Sparing and peer review have always been an integral part of scientific research. So when our head engineer Josh Poertner discovered the forum at Slowtwitch.com and it’s incredibly tech-savvy members, he saw it not only as an opportunity to educate racers on the science behind the speed, but as a chance to exchange ideas with some of the brightest minds in the cycling world. (It’s worth noting at this point the forum membership at Slowtwitch boasts a star-studded cast including numerous professional triathletes and industry insiders including Cees Bees, Gerard Vroomen, Jens Heycke Craig Preston and more).

In the process of exchanging engineering ideas and technical information, Josh has answered a multitude of technical questions and give readers a “behind the scenes” look into the world of professional cycling and triathlon and the inner workings of the engineering department here at Zipp.

But it’s a mountain of information to search through (76908 threads and counting).

Now the answers are here for you
Now Dan Empfield, the “curator” of the forum, has graciously consented to us to re-posting many of the technically-related questions and Josh’s answers from the forum – they are categorized below for easy research and are fully searchable by keywords.

In addition, where applicable, we’ve “annotated” these answers with links to the related engineering white papers on our site for even more in-depth answers to the questions.

The debate is lively, the answers frank and the knowledge is all yours for the taking