cat 6 wrote:
It has nothing to do with the 'engine' and everything to di with you being WRONG about the impact of aero equipment.
Quit with the deflection and just stop talking about things you're obviously very ignorant of. To assert that an aero setup only saves you 1-1:30 minutes is
WRONG
ok guy please explain to me what I am ignorant about. You say aero gear saves up to 5:33 seconds over a 40 km TT. I say it is more like a minute thirty.
Based on your article (which btw is the most optimistic article I have ever seen (and I have seen it before) on the benefits of aero), about half of the max saving are simply achieving the aero position. One can get an aero position on a cheap P1 (I hope you know what that is), and since the argument was framed around how expensive cycling is, I would say the time saving from simply riding in the aero position should be removed from the analysis. So that takes your best time saving down to about 2 mins and 45 seconds due to aero gear.
So now we are a minute apart on what we feel is the difference between full aero gear, and road position.
That is not a big gap. Based on anecdote after anecdote, white papers, etc., I am less optimistic about how much time top of the line aero gear saves one, than you are. Big deal.
So how do you interpret that I am ignorant about aero?
I don't really care if you think it is three minutes and I think it is less, but I find it really odd that because I don't agree with you, that you say I am ignorant about aero.
As I said before - the Slowtwitch community is about as well versed in this question as any group on the internet. Go ask this question over there and you will get a ton of well reasoned, but wildly varying, answers from engineers, tt state champs, and the bike companies themselves. Accordingly, it is incredibly egotistical of you to suggest that just because I don't agree with you, that I am ignorant about the topic. Time to open your mind to the possibility that you are not the only guy that knows this stuff.