Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
More aero, lighter bike, narrower tires, in roughly identical conditions... comes up to 54 seconds faster. A difference of 0.3mph. ...
So the lighter, more aero bike was faster on less power. I'm not sure I get your point. Since you did multiple laps, why not use Golden Cheetah to estimate CdA and Crr for the two bikes and see where the difference is coming from.