Subject: RE: Aero helmet v. aero wheels Unless your training wheels are clinchers and your aero wheels are carbon tubular. My 999 set up is actually lighter than my clincher Kysriums. As for the helmet ..... it is all about positioning. And going "tail up" is actually supposed to be more of the way to do it. Aside from closing up the front, it also negates the vents that all the aero helmets have and the air flows smoother around it. I would even venture that THAT is what gives Garmin-Slipstream (Chipotle no longer is a main sponsor) the extra wattage and is why many tape over the vents (which really is not allowed in USAT stuff) and not so much the "closing up." The best way to "close up" has been banned by the UCI - the Landis/Leipheimer "Praying Mantis" position. In fact, every time someone comes up with a better mousetrap the worthless UCI bans it ....... (Obree's first hour record position and then the "Superman" position he came up with after that). |