devashish_paul wrote:
Thanks for your detailed response. I would think that moving out of Covid19, track racing will fall into the same category as swim meets. Lots of people indoors with a few athletes racing. I think we will get there so you guys will be back on the track. We have had world wars get in the way of sport and then its all restarted later. Human spirit won't let all this die off. Our memories of misery are short on all fronts. Just give it time.
As for US record, your attempts, I assume wider pad width gives you more control in terms of traveling too far on each lap but an aero penalty. In terms of TTing and puttind down power and aero position, I think your weight is around the same as Chris Boardman's was and you're 15 cm taller? So someone like Chris would have a major aero advantage (shorter legs, shorter torso)? By the way, what crank length were you going to use. Shorter cranks to get more aero, or lengths like the former winners (I suppose 175 on you is like 165 on Boardman anyway). And what gearing and RPM would you have been targeting.
One more question, on the helmet front. Back in the day Boardman, Rominger and others just used fairings. I assume the helmets required for use today are normal aero helmets with more frontal than old school fairnings and more aero drag. What is the thinnest frontal helmet that current guys can get away with?
172.5. I've done a lot of testing and I think that's the right length for me. 172.5 was clearly better than 175. But 170 seemed pretty clearly worse. I'd target right around 100rpm, which is now fairly comfortable for me. So 100rpm targeting 53.1km. I'd have to do the math on that, but I think that's likely 108" or so? Maybe 106" (So 60x15 or 59x15). But yeah, being 6'3" is not "ideal" for track racing...
On helmets, the POC Tempor seems the pretty clear champ on the track. It's got a ton of fairing. It doesn't have tiny FA, but it does do an amazing job of filling in the gaps.
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