And handcut jorts with long & flowing fringe, right? 
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You’ll beat sunrise on Sunday for sure. 
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with flip-flops. Flip-flops are crazy aero.
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I’ll do it
Seriously, don’t temp me. But gotta get the Shimano SPD ones; I have standards.
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They should’ve brought a sasquatch of a dude in and done a before/after of leg shaving 
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I’d love to see the “sasquach, 1mm of growth, and clean fresh shave” chart.
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Powered by the Spirit of Gravel right there.
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You don’t need to hold erg-like power.
This is nuts!
Look at the size of that chainring 
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Reminds me of a famous old story of one of the best multisporters. He was a real “marginal gains” and innovator kind of guy. He climbed into this thing in transition for the final bike leg of the Coast to Coast in 1990.
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In general, things that hit the air first (handlebar, front wheel, helmet) are stackable but things that sit behind something get influenced by the air coming off the thing in front. The classic example is rear wheels: the same rim/spoke/tire combo gets you a bigger aero improvement on the front wheel than on the rear wheel, so you can’t just double the aero gain if you have two identical rims/tires/spokes front and rear.
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Show me your ways! I’m simply holding steady power (“erg-like”), changing positions, and seeing minor .2-.4mph speed differences in real-time on my bike computer.
And level up by riding with Reef ‘bottle opener’ sandals!
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My favorite (and now sadly gone) bike bag brand offered something called the 4-Deep that strapped to the underside of the downtube and could carry 4-12oz cans of any beverage of your choice.
I should have snagged one before they shut down.
Although, looks like it would be disastrous for aerodynamics according to the above video.
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I’d like to have seen him test the hydration pack under the aero suit. Obviously not functional for Unbound, but very viable for some shorter races.
Also, I wish he’d stop promoting the stuffing about with number plates. As he said, it’s the same 10W for everyone 
. It’s also against the rules at most MTB races (and I assume many, if not all gravel ones).
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Trying to hold power or speed constant works for some people, especially if they’re comparing big changes in drag, and the computation demands are much simpler. However, the smaller the change in drag you’re trying to measure, the more careful you have to be about holding your power or speed exactly constant. In that kind of situation, it’s sometimes so much trouble keeping power/speed constant that it’s easier just to let them vary, then bite the bullet and do the damn calculations when you get back home. So if what you’ve been doing works for you, keep doing it; but if it doesn’t then load it into Golden Cheetah and let that do the calculation for you.
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I love my new Nextie AGX45 rims. I am not as aerodynamically dogmatic and am running 40mm tires that balloon out to 42mm. Am curious to see wind tunnel results for these rims, but love how they ride (and sound) and handle in cross winds.
These were great at Croatan 150. I tempered any aero advantage by adding fenders, but my backside sure appreciated this.
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Silca and Shimano Spyre socks are the only cycling socks worth a damn.
If 40c are more Aeros (and confirmed with the Chung method by the Silca road to Emporia series - even with its flaws - I mean how he performed the test), then I don’t understand why he bought so much Pathfinders in 47c saying that with his extended testing bigger was faster…
In regards to the hydration pack… a hot sweaty back that prevents heat loss… you may gain aero but is wearing a pack really an advantage? (Obviously lots of factors regarding wearing a pack or not, most importantly dehydration).
He said they were doing separate tests on the RR to make sure they had data on both components of tyre drag. Presumably this testing will take road surface into account (unlike BRR).
Also anecdotally, this year there are only two events where I’m planning to run a wider tyre and it’s mostly because the events are short enough that we’re likely to spend more time riding in packs and following wheels closely. So for me it’s about puncture protection rather than tyre drag of any kind. Dylan alludes to this in the video when talking about 35s.
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