TT bike adaptation?

Originally Posted by rmur17

low wind = Good Chung

For Crr, with good tires on good roads with normal temperatures, the range of 0.004 to 0.006 should about cover it. Chipseal -> who knows!!! Gravel or trails? dont' even think about it.

My approach lately is to run it across five Crr cases: 0.004, 0.0045, 0.005, 0.0055, 0.006. It's pretty quick to do that as you know by now.

One test isn't going to give you a 'confident' estimate anyway but do enough across a reasonable Crr range and the data should converge.

For the Pr2, on good roads and say ~20C temps or higher, 0.0045 would be my single best estimate.

Originally Posted by mikeyp123

...Next time I'll be wearing a skin-suit, and gluing the number to my back.. any suggestions on how not to ruin my suit?

Originally Posted by mikeyp123

Next time I'll be wearing a skin-suit, and gluing the number to my back.. any suggestions on how not to ruin my suit?

Originally Posted by acoggan

If you're using something like 3M's #77 (?) Photomount adhesive, then here's what I've found works best:

1) make sure you put your number on before you've warmed up and gotten your skinsuit all sweaty;

2) spray a moderate layer of the adhesive onto the back of the number, making sure to overlap your passes and go beyond the edges;

3) allow the solvent in the adhesive to evaporate for one to several minutes;

4) apply number;

5) remove promptly after the event;

6) do not, under any circumstances, wash the skinsuit with the number attached.

I've found that by following these steps (esp. 3-6), build-up of residual glue on the skinsuit is minimal, such that I can get at least a season's worth of wear out of it before the 'crud' starts to accumulate.

Originally Posted by acoggan

If you're using something like 3M's #77 (?) Photomount adhesive, then here's what I've found works best:

1) make sure you put your number on before you've warmed up and gotten your skinsuit all sweaty;

2) spray a moderate layer of the adhesive onto the back of the number, making sure to overlap your passes and go beyond the edges;

3) allow the solvent in the adhesive to evaporate for one to several minutes;

4) apply number;

5) remove promptly after the event;

6) do not, under any circumstances, wash the skinsuit with the number attached.

I've found that by following these steps (esp. 3-6), build-up of residual glue on the skinsuit is minimal, such that I can get at least a season's worth of wear out of it before the 'crud' starts to accumulate.

Originally Posted by PSUcycling

2nd on the ISM. I've switched even on my road bike. Hardly any numbness ever.

Originally Posted by acoggan

If you're using something like 3M's #77 (?) Photomount adhesive, then here's what I've found works best:

1) make sure you put your number on before you've warmed up and gotten your skinsuit all sweaty;

2) spray a moderate layer of the adhesive onto the back of the number, making sure to overlap your passes and go beyond the edges;

3) allow the solvent in the adhesive to evaporate for one to several minutes;

4) apply number;

5) remove promptly after the event;

6) do not, under any circumstances, wash the skinsuit with the number attached.

I've found that by following these steps (esp. 3-6), build-up of residual glue on the skinsuit is minimal, such that I can get at least a season's worth of wear out of it before the 'crud' starts to accumulate.

Originally Posted by Tom Anhalt

Any tips on how you apply the number when you're at an event by yourself? I've found that I usually do a better job of placing a glued number on other folks than they do for me

Originally Posted by Tom Anhalt

Any tips on how you apply the number when you're at an event by yourself? I've found that I usually do a better job of placing a glued number on other folks than they do for me

When pinning a number on, I always rely on the "steering wheel" trick and I can typically do a decent (if I must say so myself) job that way...I need something equivalent for number gluing.