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Old 04-02-13, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by TandemGeek
Wheel Inertial vs Aero.... A worthwhile read.

http://www.biketechreview.com/review...el-performance
Interesting... I wonder what his cadence was for the climbing portion? It seems like the rotational speed variation of the wheels during each pedal stroke would be greater, maybe much greater, for slow-cadence standing climbs. If he was seated and spinning along merrily at 90 rpm, there wouldn't be much acceleration per stroke.

Also, I only see one set of graphs for each ride, so I guess he used the data as a base and then calculated the effects using his model. There have to be some assumptions involved in that process. The first assumption that occurs to me is that his body performs equally when the equipment is changed.

I also wonder what the resolution is on the acceleration data.
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