Date:         Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:03:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
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From:         Bill <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mileage at altitude - responses/experiences requested
Comments: To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
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I owned a bicycle shop for years.  A bicyclist will have a higher average
speed on a hilly course than on a flat course.  I have no idea how this
applies to my Westy.

At 08:32 PM 10/28/99 -0700, Davidson wrote:
>Now if you have about an equal amount of up hill and down hill you might
>expect that the negative effect of gravity on your gas mileage going up hill
>would be balanced by the positive effect of gravity on your gas mileage
>going down hill. But that is not the case. I expect you will get low gas
>mileage figures even if the amount of uphill and down hill is equal
Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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