How important is aero in a pack setting?
04-28-10, 11:46 AM
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Even though I technically have the dough for nice hoops, it seems like they're always the first to go in a crash.
Dude wrecked his 808's in a training crit a few weeks ago - good thing he's loaded! It was a stupid crash, but really expensive.
Also, I would feel kinda silly with super-aero gear in a 4's race. (But apparently I'm the one of the few around here that feels that way..)
Goal this season: upgrade on Open Pros, and maybe even get a W. 64 spokes mofo!!
Even though I technically have the dough for nice hoops, it seems like they're always the first to go in a crash.
Dude wrecked his 808's in a training crit a few weeks ago - good thing he's loaded! It was a stupid crash, but really expensive.
Also, I would feel kinda silly with super-aero gear in a 4's race. (But apparently I'm the one of the few around here that feels that way..)
Goal this season: upgrade on Open Pros, and maybe even get a W. 64 spokes mofo!!
04-28-10, 12:03 PM
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04-28-10, 12:27 PM
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I have some box and 30mm alum rims and recently, as I've lost weight, I can feel a crosswind give me a little nudge when I'm on the 30mm rims. It's not enough to move me but it's certainly trying to tell me something. If those were 58mm rims I'm pretty sure I'd get more than a nudge. That is about the extent of my knowledge so far.
04-28-10, 12:33 PM
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04-28-10, 12:33 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
04-28-10, 12:36 PM
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yeah crosswinds do bump you, but as long as you don't freak out it won't change your line by much at all.
i do time trials in heavy gusty crosswinds with a trispoke front and disc rear and I am only 134 lbs. I've never been pushed off my line by more than a few inches.
i do time trials in heavy gusty crosswinds with a trispoke front and disc rear and I am only 134 lbs. I've never been pushed off my line by more than a few inches.
04-29-10, 11:37 AM
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I would go shallower on the front wheel if the winds make you uncomfortable. If the aero front wheel causes you to draft a few inches farther away (while overlapping wheels less in an echelon paceline for example), its benefit is already lost.
