(In no way antagonistic)
Josh Poertner quotes around 500+ calories saved from the development of the 303FC + 28 Vittorias for Paris-Roubaix here: http://silca.cc/blogs/news
Obviously that's an edge case, and probably exaggerates the difference compared to a normal road race, but it's *something*. But, yes, the advantage of the full aero kit is going to be somewhere in between marginal while hiding in the pack to 25+ watts if you're off the front.
His general points agree with you as far as the advantages are there, but that margin is clouded when looking at actual race results (The Kaplan-Meier of biking, so to speak).
Tires/tubes help all the time, though. So if there is ever a good place to buy speed, it's there.
The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.
-Albert J. Nock
Josh Poertner quotes around 500+ calories saved from the development of the 303FC + 28 Vittorias for Paris-Roubaix here: http://silca.cc/blogs/news
Obviously that's an edge case, and probably exaggerates the difference compared to a normal road race, but it's *something*. But, yes, the advantage of the full aero kit is going to be somewhere in between marginal while hiding in the pack to 25+ watts if you're off the front.
His general points agree with you as far as the advantages are there, but that margin is clouded when looking at actual race results (The Kaplan-Meier of biking, so to speak).
Tires/tubes help all the time, though. So if there is ever a good place to buy speed, it's there.
The question of who is right and who is wrong has seemed to me always too small to be worth a moment's thought, while the question of what is right and what is wrong has seemed all-important.
-Albert J. Nock