The trend was the that Rudy helmets for the most part were solid mid pack performers, again YMMV.
After seeing the trends, when I see people racing with a Rudy aero helmet, my thought now is that for 80% of the people it's not the fastest helmet. But is the person I'm racing against in the 20% or the 80%?
Now the flip side of that is that the Selector wasn't always the fastest helmet either. You could wonder the same thing about the people you are racing who are wearing the Selector.
It's been said multiple times on here but is worth repeating. Unless you are going to do field testing or aero testing when you put on your aero helmet, you don't know if it's helping you a little or it's helping you a lot. Unfortunately my custom painted Rudy Wingspan is an aero brick on me. On you it could be The helmet or it could not.
The wingspan was talked about a bit more earlier in this thread iirc.
I think if you are planning on testing it's Position 1st, helmet 2nd then clothing or storage and then switch them. You need to carry fluid and food. Personally I' waiting on buying any aero clothes for LC racing until later this year. I strongly suspect there is a lot in development right now and waiting a few months may be the smarter option.
On the velodrome, since it's close to zero yaw, all wheels are going to do well. IMO there is enough data out there on wheels, that testing a wheel is a wasted run. I'd personally use that run to answer other questions.
EDIT: I see Heath was typing at the same time I was. Now you've got 2 different opinions on what to test. Not trying to confuse the issue, each person has different testing needs & priorities.
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After seeing the trends, when I see people racing with a Rudy aero helmet, my thought now is that for 80% of the people it's not the fastest helmet. But is the person I'm racing against in the 20% or the 80%?
Now the flip side of that is that the Selector wasn't always the fastest helmet either. You could wonder the same thing about the people you are racing who are wearing the Selector.
It's been said multiple times on here but is worth repeating. Unless you are going to do field testing or aero testing when you put on your aero helmet, you don't know if it's helping you a little or it's helping you a lot. Unfortunately my custom painted Rudy Wingspan is an aero brick on me. On you it could be The helmet or it could not.
The wingspan was talked about a bit more earlier in this thread iirc.
I think if you are planning on testing it's Position 1st, helmet 2nd then clothing or storage and then switch them. You need to carry fluid and food. Personally I' waiting on buying any aero clothes for LC racing until later this year. I strongly suspect there is a lot in development right now and waiting a few months may be the smarter option.
On the velodrome, since it's close to zero yaw, all wheels are going to do well. IMO there is enough data out there on wheels, that testing a wheel is a wasted run. I'd personally use that run to answer other questions.
EDIT: I see Heath was typing at the same time I was. Now you've got 2 different opinions on what to test. Not trying to confuse the issue, each person has different testing needs & priorities.
Brian Stover USAT LII
Accelerate3 Coaching
Insta
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desert dude: Jan 25, 14 6:09