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Originally Posted by benb
Good thing y'all are all 5% body fat and can keep your FTPs at 400+ watts all season since we're worrying about minutia.
Has anyone here ever actually rode A:B on the same bike with light wheels with ballast + heavy wheels so that the A:B both had the same total mass?
I can feel lighter wheels... to a point I agree they feel better.. but I sure have never ballasted a bike to do this test and it's so far down the list of things I am concerned about with performance it'll probably never happen.
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I was at 5% in my racing days, even if I missed the 400W - hope you forgive me but I think Pantani was at that level.
I've done a lot of mountain tt in that time ( I never was any good at it)
At speeds you average in a TT up the stelvio or the Giau or the Pordoi, aero doesn't matter, a Kilogramm less on the package rider&bike nets you a few seconds per 100hm, which may be the difference between finishing before or behind your best mate and.trust me, that counts.