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    Aug 06, 2020 7 minutes

    RUDY PROJECT THE WING

    £351.99 Will the countless hours of R&D make The Wing fly on the roads?

    The Wing is the brand-new tri/TT lid from Rudy Project, the result of a huge R&D effort undertaken with the celebrated aerodynamicists at Swiss Side wheels to hone aerodynamics. Weighing 390g on our scales, they say it’s spent countless hours in the wind tunnel along with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) testing, and the geometry profile is suited to multiple head positions. The downfall of long TT helmets for tri is that they require you to hold a specific position to benefit fully. That’s why the tail on Rudy’s previous Wingspan TT helmet has been replaced by a large rear port to maximise airflow, which also gives it a more rounded, stubbier appearance typical of a high-end TT helmet in 2020.

    Rudy Project’s wind-tunnel results claim The Wing, with the front vent covered, could save 3:46mins over their Volantis aero road helmet on an 180km Ironman bike course. Refreshingly, the calculations are based on a 75kg rider holding 200 watts, which is far more applicable to age-groupers than many tunnel tests that work

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