Does 'leaning forward' make you go faster?

[0iD]

OK, it's late here in Abu Dhabi, bored, tired, but sober so vpn'd into the old home server to check up on stuff & started randomly pondering the 'bigger' questions in life. One of those being "Does leaning forward actually make you go faster?" I mean, most of us do it, especially in the car (albeit subconciously), but does it work???

[dave87]

on a motorbike? Yup, less resistance

Not so sure of its benefits in the car, as it makes zero differnce to airodynamics

[MadduckUK]

on a mountain bike it most certainly does!

[leeglf]

in a car i cant see there will be any difference at all unless accept your in a cabriolet with the roof down then it may make a tiny advantage in air resistance but hardly any!

on a motobike it can make a huge difference hence the different riding position on a sports bike compared to say a touring bike!

[chuckskull]

On a bike yeah, in a car you have to lean back, so you look cooler.

[Norky]

On skis it makes you go slower.

[XA04]

Obviously. In the same way stripes do.

[0iD]

Obviously. In the same way stripes do.

see, someone else gets it too

[BigFatCat]

It can't make you faster, all 3ft tall old ladies sit forward either resting their gums on the steering wheel, or squinting out from underneath it. Are they fast????

No, you sits back with de choons banging like an wid de arms well straight out, innit.

[LuNi9]

I think you feel like it makes you go faster but in reality you're going the same speed you would be if you were not leaning forward.

To the OP: lucky you, the UAE is a lovely place.

[streetster]

it makes you go faster for sure, and rocking back and forwards when your car is struggling to get up a hill also helps it

[chuckskull]

Obviously. In the same way stripes do.

Aint got nothing on flames.

[MadduckUK]

Aint got nothing on flames.

aint got nothing on "GT-R" and "Type-R" stickers

[XA04]

I think you feel like it makes you go faster but in reality you're going the same speed you would be if you were not leaning forward.

To the OP: lucky you, the UAE is a lovely place.

Think the smart chavs sit forwards then? Makes it feel like they're going faster but can keep within the speed limit.



Nevermind that, Chavs and Smart in the same sentence doesn't work.

[grizzla]

On skis it makes you go slower.

You'd think leaning forward on skis would make you go slower, it does to some extent, but down hill racers lean forwards a hell of a lot to increase speed control

[leeglf]

leaning forward on a snowboard makes most people fall over lol