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Those that have read the Aerolab User Guide will have noted the requirements to set the air density, or Rho, as it is termed, and also set the Coefficient of Rolling Resistance, or Crr.

I have been asked the question, how accurate are the results from Aerolab? It’s not a straight forward answer as there are margins of error in multiple aspects of the process.

I find it quite useful to have some idea of what my wind tunnel numbers might be. One way to do this is to cross-calibrate test venues with a trace back to a wind tunnel result.

In an ideal world, all our testing would be undertaken at a velodrome with no other riders using the track. In the real world, we don’t always have that luxury. Here we look at the characteristics of using three different types of venue.