Wiggins smashes cycling record on Jaguar and Pinarello engineered bike
Former Tour de France champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has used a custom-built bike co-engineered by Jaguar and Italian bicycle manufacturer Pinarello to break the UCI hour record at Lee Valley VeloPark in London.
The Pinarello Bolide HR, based on the Pinarello road model on which Wiggins won the World Time Trial, was designed using the same CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) methods used to develop the Jaguar XE, which the British manufacturer claims is its most aerodynamic car ever.
Jaguar says its engineers were able to increase overall aerodynamic performance by 7.5 per cent, helping Wiggins to cover 54.526km in 60 minutes. This eclipsed the previous record of 52.937km, set by Essex’s Alex Dowsett in Manchester last month.
“Jaguar has a talented team of engineers with a great depth of aerodynamic knowledge, so we’re very proud to be able to work on this collaboration with Pinarello,” said John Pitman, principal CFD aerodynamicist at Jaguar Land Rover.
“Applying this level of engineering capability and analysis to the development of bikes is still very new in cycling, and showcases the industry-leading expertise and facilities we have at Jaguar Land Rover.”
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