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Inside Road Cycling's Only Independent Bike Testing: Tour Magazine Special
Inside on worlds only independent, objective bike testing, Tour Magazine. Today we are joined by head of engineering Robert Kühnen, as we unpack their testing process and the results they have discovered over the last 20 years of testing.
Chapters
00:00 intro
00:20 What Is Tour Magazine?
2:09 What Bikes To test?
3:09 How Are Tests Performed?
6:41 Turbulent Air?
7:42 Standard Set Ups
8:39 Fastest Bikes
11:51 Different Builds Tested
15:17 Disc vs Rim In Tunnel
17:39 Consistency Of Data
18:30 Features Of fast Bikes
19:47 Fastest Bikes 2023
26:06 Brands Own Aero Claims
27:50 Stiffness Testing
31:31 Traits Of A Stiff Bike
37:57 Testing Results Effect Reviews
40:25 How To Access Data?
42:40 Testing Groupsets
47:06 How Do Wheels Effect Results?
49:22 Best Performing Wheels
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