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Re: [RC] Dangerous Physics - Joe LongOn Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:17:20 -0500, "Paul Sidio" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Now one last thing for those who believe that weight doesn't matter. If you take two horses that have trained together, and have usually finished about the same time , and put two inexperienced riders on them... and one rider weighs 500 pounds, and the other rider weighs 50 pounds... Which one will you bet on? Is there any doubt that the 50 pound rider will finish well ahead of the 500 pound rider? Why? Because of weight. Maybe we don't have enough data to quantify the advantage of 20 pounds difference over 50 miles, but common sense and even physics will tell you there should be a difference. My money's on the 500-pound rider, because the 50-pound rider's horse is going to run away and toss him off, and never be seen again. Hey, makes as much sense as any of your anecdotes so far. In case you haven't noticed, some of us have been citing real-world experience with real endurance horses and riders. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.chiprider.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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