Aero Deep Dive in The Specialized Win Tunnel – Ask a Cycling a Coach 188
Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast - Presented by TrainerRoad
TrainerRoad
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Gain 50 watts in a single day!? We went to the Specialized Win Tunnel to find out how to get faster. Episode 188 of the Ask a Cycling Coach Podcast is live!
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TOPICS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
• What's so special about the Specialized Win-Tunnel?
• Are aerodynamics important?
• Pros vs Joes with equipment and performance
• How does going into the drops effect aerodynamics?
• Does bar length matter?
• How to shift your head to gain watts
• Why do some riders create a better drafts than others?
• Does sitting up with a tail wind help?
• Does optimizing aerodynamics make a difference on the draft?
• When do you not want to wear an aero road helmet?
• How to choose a bike based on your strengths
• Glasses and Beards - do they cause more drag?
• Head position on a road bike
• Does lateral movement decrease aerodynamics?
• Why are shaved legs faster?
• Why is the UCI beginning to crack down on sock length?
• Skin suit vs. skin tight race kit
• The evolution of wheel design
• Why aren’t mountain bikes aero?
• Does Nate’s “Franken Bike” make sense for gravel racing?
• Do downhill and enduro athletes benefit from aerodynamics?
• What effects do number plates have on aerodynamics?
• Aero bars vs. round bars
• Are hydration packs beneficial?
• Does Jonathan actually have a world class CdA?
• Do the UCI rules cause frustration for product engineers?
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST
• Specialized Win Tunnel Youtube Channel: bit.ly/2PlWqy2
• Specialized Venge: bit.ly/2ruU4n3
• Specialized Tarmac: bit.ly/2jXFYXg
• Specialized Evade helmet: bit.ly/2EdPqlJ
• Specialized Prevail helmet: bit.ly/2E0khkK
• Win Tunnel: To Beard or Not to Beard: bit.ly/1n4eACy
• Specialized Evade skin suit: bit.ly/2ATl1VH
• Specialized 321 Disk wheel: bit.ly/2ARLzGJ
• Specialized Epic: bit.ly/2QcKcx1
• Specialized Ambush helmet: bit.ly/2QDIpjL
• Specialized Aerofly Carbon Handlebar: bit.ly/2UhR62h
• Specialized Shiv: bit.ly/2QfjFPD
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the podcast. It's dedicated to making you a faster cyclist the ask a cycling coach podcast presented by trainer road |
| 0:05.4 | I'm coach Jonathan Lee here on the far end. Hopefully you can see me and with us today |
| 0:09.8 | As you can tell we're absolutely not in our normal studio |
| 0:12.3 | We are in the specialized wind tunnel and we have a few special guests with us. Chris you how you doing? |
| 0:18.1 | Doing well. Thanks for coming and visiting us. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for having us |
| 0:21.6 | We want to talk all about aerodynamic takeaways that people can put into place to get faster today |
| 0:26.2 | Whether it's adjustments to their gear their position anything else like that |
| 0:29.9 | So then hopefully be folks need it faster. What do you do it specialized? |
| 0:33.9 | So I lead a group called integrated technologies and you can think of it kind of like a a hodgepodge a different |
| 0:40.2 | R&D groups ranging from the traditional stuff like arrow and composites and structural analysis things like that all the way to human |
| 0:47.7 | Performance and feel the future thing so it's the teams that inform what our product groups create ultimately |
| 0:54.1 | Okay, yeah, that makes perfect sense and Dave how about you? |
| 0:57.0 | I guess intro yourself for you me and then also what you do here |
| 0:59.8 | Thanks. I'm I'm named Dave Kessel |
| 1:01.7 | I'm the leader of the component development here primarily focused on |
| 1:05.5 | Revol and all of our categories within the revolve brand as well as development with power cranks and some cockpit items |
| 1:12.4 | Okay, perfect. Yeah, that makes sense |
| 1:14.4 | So you guys are good ones to have to talk about all this stuff and we're a hero nerds |
| 1:19.4 | Yeah, right we're nerds too, so it's perfect |
| 1:21.8 | I guess getting straight into this let's describe I guess a little bit of the background on the wind tunnel and people can go by the way to |
| 1:27.9 | YouTube.com slash. I am specialized |
| 1:29.6 | I think or perhaps it's just specialized but you can find it on there and you can see all the different videos you guys have done |
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