Aerodynamics / Aerodynamic Cost / Aero parts

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Scilly.Suffolk in reply to @xavierdisley
A couple of points after listening to this Cycling Time Trial podcast with Mark Cote:
- are you using covers with buckled (?) shoes because that's what you had (in lieu of faster, uncovered shoes) or because that tests faster for you?
- that looks like a short (rather than a medium-short) tail lid, but your head doesn't look particularly low compared to your shoulders: is my idea of "low" off?
- when he says visors tend to test slower, does he only mean lids designed without visors or can I take the visor off my Kask K.31 for free speed?

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xavierdisley in reply to @Scilly.Suffolk

Road bike event - I was restricted on kit (so no full aero helmet). Every single piece of that setup has been tested, my CdA is ~0.280 like that. Shoe covers were faster.

Visors you need to test independently, it's too much of a generalisation to say that they're always quicker or always slower. If you look at the Specialized/McLaren visor attachment for their TT helmet it's no bloody wonder it's slower

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Scilly.Suffolk in reply to @xavierdisley

Thanks, much obliged.

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