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I covered that with terminal velocity. And it isn't just falling, but going down a hill. Folks commonly think heavier bikes will go faster down a hill. That isn't how that works.


Faster bikes will go downhill faster. Both the acceleration of the bikes and their terminal velocity are determined by aerodynamics (on very steep hills) and rolling friction (on less steep ones), and those do not change much with bike weight.




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