Originally Posted by
JimiMimni
According to one of the engineers I work with, who knows some of the engineers at Felt:
In testing indoor velodromes show an average yaw angle of 2.5 degrees. Thus, they designed a bike that is most efficient at 2.5 degrees of yaw. Hence the left side crank, and everything else.
Yup. I believe it's about 8 degrees in the banks for a 250m track. This is why you don't mimic a leading riders line, but drift out slightly for the best draft. A miniscule echelon of sorts.