Looking at BBR it seems that if you can fit it, the Continental Race King Protection (50cm), is the best tire one can run when looking at the combination of rolling resistance, puncture resistance. A bit of a weight penalty but this tire seems to cover all the angles, on paper. I wonder if any ser…

I don’t think it’s just continental, rubber oxidizes as it ages, so old tires are probably slower, and they definitely become less grippy as they get older.

[image] ndart: The results confirm that the Super Race (purple in the plot below) is a faster casing than the Super Ground (red) Thank you. It makes me feel good about my purchase. I won’t be able to ride outside until late March.

Dylan Johnson released his 2024 sponsor and gravel bike: FB Link Partnering with @feltbicycles is me walking the walk and not just talking the talk. I know, I get up on my high horse a lot whenever the topic of gravel tires comes up (I think that just comes with racing gravel [😂]). Plain and simpl…

Yowzers… That seems like a step backwards to me, but he might not have had a choice… They must’ve ponied up some nice funds for him, and good for him, he’s worked for that and realistically this bike won’t affect his 16th-17th place finishes. But that frame is just hideous. It looks like an e-bike.…

[image] Upcountry: That seems like a step backwards to me, but he might not have had a choice… Didn’t he have to trim some of the side treads off a few different tires (700x47c Pathfinders, and I think maybe others) to get them to work with the Factor frame he was racing last year? I suspect …

[image] Upcountry: the cable routing that negates any aero advantage of the frame that they claim, Not likely…he is running it under stem and then dropping it down into the DT. There have been plenty of tests on similar cable routing options on tri bikes and there was almost no aero penalty …

[image] Power13: Not likely…he is running it under stem and then dropping it down into the DT. There have been plenty of tests on similar cable routing options on tri bikes and there was almost no aero penalty it. Your hands, arms and bars essentially block it from the wind. Yes, but it looks…

It may be so obvious that it’s presumed here and need not be explicitly stated, but doesn’t optimal wheel and tire selection depend on the terrain you will be riding in? In upstate NY where I am, the dirt roads are smooth and fast hard-pack. 700c wheels with narrower tires that have a continuous c…

[image] FergusYL: Didn’t he have to trim some of the side treads off a few different tires (700x47c Pathfinders, and I think maybe others) I feel like he did that for some minor aero benefit.

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