Expecting maybe a couple folks to be able to weigh in on an already

Is this your blog now?

>>1000870
Maybe you should train harder instead of being a cheating faggot. If you're going to cheat just use steriods.

>>1000870
I don't think you've ever done a TT or train for any race discipline based on what you're saying, because if you did then you'd know that at your (young, low) level, training is more important than anything else, and that all this minutiae of which you speak only matters to riders at the highest levels and the top of their game. If you're actually thinking of doing any sort of racing I suggest you concentrate on your training and forget about the rest of that stuff for now. Your coach (assuming you really have one) will agree with me.

Also, OP, there is a bike training and racing thread that you should be posting in, assuming you're for real: >>996025

>>1000885
Regardless of what I just told the OP, legal choices of equipment by definition isn't 'cheating', and steroids only really help someone who is at the top levels of their fitness, and they really don't help endurance athletes much at all to start with. Obviously you're even less of a road racer than the OP is, and in fact I'd wager you don't even race your buddies for fun. Wouldn't at all be surprised if you're a trainfag and don't even own a bike to start with. Please go infest your train-foamer threads and leave the bike threads to people who enjoy discussing bikes, otherwise you're just being rude.

>>1000973
>>1000885
I'm 2 seconds off of the state record for my specific event. So switching my focus to this. All the tiny things will add up. Since I'm so close and the record was set in 1996 I'd like to put a good dent in it.

Like I said I've got my training down. Now I'm looking for little gains on the bike so my record is further out of reach. I agree that my coach will agree with you but me looking to improve things that I don't have control over isn't going to make me train less or not as hard.

So let my thread die since no one will actually weigh in on this.

>>1000973
>they really don't help endurance athletes much at all

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>>1000870
>I'm looking for them marginal gains specifically aero advantages

Learn2physics

Everything you are doing is an attempt to create a longer, smoother airfoil. There is a degree of bullshit poorly understood nonsense involved, because vortices. Also because bikefits - so your additional goal is to min-max your airfoil around the constraints of your body, bicycle, and event. Which is to say, you might - MIGHT, contingent on other factors - be able to squeeze a couple extra percent of performance out of a position you can only maintain for the exact duration of the time trial.

The simple truth is that nobody bothers. Find a way to cheat and not get caught, or to integrate your interests with those of the person who's duty it is to do the catching. That's what racing, politics, and life are all about.