
I just dropped 6 minutes off my Ironman bike split – Thanks Ventum!
This post has been a fairly long time coming – I’ve actually been thinking about it for several months. Consider it a bit of a intro to my new Ventum One and my first stab at writing something that discusses aerodynamics. I’ll start off with a disclaimer – everything I say about how fast this bike is applies to me and my setup. While I can say with confidence that the bike will make most people faster, aerodynamics is very individual and extremely nuanced. Furthermore, getting a bike fit is absolutely critical. If you aren’t going to dial in your fit, don’t bother with a new bike. I am not an engineer, and I have not (yet) taken this to the wind tunnel so my conclusions are close to accurate, but still not perfect. But before I get too deep in the weeds, I want to first talk about my experience with Ventum and how honored I am to be working with this company.Ventum first reached out to me after my IM Maryland win, asking if I’d be interested in riding one of their bikes in 2019. At first, I was extremely hesitant. Buying a new bike – especially a triathlon bike with all the gadgets and gizmos (power meter, hydration, aerobars etc..) – is a fairly involved process. Although my Felt frame was from 2013, I had upgraded almost all of the components in the past year so I was hard pressed to go with an entirely new setup. After doing quite a bit of research, inclduing talking to several existing Ventum owners, reading through all the critical...