Originally Posted by
canam73
This is study used a limited data source but appears to show that even uphill aero trumps weight significantly:
http://biketechreview.com/reviews/wh...el-performance
I'd be curious to look at any other studies, contradictory or complimentary to this one if anyone could post a link.
Yeah, I don't even need to read that to know it's BS. Aero hardly trumps non-aero in perfect conditions, let alone up a mountain. I'll take lower rotational mass and lower overall weight every time when going against gravity. There's a reason you don't see the best climbers in the world using 808s.