One thing the wind tunnel won’t quantify is the aero benefit of being able to brake for corners without getting out of position. Say you’re going downhill through rolling corners…
Depending on the course that benefit can be substantial and is additional to the headline saving.
I agree with this 100%. I do St. Anthony’s ever year and, by my count, there’s 23 turns where you have to get out of aero and on the brakes. If the MORF bar can save you 1 second per turn that’s 23 seconds which is about the equivalent time savings of ~5watts of drag reduction. That’s nothing to sneeze at!