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homsie wrote:
Nice job, but I'm thinking that it usually comes down to rider strength, tactics, positioning and a bit of luck in crits.....versus your choice of a 404 or a disk. Personally, I wouldn't ever give up control for a little aero in a crit..

James

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Alright, I've gone through this thread and decided to chime in here. Clearly you discount the aerodynamic effects of a zip wheel. Fine, live with that. Don't, however, try to invalidate someone else's belief that it helped them. That is the wrong approach. When do pro's use disk wheels and why do they use them? Now that you have that thought running, consider the reason. Now see if it can be applied to a race among mere mortals. If your conclusion is that the aerodynamic advantage is too small to matter, fine, be that way. I repeat, do not invalidate another person's belief just because you believe differently. That is all I'm trying to say.

You may very well be right, but being right does not mean you are charged with correcting anyone who believes differently. On the other hand, you may be wrong. Just consider that, you just may be wrong.

None of us here have enough information to correctly analyze the effects the zip wheel had. We have no test data, we have no race data. We have not examined the video, pictures or commentary. All we have is the commentary of the man who used the wheel and feels it helped him win the race. Personaly, for me, that's good enough. I made a simple congratulation for a job well done. I'm not here to pick apart someone's personal analysis. It boils down to you just picking on someone else, IMOHO.

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