PAUL SOLMAN: In April, pro cyclist Timmy Duggan finished 59th at
the Tour de Georgia. It wasn't good enough. So the 22-year-old
Coloradoan came to the wind tunnel at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to learn to ride faster. But wait a
second; learning to ride a bike isn't rocket science. Or is it?
KIM BLAIR: It is rocket science here in some cases. It's just
applied to a different platform. PAUL SOLMAN: Kim Blair should
know. An ardent triathlete -- swim, bike, run -- he's also an
ex-NASA engineer who teaches in MIT's Aero/Astronautics
Department, running the Center for Sports Technology and
Innovation, whose purpose is to marry science to sport. KIM
BLAIR: With the wind tunnel, we're studying aerodynamics, OK.
Now obviously you can study it on an airplane, but we're
studying the same principles that you'd study on an airplane
just applying it to cycling. MARK COTE: We'll start you at your
baseline, and what this gage shows you, when you actually get on
your bike, this is going to show you your real-