Re: [CR] Wider = faster

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From: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>
To: "'Julian Shapiro'" <julianshapiro@gmail.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 20:24:20 -0700
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Subject: Re: [CR] Wider = faster


First, there's a big difference between coasting down a hill and a machine that appears to measure resistance. Second, there's a big difference between a mass bouncing on a seat and a measured resistance on a machine. So, I'm still on the unconvinced side of the fence. Which one of you wants to tell the current hot shoe that his Kilo record will be on a fat tire? DaveP

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-----Original Message----- From: Julian Shapiro [mailto:julianshapiro@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:21 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR] Wider = faster
>From Velonews:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tech-feature-the-work-of-wheel-energy

Further confirmation of what "our own" Jan Heine has been telling us for years.

Julian Shapiro in icy icy Sag Harbor, NY (where tires don't matter much on the mag-trainer)