Road Bike Wheels Aero Vs Weight
Using aero wheels has been found to reduce a cyclist s cda by 3 5 so if you generate 350w of power using aero wheels could see your speed on the flat rise from 44 6kmh to 45 4kmh an increase.
Road bike wheels aero vs weight. The irony was that there wasn t even much variation. For example if you compare enve s ses 2 2 climbing wheel with the ses 7 8 aero specific wheels there s actually only 332g of claimed weight difference between the two 1 110g against 1 442g. Throw some aero wheels and an aero handlebar on the oltre xr4 and the difference is still going to be a long way shy of 2kg. Welcome to the latest edition of road cc s buyer s guide to the best road bike wheels in which you ll find everything you need to know to find the right wheels for you plus our pick of 44 of the best road bike wheels.
The oltre xr4 aero road bike has a claimed frame weight of 980g and a fork weight of 370g a total of 1 350g. Updated january 27 2020. In the 1900s a racing bike weighed 13kg and by the 1950s this was down to around 10kg where it.