootr wheels roll fast?

The Xootr polyurethane wheel
Chart showing wheel speed on 1% decline

Allegedly xootr's roll really fast down 1% grades. Is that a great metric of efficiency? I don't know. It's like the terminal velocity which I imagine is very highly sensitive to small changes in efficiency. Would like to see (lazy web)/do (oh, those rusty mathematical neurons) some more thought on that. Of course they also make you feel like you're going to endo when you hit a crack in the sidewalk, but I guess you're always optimizing for something.

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