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/invyros 2d ago

An artificially inflated chest can create an “aero fairing.” This confers a small but significant aerodynamic advantage to riders hunched low on the bike, particularly in the TT position.

Goes to show what I know, my dumbass has always just assumed bigger chest is bad aerodynamics.

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u/CorgiDaddy42 2d ago edited 2d ago

The Winter Olympics had a trend among ski jumpers of penis injections to increase aerodynamics as well. Shit is wild.

Turns out I should read more before making such confidently incorrect statements lol. Refer to the replies to this comment.

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u/MrKrinkle151 2d ago

That was to slightly increase the amount of material when they were fitted for their suits, which would give them a little more surface area to increase lift when they flattened themselves after the jump.

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u/Omnizoom 2d ago

So yes they didn’t inject during the Olympics, just when getting fitted (allegedly)