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Velodrome direction
Something that's bothered me on and off for years.
Do all velodromes go anti-clockwise ? Jon |
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On 28 Sep, 10:17, Jonathan Schneider
wrote: Something that's bothered me on and off for years. Do all velodromes go anti-clockwise ? Jon Maybe in the southern hemisphere they all go clockwise? |
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"Jonathan Schneider" wrote in message ... Something that's bothered me on and off for years. Do all velodromes go anti-clockwise ? Jon No. They don't go clockwise, either. HTH HAND. |
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Ian wrote:
"Jonathan Schneider" wrote in message ... Something that's bothered me on and off for years. Do all velodromes go anti-clockwise ? No. They don't go clockwise, either. The riders go anti-clockwise so relatively speaking the velodrome goes clockwise :-) -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" |
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On 28 Sep, 11:54, Phil Cook wrote:
Ian wrote: "Jonathan Schneider" wrote in message ... Something that's bothered me on and off for years. Do all velodromes go anti-clockwise ? No. They don't go clockwise, either. The riders go anti-clockwise so relatively speaking the velodrome goes clockwise :-) If you're looking from above. If you're lying on your back in the middle the riders are going clockwise around you. |
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POHB wrote:
On 28 Sep, 11:54, Phil Cook wrote: Ian wrote: "Jonathan Schneider" wrote in message ... Something that's bothered me on and off for years. Do all velodromes go anti-clockwise ? No. They don't go clockwise, either. The riders go anti-clockwise so relatively speaking the velodrome goes clockwise :-) If you're looking from above. If you're lying on your back in the middle the riders are going clockwise around you. Only if I'm looking at a clock on the ceiling. If I'm lying on the clock face they are going anti-clockwise. I wonder if anybody has ever researched if there would be an advantage to going round the other way? Is there some subtle aerodynamic difference to flow over the chainwheel depending on the way the front wheel turns into the banking? -- Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks" |
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I wonder if anybody has ever researched if there would be an advantage
to going round the other way? Is there some subtle aerodynamic difference to flow over the chainwheel depending on the way the front wheel turns into the banking? I have never ridden in a velodrome, but if I imagine myself cycling in one, the clockwise direction 'feels' like it would be more natural to me. May or may not have something to do with being left-handed, and it may or may not relate to my actual performance if I were to try it. And what about people from countries where you cycle on the right - does that make a difference? |
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Donald Allwright writes:
I wonder if anybody has ever researched if there would be an advantage to going round the other way? Is there some subtle aerodynamic difference to flow over the chainwheel depending on the way the front wheel turns into the banking? I have never ridden in a velodrome, but if I imagine myself cycling in one, the clockwise direction 'feels' like it would be more natural to me. May or may not have something to do with being left-handed, and it may or may not relate to my actual performance if I were to try it. And what about people from countries where you cycle on the right - does that make a difference? Most (all?) athletics tracks have the runners going anti-clockwise. I suspect it's a more general thing than velodromes specifically. |
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Phil Cook wrote:
I wonder if anybody has ever researched if there would be an advantage to going round the other way? Is there some subtle aerodynamic difference to flow over the chainwheel depending on the way the front wheel turns into the banking? If you're travelling anti-clockwise, the chainwheel (being on the outside of the turn) has to travel further than if you were travelling clockwise. Therefore, it needs to go faster, and thus requires more energy to accelerate it to the required speed than if you were circulating in the other direction. Also, because of the higher speed, it'll generate slightly more wind resistance. OTOH, having the extra weight on the outside may be a benefit for stability through the turns. Calculations to prove these points are left as an exercise for the reader. -- Eddie |
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"Phil Cook" wrote [snip] I wonder if anybody has ever researched if there would be an advantage to going round the other way? Is there some subtle aerodynamic difference to flow over the chainwheel depending on the way the front wheel turns into the banking? If there was an advantage, you would only get it by riding round in the opposite direction to everyone else Jeremy Parker |
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