@CyclingResearch "The authors declare no conflict of interest"...ummm, except for the fact that they represent Classified Cycling?? LOL Also, "results" figure looks a bit light, if you will...just one gearing combo compared? No mention of chainline effects (I don't think that's in Spicer model)?
@cyclesetforme@CyclingResearch It was NOT...and the reasoning behind not doing the Pre-CP5 "blowout" is a bit specious IMO. You aren't testing the validity of the test if you don't actually do the full test <sigh>
@cyclingraptor @daniellloyd1@colly20061 Because the don't actually work...(to quote the headline of a really good article on the subject) "because your body won't let them". In short, too many degrees of freedom in the leg. They just cause your ankle to flex differently so that the main driving muscles work the same.
@velovelovelo__ Put 2 (or 3?) chainrings on the front and then the cassette won't have to move as far laterally to keep a straight chain-line <LOL>
@pbljung@dcrainmakerblog I wonder how long the sample times are in the "speed sweep" tests they describe in that link? IME, one needs to "warm up" the tire for quite a long time (in the range of 5-10 minutes) to account for tire warmup, since Crr drops with ^ temps. If samples short, Crr falsely high.
@bikesnobnyc AKA "Standard Reach"...as in what was the norm. Yeah, it irks me to no end when people claim "disc brakes were necessary so we could run wider tires". So dumb.
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@csmayhew You use the term "wear out" loosely...and yeah, it's maddening having to throw away perfectly good shorts otherwise because of wimpy quality of a single panel.