
are helmets or no helmets more aero?
now i'm not talking about aero tt helmets or anything, just regular ones
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toolonglegs wrote:No helmet and shaved head is more aero... Don't forget the skin suit and bootie covers
Postby skull » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:25 pm
liquor box wrote:toolonglegs wrote:No helmet and shaved head is more aero... Don't forget the skin suit and bootie covers
Would a bald head actually be more aero?
If your head was dimpled then it might be aero
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Postby Nobody » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:35 pm
Yes, because it has a smaller frontal area than with a helmet.liquor box wrote:Would a bald head actually be more aero?
Postby toolonglegs » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:36 pm
liquor box wrote:toolonglegs wrote:No helmet and shaved head is more aero... Don't forget the skin suit and bootie covers
Would a bald head actually be more aero?
If your head was dimpled then it might be aero
Postby toolonglegs » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:38 pm
Nobody wrote:Yes, because it has a smaller frontal area than with a helmet.liquor box wrote:Would a bald head actually be more aero?
Gets in before the lock...
Postby Nobody » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:40 pm
Postby Nobody » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:43 pm
We probably won't find out either as I'm expecting this to be locked as soon as a mod realizes. Maybe Warthog1 can tell us. He's also got one of those funny looking things.toolonglegs wrote:Yes a head has a smaller frontal area... but a TT helmet fills in the dip of the neck... so I am not sure if a good aero helmet ( which suits the riders position ) plus a visor is more aero than just a head. I will leave that to ALex.
Postby greyhoundtom » Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:47 pm
Nobody wrote:I forgot my helmet one day and it took me about 10 minutes or more to realize before I turned back. Definitely felt and appeared on the computer to be faster than normal.
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Mulger bill wrote:Lock? Naaah...
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Postby warthog1 » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:33 pm
Nobody wrote:We probably won't find out either as I'm expecting this to be locked as soon as a mod realizes. Maybe Warthog1 can tell us. He's also got one of those funny looking things.toolonglegs wrote:Yes a head has a smaller frontal area... but a TT helmet fills in the dip of the neck... so I am not sure if a good aero helmet ( which suits the riders position ) plus a visor is more aero than just a head. I will leave that to ALex.
Postby Nobody » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:35 pm
Yeah, it looks less high on the head, but it appears to be a Euro specific helmet as it has next to no vents. It's going to be 36 deg C here tomorrow. I couldn't wear it without having to stop to wash the sweat out of my eyes. Maybe a winter specific helmet? Probably more aero than the winter specific one below.toolonglegs wrote:It is actually a fair question... and the reason giro have come out with these.
Postby Nobody » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:43 pm
Must be the helmet because as you have the good idea to hide your identity, I don't know what you look like.warthog1 wrote:What, funny looking head or helmet![]()
I didn't bother to watch too much of the TdF this year as it was so boring. The Sky train made it so. So I only watched it when I was on night shifts. I think I missed the helmets. Got a pic?warthog1 wrote:I reckon TLL is right as an aero helmet correctly worn should smooth the air flow off the back of the scone.
Then again my funny looking, clapped between two bricks head, has a pretty small frontal area, so I don't know. Plus look at those non pointy helmets Sky were wearing at the tdf this year
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