"John Everett" <
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> On 17 Apr 2003 22:18:56 GMT,
[email protected] (Jon Isaacs) wrote:
>
> >>This all depends on how fast you're riding. The slower you go, the less aerodynamics makes a
> >>difference. C'mon down to Fiesta Island next week
and
> >>feel the difference between 35mph and 14mph.
> >
> >Been down there a number of times and ridden a number of wheels.
Actually
> >Andrew Coggan did a bit of analysis that showed that slower riders can
actually
> >save more time than faster riders with aerodynamic wheels. Besides
Fiesta
> >Island was last week end.....
>
> Fiesta Island is not like Brigadoon; it's there all the time. It was even there when I lived in
> SD. BTW, do you still have to shovel the drifts/dunes off the road sometimes?
>
Sometimes. That wind really whips over the sand... There's a spot on the windward side, over where
the Over the Line tourney is that is building up into the road again. I've been pinched off into the
barriers there before. Not too fun going ass over teakettle into a telephone pole.
Jon, I'm talking about the Thurs 6PM circuit training "race." 10 laps of fun with 100+ of your
closest friends. The back stretch tends to get up over 55kph fairly frequently... That's how I know
that my Cosmics are faster than my Grecals at speed.
I know the argument about saving more time, but at what point are aero wheels just big, heavy
wheels? 20mph, 15mph?
Mike