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Re: Bigham hour attempt- 19Aug [rruff]
Helmets are a whole other thing, but I recall Bigham also mentioned something regarding integration that was almost as surprising as the basebar being more aero than nothing at all. He said he's finding helmets are very "kit specific" for him, again something that mostly applies to the very controlled environment of an indoor velodrome. That shocked me though, as we know aero helmets are quite rider-specific for obvious reasons, but the skinsuit he's wearing? He was saying that depending on how a given kit fits with a certain material, and how much the helmet pushes airflow in that direction, he has to re-test his bin of fast helmets when he gets a newer, and presumably faster kit. I recall him saying the data can vary "a lot", which at this level maybe means a couple a watts!

I went to Manchester Track World Champs one year and roomed with Dean Phillips (3k Masters World Record holder) who has been extensively testing himself since 2003, back then I think he said with a PowerTap. From asking him endless questions, the main thing I gathered from him was that passing the "looks aero" test is just baseline, but from there you just have to test everything and in those details there can be surprising findings. So much of the outcome of those tests can be counter intuitive, but when applied almost always convey in results and faster times.
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