Watching the Giro Stage 1 coverage, and they were talking about the BMC guys wearing booties that save 8-10 watts. Ridiculous or possible? Seems unlikely to me.
-C
Only if their cycling shoes look like this…
Other than that, 8-10 watts from using booties seems optimistic.
Brad
I would totally wear those.
Quite the opposite. If I get any booty right before (or during) a race, my watts go way down. Perhaps it’s the dehydration?
I would ride more if cycling shoes looked like that. And felt like that.
Quite the opposite. If I get any booty right before (or during) a race, my watts go way down. Perhaps it’s the dehydration?
its all in your head
I think it’s a very shoe-dependent thing. BMC racing doesn’t seem to have a specific shoe sponsor, and so I assume the riders choose what shoes they want to wear (Cadel Evans wears Gaerne; George Hincapie wears Northwave).
8-10W could be for shoes with more stuff on them; the buckles and stuff, but I really don’t think shoe covers really make that much of a difference; you’d have to worry about the additional rotating weight with the shoe covers on.
Quite the opposite. If I get any booty right before (or during) a race, my watts go way down. Perhaps it’s the dehydration?
The thread is clear. Booties.
More then one!
I think he meant to say the skinsuit and bootie combination
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I think it’s a very shoe-dependent thing. BMC racing doesn’t seem to have a specific shoe sponsor, and so I assume the riders choose what shoes they want to wear (Cadel Evans wears Gaerne; George Hincapie wears Northwave).
8-10W could be for shoes with more stuff on them; the buckles and stuff, but I really don’t think shoe covers really make that much of a difference; you’d have to worry about the additional rotating weight with the shoe covers on.
Sigh…
No.
I’ve seen some “interesting” power numbers in the past couple of months. Speed play advertised something like 10watts…for pedals…
…although when I use my snowboard boots with ductape to platforms, it does slow me down a little.
Seems a little high but might be possible. I know from back calculating CdA one of my friends can tell the difference between unzipped and zipped booties on a calm day just from the power and gps data.
I think it’s a very shoe-dependent thing. BMC racing doesn’t seem to have a specific shoe sponsor,
most teams don’t have a shoe sponsor, riders themselves have contracts with shoes companies. The same goes for sunglasses, MOST riders have their own contract with a particular company.
*and so I assume the riders choose what shoes they want to wear (Cadel Evans wears Gaerne; George Hincapie wears Northwave). *
Cadel used to wear Gaerne, now he wears Diadora.