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    BREAKING DRAG

    Feb 27, 2020 5 minutes
    Words Michelle Arthurs-Brennan
    Photos
    Daniel Gould, Andy Jones

    Every decade a new piece of training-focused tech is revealed to the cycling community.

    First it was odometers, then in the 1980s heart rate monitors appeared. In the 1990s it was power meters then GPS devices when we entered the new millennium.

    Each new creation is met with questions over the need for such equipment and puzzlement over the complexity of the system and the data it provides. It can take a generation of cyclists to grow up with the technology before it becomes widely adopted.

    Eventually, the successful items become commonplace — they’re built in to the equipment on our bikes and next thing you know we’re giving each other virtual kudos on social media for the numbers the tech records.

    Are coefficient of drag (CdA) measuring tools the latest bit of tech that will become part of

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