As title.
I have a flo 60 on the front. Where I live is very windy and the bypass I often ride up is very exposed and often has a cross headwind of about 45 deg.
I remember seeing old wind tunnel charts, like the old 808 which would get faster till 20 degrees and then suddenly stall.
Newer wheels like the flo claim to be more resistant to this.
Sometimes when I’m riding along this section it suddenly feels like the front wheel stalls, I can’t quite describe it but without a noticeable charge in wind or gust it suddenly feels like pedalling in sand.
If found it worse with a worn and flattened tire.
The other thing that I was wondering was it doesn’t seem to happen with my narrower wheel. I’ve always wondered if the flo60 was too wide for the p4 fork, it fits fine but the gap isn’t huge and I remember British cycling went to a very wide fork to open up this gap and allow the air to flow through.
Could the high yaw wind be making a load of turbulence at this point?
I have a flo 60 on the front. Where I live is very windy and the bypass I often ride up is very exposed and often has a cross headwind of about 45 deg.
I remember seeing old wind tunnel charts, like the old 808 which would get faster till 20 degrees and then suddenly stall.
Newer wheels like the flo claim to be more resistant to this.
Sometimes when I’m riding along this section it suddenly feels like the front wheel stalls, I can’t quite describe it but without a noticeable charge in wind or gust it suddenly feels like pedalling in sand.
If found it worse with a worn and flattened tire.
The other thing that I was wondering was it doesn’t seem to happen with my narrower wheel. I’ve always wondered if the flo60 was too wide for the p4 fork, it fits fine but the gap isn’t huge and I remember British cycling went to a very wide fork to open up this gap and allow the air to flow through.
Could the high yaw wind be making a load of turbulence at this point?