Re: [ST] BRG colour of choice?

[Rick Damiani <rickd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:04:07 -0800, "STeve Duncan"
<xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
>Before any one beats me to it............
>
>Please amend my last post from "absorbing" to "repelling".
>
>Obviously, the non-color black is actually absorbing all photons in it's 
>path, thereby "not" emitting any color reflection.  This absorption process 
>causes a black bike to be faster than any other "color" bike whick is 
>fighting the drag of friction with all those nasty photons.

The fastest ST of all would then be my flat-black STealth Sprint, as
none of the photons escape. Glossy black Sprints, while they are not
fighting photon drag, are suffering from some reaction losses when
photons are reflected off of the nose. Flat back bikes like mine
reflect nothing.


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