Originally Posted by
MHR224
Well lets just say a 700c wheel with tube and tire takes approx. 7ft to fully rotate one time in a straight line.
If my calculations are correct it takes 19611 approximate full wheel rotations to complete a 26 mile race.
with 350 grams of extra rotational weight at each revolution thats 15,000 lbs of extra rotational weight my legs will be enduring the whole race. Would you still use a Powertap?
rotational weight from wheels, between the lightest wheels available and standard training-duty wheels, in a climb costs you on the order of 0.01% (one-hundredth of a pct). The raw, static weight is much more impactful, and it's still not enough of a difference make up for the value of the power data.
Rotational weight's impact on cycling is a huge (annoying) myth.