Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
OP, I think everyone pretty much agreed that this was true. My point was that it is a false metric. Statistical gymnastics.
If the point of using aero equipment is to go faster, then a faster rider gains more speed by using aero equipment than a slower rider does.
To my mind, if you look at post
#18 , you can see that this should be the case (as well as the increased time saving by the slower rider which was what you mentioned). But again, if you look at the time saved as a percent of overall time it is still greater for the faster rider.
If you focus only on total time saved then by going
even slower you would save even more total time but then you really wouldn't be faster would you? So what would be the point of using the equipment at all?
Now prepare to watch my integrity and itelligence be insulted, yet again.
You just like arguing Bob. The reality is that aero gear provides significant help to a wide range of riders from 150W to 350W. Arguing or caring about who gains the biggest % of speed is pointless. Who cares if a 150W rider gains only 5.3% speed while a 350W rider gains 6.2%? They're both significant and from the perspective of the person racing both important.
Perhaps your point is that riders with power below a certain, arbitrarily defined, power level don't deserve to be racing and shouldn't care about their time and that's fair enough. You need to be careful going down that path though as there's always someone faster who'll be laughing at your anemic power. We can't all have Cancellara's power
