Comments on: Speed Tests: Tron Bike vs Top TT Performers (Scatter Plot)

By: Eric Schlange

Eric Schlange — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 18:42:39 +0000

In reply to Martin. If there aren’t others riding near you (thus no draft) the Felt IA is definitely the way to go.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:38:55 +0000

Hi Eric. I am planning to do a solo PRL Full on 28/12 as part of Rapha 500. Would a FELT IA 2.0 with Lightweight wheels make a huge difference vs. the Tron? I guestimate my time around 7 hours. Or is there an even better setup? Thanks in advance.

By: Steve P.

Steve P. — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:24:12 +0000

This information will be very helpful for our special Christmas ride December 26. BMTR Faster Masters is hosting a 100 km, Sub 2-hour attempt on Tempus Fugit using the Cadex TT bike with DT Swiss Disc and drafting on. Everyone is welcomed to join us https://www.zwift.com/ca/events/view/3313020

By: James

James — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:11:33 +0000

Hi Eric any chance you could add Zwift TT bike to the graph for reference. This will benefit riders that are not at a high enough level or have sufficient drops to purchase a TT bike and they can compare times against a road bike (Tron).

By: Nick Keat

Nick Keat — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 12:34:19 +0000

It’s not directly stated, but surely this is mostly relevant for TTs only (and workouts, I guess)? In any group ride/race situation, you’d generally want to ride the Tron for the draft benefit.

In WTRL TTTs, the draft should apply to a similar degree for all bikes (possibly slightly more for the Tron as it has a larger CdA to start with), so you’d want the TT bike for all but efforts up the Alpe, maybe short routes that finish at top of Innsbruck and the Epic KOM but probably not Bologna.

By: Ugi

Ugi — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:53:11 +0000

How about changing the bike at the beginning of the climb ? I’ll try this next time.

By: Eric Schlange

Eric Schlange — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:43:43 +0000

In reply to paul smith. It really doesn't matter much, since 1) most of the Academy is structured workouts, where your frame and wheel doesn't really matter and 2) the baseline and finish line rides supposedly put you onto a TT frame during the important segments, so your frame choice doesn't matter there either. In summary: none of these are races, so frame and wheel choice is sort of a non-issue. Ride what you like!

By: paul smith

paul smith — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:03:27 +0000

What frame and wheel choice would you recommend for the Zwift Academy Road program? I assume TT bikes are not allowed, but could be wrong!

By: Sean Phillips

Sean Phillips — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 21:34:48 +0000

In reply to Theresa. Actually it's not. TT bikes get no supertuck benefit so the faster climbing road bike is going to be much faster than the TT bike for both clmbing AND descending the Alpe.

By: Paul Southworth

Paul Southworth — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 10:43:31 +0000

In the wheel test chart from Nov 2019, the DT Swiss 62, Enve 3.4, and Zipp 353 are identical in terms of climbing performance, but in this test the DTs go a little better uphill than the other two.