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Watched this beast ride his unicycle up a steep hill (leminal.space)

submitted 2 weeks ago by xylol@leminal.space to c/sideoftheroad

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[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Gonna nitpick here and be pedantic. Regardless of gear ratio, it’s all leg power. Gearing simply allows the rider to go slower, which does allows for a lower required power, but for a longer duration of time. The amount of total energy output is effectively the same.

Source: cycling nerd who is obsessed with power.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's a bit of an empty comparison, isn't it?

You could keep converting the chemical energy in a potato into power, and after 2000 potatoes you'd have produced the same power as a Ferrari V8 engine does in an hour, but it doesn't really have the same roar, does it? Even if you account for flatulence.