Jiggle

RIP tubulars.

Silvercivic27

Ahhhh, internet You Tube pseudoscience. So refreshing on a Sunday morning!

Homebrew01

But it's on the inernet so it must be true.
How did they make sure they had the exact same wind from traffic coming in the opposite direction?

Bunyanderman

Tubs can be run at a higher pressure with out the discomfort you'd feel on clinchers. Both wheelsets had equal pressure when being tested.

BillyD

Here we go.

Lazyass

If it wasn't for Al Gore we would have never learned this. Good man.

Doctor Morbius

Don't believe everything you read on the internet - Abe Lincoln

Shimagnolo

UnfilteredDregs

Jiggle, don't you know better than to go around turning sacred cows into hamburger?

wphamilton

I believe them. Except for the notion that the loop means eliminating the wind variable (which is wrong), and I'd like to see his test repeated a few times, it seemed pretty solid.

redfooj

but internet told me 50g saved on the wheels equal 7 pounds saved on the bike so i can go faster on climbs

Sy Reene

Are all Average Watts equal? Eg. Does 500 watts up a 10% grade and 200 watts down same length 10% grade yield the same speed over this distance as 200 watts up the hill and 500 watts down the hill (thinking of wind resistance effects etc)?

RJM

This tells me that the hassle of tubulars aren't worth it to me because the benefit isn't there or is small enough not to bother with. But, I knew that before the video.

UnfilteredDregs

Agreed. For a field test like this a few wind meters at key locations as per the geography would go a long ways towards solidifying such a test's results.

FLvector

Although it appears they eliminated as many variable as possible, these trials need to be repeated more than just a few times. What if it showed clinchers were faster for one trial, then shows the tubulars were faster the next trial. Which one is correct? You need to replicate many times and do the statistical analysis to show if there is a significant difference. Otherwise, just an observation that someone else might find just the opposite results.

Bluechip

What they should do is put a tubular on the front and a clincher on the rear and test it that way then switch it around. Which ever crosses the line must be faster. That should work, right? I can't imagine what might happen if there is a that much of a difference. Would one end of the bike catch up with the other end or get left in the dust?

Jiggle

Yup. The science is settled.

Raise your swords against the tyranny of glue. The bold and bright reign of The Clincher is upon us.

Jiggle

You would enjoy seeing me argue in favor of having more than one wife around the Thanksgiving dinner table. Actually three is the optimal number. One has to be a doctor, one a lawyer, and one an accountant.

bananabacon

3alarmer 

Jiggle

They didn't even use latex tubes on the clinchers which would have reduced the rolling resistance by about 10%.

hueyhoolihan

i agree, any tire, even a 'gatorskin, with a latex tube in it is beetch'n...

Robius

Some told me weight of wheels while climbing is a huge factor espacially on tires and rim weight. Clinchers are 316g heavier yet still faster? Tubulars you are drunk!

woodcraft

Hello $3,000.00 wheels.

Jiggle

Weight of wheels while climbing is no bigger a factor than weight of butt while climbing.