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Although I generally agree, there are a couple of things that can have a big difference. Most obvious one being proper cycling shoes and cleat peddles. Big effi
by dabeeeenster 8y ago
Although I generally agree, there are a couple of things that can have a big difference. Most obvious one being proper cycling shoes and cleat peddles. Big efficiency gains there.
- cultus 8y agoOh for sure. Indexed shifting, better alloys, for example. There have been some major innovations, but most of what has come out in the last 10 years in road bikes hasn't been great. Lots of new BB standards that all creak, thinner chains, too few spokes, etc.
- gameswithgo 8y agoThere are certain spoke counts which have non trivial aerodynamic advantage. But going less than, I think it around 12? has greatly diminishing returns. Zipp had some good data on this years ago.
- gameswithgo 8y agoPeople have done power and efficiency tests with cleats vs flats, usually with no difference or minimal difference One such example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNedIJBZpgM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNedIJBZpgM