From: rwi@whidbey.com   
      
   On 09/02/2018 12:06 AM, Luigi Fortunati wrote:   
   > For the entire steep ascent, the cyclist A (in the absence of the air   
   > resistance) maintains the comfortable CONSTANT speed of one meter per   
   > second   
   >   
   > Instead the cyclist B maintains (in the same ascent) the CONSTANT speed   
   > of 10 m/s (ten times the speed of A).   
   >   
   > Is the FORCE on the pedals of the cyclist B equal to or greater than   
   > that of the cyclist A?   
   >   
      
   The metric for professional bicyclists seem to be power rather then   
   force.  It's interesting to note that for the no resistance case, rider   
   B must put out ten times the power of rider A.   
      
   Richard   
      
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