Assuming you are heavier than your wife, then it is either tires, aerodynamic position, or tight/crappy bearings on your wheels (hub or freehub). It's pretty easy to figure out which. If you remove your wheels from the frame and take out the quick release skewers, you can feel the bearing situation by turning the hub axles with a light touch. If your freehub has extra drag, you should be able to see the chain drooping as you coast. You can swap tires to see if rolling resistance is your issue.peterk said:A bought her a pair of Blackset Race from BWW. I am noticing that she is rolling much faster than in the past. She actually is catching me on the downhills. Do bearings make that much of a difference?
Anything he gained by this would be negated by the fact that he would have to go back up where his wife got a pinch flat and change her tube out.Fogdweller said:I say, 80 lbs in her tires, 110 in yours. Problem solved.
If there's one thing I learned from the TdF this year, it was to attack on a mechanical.ziscwg said:Anything he gained by this would be negated by the fact that he would have to go back up where his wife got a pinch flat and change her tube out.
you calling her fat?ziscwg said:Anything he gained by this would be negated by the fact that he would have to go back up where his wife got a pinch flat and change her tube out.
But when coasting down a hill, MORE weight is an advantage. You have it backwards.cmg said:has to do with rotating weight. she has lighter tires/tube/rim tape/rims and better bearings than you. The BWW wheelset has a 380+gram rim. just look up/add up the weights and see the difference.
You're not saying, but if she's in your draft, she will always roll faster than you. On a decent downhill, a rider drafting very closely will actually have to apply some brake (or slide out into the wind) to keep from making contact with the rider in front. Experienced riders will use this to their advantage by establishing a constantly rotating paceline with extremely short pulls.peterk said:A bought her a pair of Blackset Race from BWW. I am noticing that she is rolling much faster than in the past. She actually is catching me on the downhills.
Usually much less than the placebo effect.peterk said:A bought her a pair of Blackset Race from BWW. I am noticing that she is rolling much faster than in the past. She actually is catching me on the downhills. Do bearings make that much of a difference?
Put some beefy slow tires and tubes on your bike and put some really nice tires and latex tubes on hers. Good tires would be Vittoria Corsa (and clones), Conti Supersonic, Challenge Criterium, etc.Snowonder said:Would she be faster on some ROLs or Neuvation training (i.e. non-race) wheel set? She has actually closed the gap over the last year, but a little more would be better for both of us. Any other suggestions?