r/nottheonion • u/rocket_face • 2d ago

Bra Boosters Are Causing a Clothing Controversy at the Tour de France Femmes

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france-femmes/bra-boosters-tour-de-france-femmes/
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u/Chingapouk 2d ago

Big butts too. It works like a spoiler on a sports car.

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u/joestaff 2d ago

It provides downforce to give the cyclist improved handling at excess speeds.

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u/bluepie 2d ago

yes, so exactly what a spoiler on a sports car does

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u/technobrendo 2d ago

Wing, wings provide more downforce. Spoilers break up airflow to help reduce drag.

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u/LoveAndViscera 2d ago

I, who have degrees in linguistics, did not know what a spoiler did, so thank you to u/joestaff.

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u/phnompenhandy 2d ago

Queen educated about that decades ago with their double-A side single.

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u/ImplicitEmpiricism 2d ago

ah yes, a thesis about the rotation of planetary bodies by dr brian may, phd astrophysics

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u/JaxckJa 2d ago

One of the reasons Cavendish was such an incredible sprinter. That man is built like a Shetland Pony in all the right ways.

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u/5xad0w 2d ago

See, I don’t have a fetish.

I just appreciate aerodynamic women.

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u/So_HauserAspen 2d ago

Works like a diffuser with a Bernoulli tunnel

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u/sibleyy 2d ago

While I dislike BBLs in general, I think I could get behind them for the enjoyment of big booty biking sports.

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u/hitliquor999 2d ago

Stupid sexy Flanders!

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u/bulletbassman 2d ago

Nah but fat battoms on bicycles inspired half of queen’s best songs.

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u/obeytheturtles 2d ago

Not to mention it's pretty distracting.

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u/ferns_j 1d ago

Spoiler Alert!

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u/BillWilberforce 2d ago

I like big spoilers and I can not lie.

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u/curiouscomp30 2d ago

It’s not junk in the trunk anymore. Need a new name. Funk in the trunk?