Training my tail off and have also purchased many of the aero items in this video! Aero helmet, socks, front hydration system, behind-seat hydration system and also shaved! If I can save 10-40 watts over a 116mile ride before the 26.2mile run, I’m all in! Love the channel.
@@DigininjaRobin That would normally be the case, but the Chattanooga Ironman boasts a 116 mile cycle course. If I stopped in Chatty at 112 and headed to T2, I’d be dq’d! 😜
Great video Mark 👍. One more for consideration: a latex inner tube if running clincher tyres....lighter, faster, a few watts saved, lower rolling resistance and a little more comfort 👌
yes, exactly. For example without the upgrades for holding 30 kph you have to hold 220W, and with the upgrades its just 180W for 30kph. I tried that in the real world multiple times with my powermeter. Aerobars are ridiciously efficient...
I've just swapped the aero bottle that came with my TT bike for a normal round bottle as I figured I'd rather be able to grab any old bottle from an aid station. It may lose me some watts but being able to drink is more important. I'll look at the behind the saddle option but I'm not very coordinated so that probably won't work for me.
I have a tip for spares and/or nutrition items, storage. - I have the topeak fastfuel tribag. - i attach it on the top tube, front side back. - i put spares or nutrition and i glide it under the top tube. - then the bag sits nicely and aero behind the front triangle of the frame. - when i want a gel, i slide it up take the gel and slide it back under the top tube.
If that was for the clip on aero bars, it's your body position that the bars allow that saves power. It's a massive difference in frontal area, and probably the single most important change mentioned here.
Big fan of the EzGains products!! Use both the disc cover and the chainring cover and love them, also look sick 😂🔥 They’ve got an aero derailleur cover on the way…
I done the bar change, went from a 44cm to a 38cm. Massive jump but well worth it for me who’s aero obsessed Great tip on the padding too, I’ll be doing this with my Giro helmet
It's a pity you didn't showcase the hydration system from Stealthparts that was on your table. The company is really impressive - you can meet the two founders at various events, and the hydration system itself is seamlessly integrated, providing aerogains
I've been using Michelin Power Time Trial tires and for a fraction of the price they're Corsa Speed fast!!! They have though much better tire puncture protection and paired with latex tubes it's the smoothest most responsive fastest tire/tube set I've ever used!!!
For anyone wondering about clip-on aero-bars: I'm currently using them, but they aren't as good as they sound: note at 3:01 how close to his chest his knees are: they are really closes up your chest because of the road bike geometry, where the saddle is not directly over the cranks like on a triathlon bike. Yes there is a huge aero savings there but at a huge power output/efficiency of movement cost. I use them on downhill sections where aero is more important than power, but they are really limited in their usefulness (in truth, they mostly hold grocery bags). That said, I've already decided I'm keeping the aero drops and clip-ons when I upgrade: I very much prefer having both brakes and shifters co-located on technical sections, and once I'm on the aero-bars I'm not messing with my gears at all, so I've decided to keep that layout moving forward. Hope this helps someone out.
@@sail5820 That's my point: a dedicated road bike will never push the seat forward enough to get a good TT position: you're just better off accepting it, and using it the way it was designed to be used.
That's not entirely correct. I have a Specialized Roubaix endurance bike with clip on TT bars and can put out just as much power as when on the hoods. 90 mins on the TT bars at 270 watts average..... Which is near my FTP power.
To be more clear, an exponential function is where the variable is the exponent (for example, the r-values that determine how fast a virus spreads) . The drag function does not have a variable exponent, as the exponent is always 3, it is instead the value under the exponent that is variable (the rider's speed). That is called a power function, specifically in this case a cubic power function. @@markthrelfall3577
