CW Aero Wheel Test

fish156

So in this week's Cycling Weekly there's a test of "£1K deep-section carbon wheels".

They take 10 pairs of 50mm deep section wheels and test weight, inertia, lateral rigidity, opposite displacement, frontal stiffness & friction torque.

Surely one of the main criteria for chosing a pair of aero wheels is, er how aero they are? - just about the only thing they don't test :roll:

rozzer32

They probably weren't prepared to pay £600-£1000 an hour for wind tunnel time.

cougie

And outside of the testing lab - could you tell a difference in their speed due to their aero performance ? The aero differences between them are probably too small to notice in the real world.

maddog 2

surely all that matters is how cool they look...

napoleond

maddog 2 wrote:

surely all that matters is how cool they look...

This. And without a hint of sarcasm too!

cougie

If only we knew were we could get extra cool decals to put on them though..........

napoleond

I heard eBay is a good source but it's just unproven rumour.

fish156

cougie wrote:

And outside of the testing lab - could you tell a difference in their speed due to their aero performance ?

The differences will be small, that's why you need the controlled environment of a lab.

cougie wrote:

If only we knew were we could get extra cool decals to put on them though..........

Perhaps if someone has any, they could post some photos? Sounds Ezy enough to me.

ugo.santalucia

The most important criteria is how much advertising space they offer...
I suggest to sell some to recoup some of the investment... If you cycle in busy areas I can see that becoming a business