For bike racing, we know narrow bars are faster than wide ones, and we know taller rim are faster than shallow ones. But which one makes more of a difference at real gravel race speeds? I head into the wind tunnel in Indianapolis with Silca to find out.

Helpful links:
Best Bike Split - https://www.bestbikesplit.com/
Bicycle Rolling Resistance - https://www.bicyclerollingresistance....
Gribble calculator - https://www.gribble.org/cycling/power...
Zwift Insider Crr - https://zwiftinsider.com/crr/
Neal Henderson - https://apexcoachingco.com/gym_traine...
Podcast with Ryan Cooper - https://www.trainingpeaks.com/coach-b...

0:00 intro
6:21 context & tools
12:31 tipping point
15:52 results
20:13 double but why
22:10 6 takeaways

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