Back as flat as I can make it, shoulders rounded, hands together, head down, eyes on a fluctuating number on the Garmin screen. 0.226… 0.231… 0.229…
The number is my CdA – effectively describing how aerodynamic I am – and as I pedal round this outdoor velodrome it’s being measured by Body Rocket, a commercially available live drag measurement system. When my first 10 laps are complete, I pull up to the stands and ask what a good number is.
‘The really fast guys, the Hour record guys, are maybe 0.15, 0.16,’ says Eric DeGolier. I won’t be challenging Filippo Ganna anytime soon, but that’s not the point.
DeGolier is Body Rocket’s founder and CEO and has his sights set ‘on bringing aerodynamic testing to the outdoors for elite and…