Must have been done already. I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch... 😕
Somewhere, someone just punched a kitten....
Can't be arsed to watch it but why is the guy looking like something out of Predator??
Measuring oxygen intake. Abandoned halfway through pt 1.
So what's the upshot?
So what's the upshot?
Didn't get as far as the climax.
Fnarr
29er fastest overall
26er fastest on descents (but takes more arm movement)
27.5 fastest at nothing...
How much does each size make the trail come alive?
29er fastest overall
26er fastest on descents (but takes more arm movement)
27.5 [s]fastest at nothing...[/s] perfect compromise and makes the trails come alive
8)
Edit: beaten to it!
Yep, bin dun
Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of testing equipment to arrive at a conclusion they could have achieved with a stopwatch.
Yeah I've watched this
To be fair to them they don't appear to be pushing an agenda, they genuinely seem like they are trying to get good data on the subject.
The outcome is "not statistically significant" but measurable.
You would probably get similar difference using different tyres.
I'll not be throwing my 26" Superlight away just yet though, but nor am I that fussed that my next bike will be a different wheel size (other than the obvious ball ache of part compatibility)
ultimately inconclusive and underpowered test but it gets a lot of youtube hits