Step 1: Calculate your Drag Coefficient (CdA) with an assumed Crr

V1.0 prepared by Robert Jordan (robert@jordan-eng.com) October 2007

Input known variables
Change assumed values if (Crr might range from .004 to about .007 for racing tire There are ways to measure Crr that I
Don't mess with calculated Example Data (replace with yours)
Bike Orca Cervelo MTB
Wheels FP40 Am.Cl.60s Knobby
Skinsuit? N Y N
Aero Helmet N Y N
Test Course Course 1 Course 2 Course 2
Date 10/30/2007 10/1/2007 ###
Weight of bike and rider (lbs) 173.0 174.0 180.0
Air temperature (celcius) 18.30 26.67 79.00
Relative humidity (%) 50 70 62
Barometric pressure (hPa) 1028 1030 1028
Start Speed (mph) 18.5 20.1 15.0
Finish Speed (mph) 22.4 22.1 18.0
Distance (mi) 0.313 0.605 0.605
Time (sec) 49.5 85.0 110.0
Road slope (ft/ft) 0.0140 -0.0313 -0.0313
ssion coefficient (efficiency) 0.97 0.97 0.95
ured average power (watts) 354 0 0
umed rolling resistance (Crr) 0.005 0.005 0.01 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.005
Total weight (kg) 78.46 78.91 81.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Acceleration (m/s^2) 0.079 0.024 0.027 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
ce = mass x acceleration (N) 6.2 1.9 2.2 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
ective average power (watts) 343 0 0 0 0 0 0
Air density (kg/m^3) 1.225 1.187 0.912 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Average speed (mph) 22.76 25.62 19.80 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Average speed (m/s) 10.18 11.45 8.85 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Rider propelling force, Fr (N) 33.74 0.00 0.00 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
ty force on rider/bike, Fs (N) 769.67 774.12 800.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Slope resistance force (N) 10.78 -24.23 -25.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Rolling resistance force (N) 3.85 3.87 8.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Wind resistance force (N) 19.04 20.34 17.03 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
CdA (m^2) 0.300 0.261 0.477 #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Air Density Calculation
Temperature (Tc) 18.30 26.67 79.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Relative Humidity (RH) 50.0 70.0 62.0 - - - -
Barametric Pressure (P) 1,028.0 1,030.0 1,028.0 - - - -
Temperature Kelvin (Tk) 291.3 299.7 352.0 273.0 273.0 273.0 273.0

Saturation Vapour Pressure ( 21.00 34.89 453.83 6.11 6.11 6.11 6.11

Vapour Pressure (E) 10.50 24.42 281.38 - - - -

Virtual Temperature (Tv) 292.4 302.4 392.6 ### #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
19.4 29.4 119.6 ### #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Air Density (kg/m^3) 1.225 1.187 0.912 ### ### ### ###
are ways to measure Crr that I will add in later versions.

Sum Total

1.523 Distance (mi)

244.5 Time (sec)
0.068 Time (hr)
22.42 Ave speed (mph)

0.005 0.005 0.005

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 0.00 0.00 0.00 Celcius
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273.0 273.0 273.0 Kelvin

6.11 6.11 6.11 hPa

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#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Kelvin
#DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0! Celcius
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 Step 2: analyze courses or s (I plagiarized a few parts of this page of the spreadsheet from the web several years ago, b Typical A2 values
no idea where it came from. I've verified the equations and changed some parts of it). 0.356 standing
Static Condit (each segment below is a steady-state calculation) Course: 41@Old Forsyth Rd to 41@King 0.267 upright (hands on bar tops)
Rider Name: Robert Jordan 0.233 crouch (hands on drops, elbows locked)
Rider weight (lbs): 154.0 (rider, clothes, etc.) If evaluating a variable course, use a segment for each climb, flat, 0.167 racing crouch (hands on crops, elbows bent)
Rider weight (kg): 69.9 etc. to model the entire course. Create more colums if you need th 0.145 full downhill tuck
Equip't weight (lbs): 18.5 (bike, bottles, bags, etc.) 0.120 end of pack of 1 or more riders
Equipment weight (kg): 8.4 0.100 in the middle of a pack
Temperature (F): 63 Go here to get your weather data: Enter 0 for distance in unused columns but
Relative humidity (%): 43 Weather For You leave 100 watts in power row to prevent error
Barometric pressure (P): 1022 ### 4pm
Air density (kg/m^3): 1.223
Transmission coefficient: 0.97 Use 0.95 for a dirty, greasy drivetrain with lower quality components; 0.975 for new clean Campy Record; 0.98 for track bike
resistance coefficient (Crr): 0.005 Use .004 for best case, .005 for more realistic, and .006 or .007 for poor
Segment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Input conditi gment desc. 40k flat TT
grade (ft/ft): 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
headwind: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24.85 distance (mi) 24.854 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
265 power (watts) 265 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Iterate Cd and A Cdto 0.6900 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720 0.7720
get desired CdAA (m^2): 0.3750 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880 0.3880
CdA 0.259 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300 0.300
A2: 0.158 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183 0.183
0 Climb, ft: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aero force, N 19.39 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58 9.58
Gravity force 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Results: Rolling force 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84 3.84
24.76 Speed (mph) 24.76 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17 16.17
1:00:13 Time (h:m:s) 1:00:13 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00
1003 KCalories 1003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
266.0 watt-hrs: 266 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

f6 0.0000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
headwind headwind (m/ 0.0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
starting v: ### 20 20 20 20 20 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Six f ### 1445.25 1445.25 1445.25 ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ###
iterations f' ### 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 246.20 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66 223.66
of Newton's v1 (m/s) ### 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 14.18 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54 13.54
method: f ### 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 479.24 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50 409.50
f' ### 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 114.27 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56 104.56
v2 (m/s) ### 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.98 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.62
f ### 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 123.50 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11 103.11
f' ### 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 58.60 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72 54.72
v3 (m/s) ### 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.87 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74 7.74
f 2.2887 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 22.65 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55 17.55
f' ### 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 37.91 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74 36.74
v4 (m/s) ### 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.28 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26 7.26
f 0.0071 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 1.51 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.95
f' ### 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.94 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80 32.80
v5 (m/s) ### 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23
f 0.0000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
f' ### 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57 32.57
v6 (m/s) ### 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23 7.23

Rider,(rider
kg weight, kg
Total wt (N)
=Crr*N(total)x 1.4?)
Weight, rider (N): 685.023 767.31 70 98
Weight, bike (N): 82.2917 3.8366
Crr (N)

efficiency: 0.249 4.01606

basal metab 1.4 w/kg
Air Density Calculation

Temperature (Tc) 17.22

Relative Humidity (RH) 43.0

Barametric Pressure (P) ###

Temperature Kelvin (Tk) 290.2

Saturation Vapour Press 19.62

Vapour Pressure (E) 8.44

Virtual Temperature (Tv ###
18.1
Air Density (kg/m^3)1.223