[quote]and I hope that the Shootout 2.0 will happen some day[/quote]
we're willing to do Shootout #2. You bring the bikes and a suitcase of unmarked 10s & 20s, we've got the expertise! Plus I've thought of 2-3 things that I'd do differently that would help shrink the standard error.
I suspect 99% of people have zero idea how many hours went into this before we ever arrived at the tunnel. It wouldn't surprise me if it was 10x the number of hours spent testing.
1 change on 1 bike often = a change on every bike to match things up.
One thing re: Ventum. The numbers we got in this test are the best wind tunnel numbers Ventum has ever gotten in a tunnel, at least up until this test.
I suspect part of that is bc Faster (RIP) where they tested was so narrow you got drag from the walls, so short that airflow didn't reform behind the bike at yaw and no real way of allowing or observing consistency in rider position run after run after run.
If there is anything I'm most proud of is this test had smaller error bars with a rider than some bike only or mannequin only testing from some of the largest players in the tri/tt bike market in some of the best known wind tunnels in the world.
Brian Stover USAT LII
Accelerate3 Coaching Insta