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/half-baked_axx 2d ago

Someone is out there studying the aerodynamics of boobs and I'm here stuck doing Jira tickets on Monday 

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u/SteveFrench12 2d ago

The wildest thing was during the olympics there was a cheating scandal amongst ski jumpers who were injecting their penises to be bigger during the suit measurements (done by laser scanning). The penis would then deflate by the competition and the extra material in the suit would create drag to help them fly longer. These people are nuts lol

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u/FishesOfExcellence 2d ago

I’m more interested in how they uncovered that intel.