Subject: RE: aerojacket and hills For the vast majority of races, use the wheel cover. There's only a very few circumstances where it may not be beneficial.... extremely hilly courses (especially with longer and steeper grade where weight can actually be a factor ), extremely technical courses (where you have lots of accelerations and next to no flat/straight sections ). As long as you have a deeper front, you can ride the disc in most conditions. If you don't then, you may feel side winds pushing you around (I know this sounds backwards, but a deeper front will stabilize the disc in the rear as the pressure is equalized across the entire bike ).
How hilly is extremely hilly? It kind of depends how much you ride hills... Living in NH, we race in hilly conditions all the time and as long as the climbs are less then 5-6 miles at 8-10%, I would ride my disc... |