Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
They weren't putting Zipp 404's on them. That's principally the disconnect. You save 10's of watts by spending $2500 on deep sectioned wheels,a nd then give back hundreds of watts with the bars.
that simply makes zero sense. People want to throw away their money like that, they're free to do so. I'm free to point out the gross inconsistency.
You can assume those numbers if you want to - its really just a guess on your part based on what you think you see. I'm perfectly willing to say I'm not sure wha'ts going on there but it has my curiosity up. I did note that the Felt, Giant and Pinerello all have cut down bars, some pretty long stems and a pretty extreme seat to bar angle. Without actually seeing the rider/bike combo on the track - it would be hard to say how aerodynamic the combined package was.