Originally Posted by
Cypress
Rolling resistance is trivial? Your tires are costing you 40+ watts more than my setup at 25 mph. A TT bike with a trispoke and a disc would barely make up that deficit... Your argument about being in the pack makes rolling resistance even more of an issue.
??? At 25mph, the hammerhead at the front of the pack is putting out 400 watts. At the back, we're eating little sandwiches and yakking about the movie we saw last night. 100 watts.
The only gaps occur during the climbs, at 10 miles per hour. Low profile carbon tubulars for the win.