desert dude wrote:
Tri_Joeri wrote:
desert dude wrote:
Joeri I'm happy to do a new test. There was talk of this a year or so ago. I figure besides bikes wind tunnel costs would be ~ $8k.
I'd also like to do something where we get 3-4 people including at least 1 female to give a wider range of expected savings. That's going to be more $$$.
Happy to run the testing, it's the sourcing of bikes, matching coordinates for bike only testing, and all the little things that go on behind the scenes to get the bikes ready to load on the platform. IIRC it was 2 people working for a solid 6-7h setting the bikes up to match the coordinates as closely as we did.
Last time donations did not cover the cost of testing, Kiley came out of pocket a few grand and we reduced our rates some. If I factored in all the hours I put into it pre test I probably made ~$5/hr, maybe
Fully understand! The cost is considerable and that is even without the (more than just) good will of guys like you.
I guess something needs to be setup first to see what kind of "budget" can be put together via donations and so on and also people willing to participate and bring bikes to be tested.
In the end, a lot of people will read this.. Probably a lot that don't chime in at first and contribute..
People from the timetriallinguk forum, people from the trainerroad or weightweenies forum. A lot of them are readers here as well and there are a lot of threads on the latest and greatest with regards to aero. Perhaps interest needs to be created there as well.
I'm more than happy to talk with anyone who wants to get this started.
I can remember sitting in the control room, everyone was huddled around the monitors, the naysayers were naysaying, reps from certain bike brands were trying to influence my testing protocol to favor their bike, my stress level was through the roof. Kiley came through on his first run and was so rock solid, i felt a little stress bleed off. When he did it again I was F yeah MFer! Way to go! He was baller all day long.
In fact kiley was so solid each and every run that one of the reps actually feel asleep during the testing!
then the after test shite started with a bike brand who felt the test was flawed. That was a whole other ball of wax I didn't see coming..sigh.
Like I said though, happy to chat and would 100% do it again
Roughly speaking, how much would this cost if the bikes were provided by owners free of charge? I'd be willing to donate $25 to 40, but probably not more. If it is within reach if we get _______ people to donate $25 to _____ I think it would be really cool to see the results.