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DH racing is morally superior to F1 too
im confident that both the organizers and the competitors wouldnt go ahead with an event in a country that uses torture to repress its citizens
(id also like to think we wouldnt sell them weapons but our government sold out long ago)
eccelstone is a ****
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17038966 ]http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17038966[/url]
Except Trek World Racing did do some wind tunnel aero part testing specifically for information to use in DH racing
They're looking at using deep section carbon rims too. So that'll be tech they developed for the road then?
I've watched the last few seasons on Freecaster and it's been brilliant, proper edge of the seat stuff imo
As for the F1 comparison, who cares and the bigger question, why?
Those Trek wind tunnel sessions resulted in some rather half arsed looking "Aero mods" being run at one WC round from what I can remember, bits of modeling foam stuck on the bars and fork legs as fairing, and the V section wheels were just more bits of polystyrene stuck on at the rims for one run... We've not seen much of them on track since...
Of course it's not the first time a DH bike has been put in a wind tunnel, but Road and track cyclists were using tunnels and actually applying what they learned in races long before DH teams.
And yep Nicco proved the value of the odd well judged Aero tuck in DH over a decade ago...
The thing is the biggest Aero drag on any bike is the meat sack a'top the saddle, and since the UCi in their infinite wisdom ruled that teams can't make them anymore slippery and riders have to wear flappy, baggy, non-Aero clothing, there's not really any point in trying to make the rest of the bike cut through the air more efficiently is there?
In "F1 terms" it would be a bit like the FIA insisting that next season every car had to have the same bodywork as a 1988 Ford transit, not for any technical reason or to make the racing fairer, but simply so there that there was more space for sponsors logos... In fact thinking about it Bernie pushing that one through wouldn't really shock me...
Much more importantly wind tunnel testing gave a more accurate measure of what speed tucking instead of pedalling and thus resting became a better strategy on fast open sections.
What Cookeaa remembers was simply a PR stunt, clearly worked too?
Njee still clueless I see 😕
Hmmm, cos no one thought that bending over might be quicker...
GW, given the already mentioned laughable approach to aerodynamic pyjamas current in DH, I think you've lost this argument.