March 2021 - Page 2 of 2

Blog March 12, 2021

What’s the opposite of a mullet?

I can’t disagree with the assertion that it’s faster to put a deeper wheel in the front, because it’s right. But, as someone who’s a bit on the lighter side, the thought of putting an 88mm front wheel on the bike is WAY outside my risk tolerance. I’ve almost gotten swept on my 65mm wheels so often that I barely ride them; would just rather be that tiny bit slower (maybe) on…

News March 2, 2021

An interesting test, but I’m not convinced by the methodology

I haven’t ever thought about how rim width might impact rolling resistance (RR), so definitely kudos to BRR for testing that. But I’m not sold on the decision to adjust air pressure for comfort, and then make the conclusions that the author made. Just to be clear, the concern isn’t that the author decided to take comfort into account, but that they decided arbitrarily that it was a KEY metric, and that…