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Dog Sledding


eclark

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To be competitive in the sport of dog sledding, speed it key. To achieve maximum speed, it is important to reduce the friction between the ground and the runners. Runners are the part of the sled that come in contact with the ground. They are sort of like skies that the basket of the sled is attached too. Normally, runners are made of metal, but racers add a rubber strip to reduce the coefficient of kinetic  friction between the runner and snow. Because the coefficient of kinetic friction is less between rubber and snow rather than metal and snow, racers decide to add a rubber strip to achieve maximum speed.

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