AngrySaki wrote:
Yes, wheels with more inertia would micro accelerate slower, but they would also micro decelerate slower as well so all it wouldn't change the power requirements, it would just make the bike feel a bit different.
If it's accelerating slower, then it's changing the power requirements. Because reaching the desired velocity will either require more power or more time vs. a lower-inertia wheel. It might not change average power over a long period of time
Your super high inertia wheels as flywheel might be OK on a pure constant-power time trial. But they wouldn't be any fun in a criterium or technical road race. Or even a technical TT. You'd get killed coming out of every corner. And and much of that energy wouldn't be recovered - you'd brake it away coming into the next turn. It'd also make braking more intensive.