February 7, 2019 | by Josh Poertner
In building out this week's Marginal Gains Podcast topic, I've been doing a lot of thinking, reading about one of my favorite performance related topics: asymmetry. Asymmetry plays a unique roll...
January 9, 2019 | by Josh Poertner
We receive a lot of great comments and email through the website and one of the most common questions is something on the order of 'how important can tire pressure really be?' This often comes in...
January 9, 2019 | by Josh Poertner
The team at SILCA has supported more than 400 events collectively over the last few years, ranging from Gran Fondos to IronMan Triathlon to local criteriums and even a World Championship. One...
January 9, 2019 | by Josh Poertner
We will start this post with a quick refresh on the state of modern wheel aerodynamics. Rim Shape and TiresIn 1991 Steve Hed and Robert Haug patented a rim shape that would go on to be known as...
January 9, 2019 | by Josh Poertner
Part 4A in this Series covers the history of Bicycle Rolling resistance and the how and why Pneumatic tires are so awesome. If you just want to see the data, you can jump to Part B HERE
