Thanks Jan, Did you test the Rando vs. Ti bikes by powering the bikes with riders? I know some of your studies have used small samples with human riders powering the vehicles.
Is it possible that a study involving a human rider powering the bike will be reliable and valid in light of the fact that the state of the engine changes moment by moment? I am by no means a scientist, so forgive my ignorance. Sometimes when I read about the studies all these other ideas pop up in my mind to explain away the findings and I don't know if they matter. I don't know if the ideas would really have any type of meaningful effect on the results. Also all the other extraneous factors like the fact that the bikes weren't ridden exactly on the same line, subjected to different air movement patterns, minor grade changes in the different lines, different components/frames, etc. I think it is really difficult to test bike performance because there are so many variables. And while one may be explained away as noise in the data, all the elements, taken as a whole must have a profound effect on the movement of the bikes. Is this true or is it not so difficult to get reliable data in bike tests? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
