Lotus 110 Deep Dive - How Does It Compare To Modern Bikes?

Описание: We took the legendary Lotus 110, the bike so fast it was banned by the UCI, to a wind tunnel, where we compared it to the Orbea Orca Aero and the Canyon Speedmax TT bike. Ollie breaks down all the nerdy data side of things with aero expert Xavier Disley, looking at CdA, watts and more, to see how this game-changing bike weighs up against today’s fastest cycling machines!

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00:00 Intro
01:35 About the Lotus 110
03:51 Test results - 45km/h
07:54 Impact of rolling resistance?
11:20 Test results - 55km/h
13:09 Boardman’s TDF record
14:38 Could the Lotus be made faster?
16:43 What bikes should we test next?
17:53 Summary

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