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Old 05-24-15 | 10:02 AM
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RChung
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Originally Posted by Doge
I wouldn't expect any. Team pursuit riders are on a near perfect surface, controlled air flow (indoors), are particularly smooth riders and hold their acceleration changes to a minimum. That is also why more than not they use front discs. I don't think the laws about aerodynamics change.
The laws of aero don't change, but the laws of rolling resistance and wheel inertia don't change either. The aero effects measured in wind tunnels have been validated by field tests outdoors. The rolling resistance and wheel inertia effects measured on smooth rollers have also been validated by field tests outdoors. The drag for individuals, whether in wind tunnels or on velodromes, have been validated by field tests outdoors. Wheel inertia effects tested in velodromes under near-controlled conditions have been validated by field tests outdoors. Aero results for individual and team pursuit and team TT riders have been validated by field tests outdoors at non-zero yaw, both on the flat and on rolling terrain. So all of these results have been shown to be consistent across these tests. What we haven't yet seen is whether results in a peloton vary from what we've seen -- but that's because no one wants to wire up everyone in the peloton with needle-like yaw sticks. However, everything we've seen thus far is consistent with the simple tests (in the sense that ordering is preserved although the actual absolute raw differences will, of course, differ).
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