• CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Yes fuel economy. Energy expended per distance traveled or power needed to maintain a given speed. Just the fuel in this case is burned by your own body.

      At world class levels, a few watts here and there will make a big difference by the end of a race.

      • Arcka@midwest.social
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        2 months ago

        Aah, gotcha. I had thought that

        Probably less these days

        was in reference to this part at the end of the parent comment:

        cars generally float around the 32 psi area

        and I haven’t seen anything to contradict all the previous literature on under-inflated automobile tires being worse for fuel economy.