ttusomeone wrote:
BryanD wrote:
Tom A. wrote:
Imagine if the rim version had better integrated brakes built into the fork (like a Madone, for example)...
They would still suck.
:) I know this is a joke, but I think an accurate response would be "that would suck".
The R5 isn't meant to be an aero bike, it's meant to be an all-around race bike. A better question would be how would the aerodynamics change on the S5 if they integrated the brakes - I've got to imagine they've done testing on this and determined the gains are minimal.
I can say I'm glad the R5 has standard brakes, because it makes swapping wheelsets much easier.
And yet, they keep improving the aerodynamics of it...I think the claim is the R5 is ~.010 m^2 CdA improvement over the old one...so, it's not like they ignore it ;-)
In any case, the point is that of ANY of the models of bike that would have a CHANCE for the disc model to be the equal in aerodynamics to well appointed rim model, it would be the R5/R3 models...and yet, it didn't.
So much for the idea that they were pushing in the P5X intro that switching to discs allow them to make the overall system more aero :-/
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