Wilier claims that its new Supersonica SLR time trial bike was 16 per cent more aero than its previous time trial bike, the Turbine, when it tested the new bike at 50km/h wind speeds in the Silverstone Sports Engineering Hub wind tunnel, where Cyclingnews has tested aero road wheels and road helmets.
The new bike has been developed alongside Swiss time trial champion Stefan Küng of the Groupama-FDJ pro team. The whole project has taken just nine months, including over 50 hours of CFD computer simulations, 30 hours of testing of 3D printed mock-ups in the wind tunnel, and the production of two prototypes. The Supersonica SLR has also been let loose in the Tissot Velodrome in Switzerland and on the roads of Belgium.
