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I'm not sure if you're referring to specifically road riding, but most of the comments have been mostly related to street situations. If you are in a mountain biking / trail riding situation, it's also important to factor possibility of accident into your stopping distance--which is always important, but can be more important when mountain biking. You ...
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Given the same day and the same rider and otherwise equal conditions, riding on a tarmac road vs riding on a gravel cycle path, the road will be faster.
Why?
It's about the rolling resistance of the surface.
This page gives a good breakdown of the physics involved in working out how much power you need based on various inputs.
But basically, a rougher ...
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In the UK, cycle paths aren't really set up for cyclists! They seem to be arranged by planners more interested in meeting targets for miles of cycleway. They are also aimed more at leisure cycling than for people who want to use their bike to go places.
One of the problems that I find in the South East of England is that the cycle paths often take away the ...
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Assuming you know your own body, the route and the climatic conditions very well we can try and rule out variations in these - however I would suggest that this sort of variation can be very dependent on conditions. Think we have a few questions on this, even including air temperature and pressure effects.
If we do rule them out, a contributing factor can ...
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The stopping distance is a factor of:
Reaction Time
Speed and Mass (bike, rider, and load)
Efficiency of Brakes
Braking force applied (on which brakes and how applied)
Road/track surface (including water, ice, gravel, manhole covers etc aspects)
Tyre width, grip, tread etc
You have to notice a need to brake, move your hands to apply braking force. Then ...
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