Aerodynamics

The $1100 AeroCoach Wheel Hub: Crap Engineering, only surpassed by the Diabolical Customer Service
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The $1100 AeroCoach Wheel Hub: Crap Engineering, only surpassed by the Diabolical Customer Service

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The £900 AeroCoach Aeox wheel hub promised cutting-edge performance but delivered a masterclass in engineering failure. With garbage machining, grooves that weaken rather than strengthen, and a design doomed by radial lacing, it’s less a cycling component and more a £900 liability. Add in AeroCoach’s radio-silence customer service, and you’ve got a product that fails on every level. Want to see the disaster for yourself? Watch it implode literally, in this video.

LightBicycle Precision Disc Wheel
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Lightbicycle Full Disc Time Trial Wheel

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Lightbicycle is a well-established wheel brand from the Far East, renowned and widely distributed across the Western Hemisphere. They were among the pioneers to establish a dedicated service and sales centre in North America. In this review, I will delve into their Precision C21 full disc wheelset, which features a DT Swiss hub. Technical Points…

Aerocoach Aeox Titan Wheel Hub Failure
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Aerocoach Aeox Titan Wheel Failure

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One of my viewers recently shared some shocking photographs of an Aerocoach Aeox Titan wheel following an amateur time trial event in the UK. These images reveal a catastrophic failure that exposes serious flaws in the manufacturing and design of these so-called high-end cycling components. Aerocoach: Overhyped and Underperforming Aerocoach, a UK-based company, touts itself…

9 Velo CD55
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9Velo CD55 Wheel Review: Quiet, Well made and Fast

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9Velo is a relatively new company based in the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen. They are well versed in the manufacture of wheels with a claimed 50 years+ of combined engineering experience within the organisation. These CD55 wheels are the first to feature their new axial freewheel system which has up to 54 teeth of engagement. This is a well engineered wheelset and good value for money.

Ascent Polaris
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Ascent Polaris Wheel Review: Complete CRAP, Avoid them

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Introduction Ascent is a company based in Singapore who make a bicycle parts. A relatively young company, they have been around on the market for a few years. The wheels on tested were their Polaris with DT 180 hubs and carbon spokes. Ascent have stated their rims are made in China by a third party…

Real World Flow Cycling Aerodynamics
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Modern Real World Cycling Aerodynamics

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Cycling aerodynamics in recent times has been dominated by “wind tunnel data” used by vendors to highlight the benefits of their particular wheel or frameset. This data has often been shrouded in marketing spin accompanied by some lavish blurb about yaw angles. However, there has been a recent trend towards discounting this data or at…

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