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Show Notes
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- 2:30 the why of creating the revolutionary SOR disk wheel
- 6:45 Nic’s prior work in composites
- 9:00 the birth of Sor Cycles
- 11:00 Nic’s design criteria for the wheel
- 15:00 what makes someone like Phil White notice?
- 19:30 the SOR disk wheel described
- 25:15 wind tunnel data for the SOR wheel
- 28:00 how much less side load does the SOR wheel experience?
- 30:00 the principal mechanism of action of the wheel
- 35:45 what was it like for Phil to step back to the startup phase
- 38:15 manufacturing in the age of COVID
- 45:00 when can I buy one?
- 49:30 the path ahead
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Topics
bicycle wheelsaerodynamics