The Free Speed Hack The Pros Are Hiding

What do the pros know that we don’t?
Last year, Sam Laidlow set the fastest bike split at the Ironman World Championship in Nice — and his wheel had a secret.
In this video, we’re diving into wheel balancing: a marginal gain that could improve your bike handling and save you time on the bike leg. We’ll explain the benefits of balancing your wheels, show you how to do it at home, and put it to a blind test to see if we can actually feel the difference.

00:00 What do the pros know that we don’t?
00:32 Should we all be using balanced wheels?
01:27 Why don’t manufacturers balance wheels?
03:25 Benefits of wheel balancing
06:14 Vibrational losses and hysteresis
07:49 What you could save on an Ironman bike leg
08:30 How to balance a wheel
14:51 Testing the wheels | Run 1
18:55 Run 2
21:53 Results & conclusion

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