Endurance Innovation

Marc Graveline on Aerometers

Episode Summary

Aerodynamic field testing pioneer Marc Graveline joins us this week to recount the - fairly short - history of cycling aerodynamic testing outdoors, it's challenges, the state of tech today, and where he sees it heading in the future.

Episode Notes

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• 2:00 Meet Marc Graveline
• 4:30 the birth of Notio
• 8:00 what does Marc want out of an aero sensor / product?
  • High precision
  • Ease of use
• 11:30 Marc’s current use of an aerometer in races
  • Accurate wind data
  • Post-race position analysis
• 17:15 a history of cycling aerodynamic modeling
• 18:30 some aero math and the role of wind
• 22:00 the role of elevation gain
• 28:00 the multitude of inputs required for aerodynamic calculation and the resultant sources of error
• 31:15 the Chung Virtual Elevation method
• 34:45 what is the state of the technology today?
• 38:30 on power meter accuracy
• 41:15 the current aerometer options
• 47:30 the future of aerometers
• 51:00 integrating positional sensors with aerometers
• 1:00:00 the value of open-sourcing aero data and technology