DISCLAIMER: I know all the usual arguments of Road vs. Hybrid as to why Road bikes are faster. I'm not asking that here.
Do any of you know of any articles that talk about why Road bikes are faster than Hybrid bikes that include actual test data OR do any of you have any test data yourself? I'll take Mountain or City in place of Hybrid.
Here are the types of things I'm looking for:
1. Graphics/photos that show the riding position difference between a Hybrid and a Road bike with hands on the hoods or top bars.
2. Wind tunnel testing comparing the two.
3. Power Meter Data comparing the two in testing scenarios (so comparing speed to the power necessary to generate it).
For home grown data, does anyone have a test where they used identical measurements for a particular route over time where they used a repeatable measurement (such as Strava) that shows the same person in the same circumstances? Understanding that things change from day to day, it would need to be multiple data points on each bike on the same courses. Power meter data would be best, but obviously very few people are going to have power meters on their hybrids or city bikes.
Barring that, if you have multiple data points that can be viewed side-by-side between the two bikes as measured by the bike computer, that would be OK.
Also, if you have a well fitted road bike and hibrid, side pictures showing you on that one in each of the 3 positions (bar, hoods, drops) along with one on your hybrid in riding position would be useful as well.
I know that Velonews had a very interesting article on rolling resistance; I'm heading there later to check it out.
FYI, I'm only looking for comparisons. I don't want to start a debate or conjecture as to why, I'm only looking for the facts.
The reason I ask is that there are probably at least a few hundred discussions about why Road Bikes are faster, but almost nobody has ever tested it and put a Road and Hybrid head to head. Sadly, many people blame the gears on a road bike, despite the fact that at max sustainable speed most people are not even close to their max hybrid bike gearing (seriously, on a flat road if I'm on a 48x14 and spinning 90RPMs, I'm going plenty fast enough, but that's just not going to happen), which is kind of my whole point in that there is a lot of "common sense" and "It's obvious" type statements that really don't hold water out there.
Do any of you know of any articles that talk about why Road bikes are faster than Hybrid bikes that include actual test data OR do any of you have any test data yourself? I'll take Mountain or City in place of Hybrid.
Here are the types of things I'm looking for:
1. Graphics/photos that show the riding position difference between a Hybrid and a Road bike with hands on the hoods or top bars.
2. Wind tunnel testing comparing the two.
3. Power Meter Data comparing the two in testing scenarios (so comparing speed to the power necessary to generate it).
For home grown data, does anyone have a test where they used identical measurements for a particular route over time where they used a repeatable measurement (such as Strava) that shows the same person in the same circumstances? Understanding that things change from day to day, it would need to be multiple data points on each bike on the same courses. Power meter data would be best, but obviously very few people are going to have power meters on their hybrids or city bikes.
Barring that, if you have multiple data points that can be viewed side-by-side between the two bikes as measured by the bike computer, that would be OK.
Also, if you have a well fitted road bike and hibrid, side pictures showing you on that one in each of the 3 positions (bar, hoods, drops) along with one on your hybrid in riding position would be useful as well.
I know that Velonews had a very interesting article on rolling resistance; I'm heading there later to check it out.
FYI, I'm only looking for comparisons. I don't want to start a debate or conjecture as to why, I'm only looking for the facts.
The reason I ask is that there are probably at least a few hundred discussions about why Road Bikes are faster, but almost nobody has ever tested it and put a Road and Hybrid head to head. Sadly, many people blame the gears on a road bike, despite the fact that at max sustainable speed most people are not even close to their max hybrid bike gearing (seriously, on a flat road if I'm on a 48x14 and spinning 90RPMs, I'm going plenty fast enough, but that's just not going to happen), which is kind of my whole point in that there is a lot of "common sense" and "It's obvious" type statements that really don't hold water out there.