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  • Happy to be corrected if I got the numbers wrong

    Well, you got the function wrong at first pass, but I see you managed to correct that while I was composing my post :)

  • Yeah sorry.

    I did it the oter way round. Assuming Area of 2.5 to get reasonable velocities, reducing cda by 0.2, which might be achievable (?). I'd save 4 ish hours, at 150 Watts, which would be around total average.

    Perhaps it's worth it...

    But then again, you can't be ve

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    ry aero optimised, as position needs to be comfort first.


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  • then again, you can't be very aero optimised, as position needs to be comfort first

    I think that's where road racers are going to be resistant to position changes for aero, if they have 100,000 miles under their belt in a position which they know works for six hours at a time, it's going to be a hard sell to move them, and problems caused by the new position could take weeks or even months to become apparent.

  • Assuming Area of 2.8 to get reasonable velocities, reducing cda by 0.02

    ftfy, and I think you have your Cd about 3 times too low and your A about 3 times too high, not that it matters for these purposes but Cd of ~0.3 is modern car territory, not safety bicycle.

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