Aero helmet v. aero wheels

I've read that if your body position is off, an aero helmet can make no difference at all.

Seriously, don't get sucked into the "Aero Hype".  Aside from working on your aero body position,  aero wheels and an aero helmet will only gain you seconds ; whereas training smart and consistently and focusing on your nutrition to shed pounds of unwanted body fat will yield you huge chunks of minutes.   

For those of us who spend most of our time in aeroposition staring down at our front wheel, aerohelmets aren't all that aero.... I'll be getting wheels before the helmet.

Brian

If you're spending most of your time in aeroposition staring down at your front wheel, you may want to get a better fit before you get the wheels.

Wheels will always provide benefit. Helmet might provide benefit as long as you don't look left, right, down or behind you.

So you look like a really cool alien?  LOL

I'd get aero wheels, but I'd be a lot less aero with the bike embedded in my anatomy, once my wife figured out how much they cost. 

Exactly. If you can't hold your head up to see then our fit may be too aggressive, or just wrong.

Kind of scary to realize you're on the same course with people staring at their front wheel and not what or who is in front of them. But I guess there are plenty of other things to be scared about if you really knew.

I find it interesting that the two BTers I know who have had wind tunnel tested were more aero in their regular helmets than aero helmets.

It says to me position is critical for aero helmets to be helpful. Those guys on the tours doing TT most all have wind tunnel testing and their  TT position is something they ride less than an hour not like us doing HIM or IMs.

I have an aero helmet wore it for a couple of races that I had done in the past. My power was higher or the same with the aero helmets but I was slower so I no longer use it. It seems I fit with the two BTers faster in regular helmets confirmed by wind tunnel testing.

I've just recently taken it to a whole nother level...

I"ve put an aero helmet on my aero wheels...

In general, I don't think aero wheels are lighter.

only when worn as a codpiece