THE FASTEST TRIATHLON BIKES ON ZWIFT

The first of two Time Trail test to find the fastest aerodynamic frames on zwift.

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[TriathlonDan]

You said TRIATHLON! Here we go, Chris Pritchard Triathlon News Show 😁🤙

[leecoleman]

Chris slacking on the avatar change in the top right... 5:03 should be the Shiv Disc and 6:25 should be the P5X, but is still the Felt.
Just like to wind you up 😂 All your videos are great 👍🏻

[JessicaSeverin]

please include the free Zwift TT in the next test so we know how much we gain with any of the other TT bikes

[cianconnolly]

Test the TT helmet you can actually wear on your head. Can it make you any faster?

[bobbymac]

Pritch, the front of the Canyon Speedmax is an integrated water bottle. And that Canyon Speedmax was used by Jan Frodeno at Ironman World Champs last year, as well as Lionel Sanders, so it's fast. The Specialized Shiv Disc fairing on the back is also a water/ liquid reservoir, and the tubing goes through the frame to a straw that comes out of the stem. The Ventum also has a 1.8 litre water bottle built into the top tube frame. Us Triathletes need lots of nutrition for our 112 mile non-stop, non-drafting Bike leg.

[Nonprocyclist]

8:30 well let's see that draft comes to play... one thing got me wonder... is this is the faster bike comming from the TT bikes ... can the top 2 or 3 beat the road bikes as well? great vid CP.

[danielweatherspoon]

I actually paused the video to hit that like button, fucking mind control this like!

[ojhazelby]

2 accounts, use the meet up where you can only see those in your meet up. Set one off at your 360W steady and then get the other one on his wheel, from there you can tweak the second one's output up and down to see what power will hold the wheel, if there's a range of powers that will hold the wheel in the sticky draft...
Then change the output of the front rider and do the same, is it a percentage power saving you get for in the draft? Is it a constant W/KG saving in the draft?
I think to get the comparison in the test that you're asking for you'll need to work out what the front guy would have to output when the rear guy is keeping his steady 360W then you're keeping the power output's steady for comparison purposes. But...
I'd say do it on tempus fugit first time round until you get some answers there but then take it up a hill, does the saving change on the hill? You may have to sit and keep altering front guy's power for the figure 8 lap depending on up hill, down hill etc to keep him just in front of the steady 360W

[AlbaTech]

Another interesting video Chris. Why not use the new meetups feature to test the draft? Set up two bots with your standard power/weight round your usual course. The might keep swapping positions but I'm sure it would average out. Or if you know the approx. draft gain percentage, set the lead bike to that above your baseline and let the second bot suck his wheel?

[richardbecton]

What about climbing bike v TT bike on Bologna course? How much advantage/ disadvantage is the aero/weight choice?

[diesackratte]

How can you adjust it so that the watts stay the same?🤔

[juanantoniorestrepo]

Please test the safety bike against the tron bike. In order to see which one is best

[drumtoe]

What about a TT bike on a hilly course vs a road bike

[trailzrock]

You should do the fastest bikes and TT bikes downhill 👍 maybe down alpe du Zwift or down KOM

[angusstoneham]

To calculate how many watts you save by drafting you could set up one rider at a set wattage then another behind, keep reducing their wattage until they drop of the back?

[TheBassallyear]

a quick calculation pegs the road bike at needing approximately 395w of average power to match the result of the TT bike for the same rider conditions. my guess is that a rider purely drafting and not pulling will need about 285w

[charlieryan]

Would really like to see the difference between the 7.8 8.9 858 454 and SLR wheelsets on mixed, flat and let's say epic kom. Cheers.

[thomasspencer]

With some of the road bikes being faster on the climbs but slower overall (than other road bikes) wouldn’t this give you can advantage in a race? Being on a flat or downhill you can get ‘towed’ by the group and be a few seconds faster on a climb with less draft, in most race situations 2 seconds on a climb could mean staying with the pack or being dropped off the back, would be interesting to see the road bikes in a pack formation to simulate a race, and to see how much quicker they are when drafting.

[emperorofthenorthno.trai]

use a meet up and run the test the same way only one rider would be set up and the other rider would just follow but try it in meet up, you would need two systems running swift

[leetaylor]

Set up two riders on one course offline with one account being host of a private bike ride and the second account joining.

Have the host on a P5x doing the 360 watts whilst the road bike account drafts, note the NP of the drafting road bike.

Then have the road bike do the same course but on their own holding 360 watts. If the delta in watts to draft and non draft is greater than the delta in time between drafting and non draft then drafting is the way to go.

This would be more difficult to do on a hilly course so you'd be better off on a flat course, makes sense as this is where you'll see more TT bikes.