Virtual Wind Tunnel with Andrew Buckrell and Michael Liberzon | EP#47

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The Virtual Wind Tunnel is an exciting new innovation by Canadian startup STAC Performance, co-founded by Andrew Buckrell. It allows triathletes to get a complete, accurate aerodynamic analysis done in an affordable and convenient way, just by taking a few iPad scans and sending them to STAC for computational analysis, Joining Andrew and myself in the conversation is VWT-provider Michael Liberzon, who discusses the importance of combining aerodynamics with a good bike fit. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How the virtual wind tunnel works, and what happens from the second you step into a bike shop for an analysis to when you have your full report in your hands. -How you can benefit from using the VWT by comparing different positions, equipment, and even comparing your aerodynamic drag with that of other riders in STAC's database. -The importance of combining aerodynamics with a great bike fit. -How accurate the Virtual Wind Tunnel is, how it compares to actual wind tunnels, and potential limitations. -Case studies of pros and amateurs gaining big aerodynamic advantages from using the VWT. LISTENER QUESTIONS: If you have questions that you want me to answer on the show or off the show (in an email), send me your question via email or Twitter (contact information below). NOTES: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ SHOWNOTES: www.thattriathlonshow.com Send feedback, questions or just wanna chat? CONTACT me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Twitter - my handle is @SciTriat.

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0:00.0	That Triathlon Show, episode 47.
0:05.7	Hey, what's up everybody?
0:20.0	Welcome back to That Triathlon Show, the podcast presented by
0:24.6	Scientific Triathlon.com. I'm your host Michael, and if I sound a bit hurried today, it is because
0:32.7	I am. It's 5 to 10 here in the evening, and I'm about to go on a big bike ride or brick
0:39.9	workout tomorrow morning and today is a first day so it's workday tomorrow and I need to
0:45.8	get a three hour 30 minute workout in before work so that's not something that I usually do
0:51.7	which is why I'll record this intro and the outro
0:56.0	really, really quickly. And also the editing will be really quick. There might be some
1:03.3	sort of audio issues due to this. I don't have too much time. Unfortunately, this time to
1:09.5	to prove, edit everything down to the nth degree, but I hope that
1:15.1	it will be good.
1:16.2	And the actual episode itself is well worth listening to you.
1:19.2	The content is excellent.
1:20.4	We have with us, Andrew Bacroll from Stack Performance and Michael Lieberstson from X-Free Training talking about
1:30.5	the virtual wind tunnel, which is something that essentially allows you to get an aerodynamic
1:38.2	analysis on your bike position done on cheap, conveniently in any place where people can buy an iPad and
1:47.3	a depth analysis to analyze her to get to attach to that iPad.
1:53.4	But yeah, as I said, I'm trying to get to bed very soon to hopefully get my
2:01.6	seven hours of sleep that should be eight
2:04.3	and that will be 6.30 by the time I finish editing this episode
2:07.5	but anyways
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