How wide is too wide, is hookless pointless, are carbon spokes worth it and what aero innovations are coming next? We ask Parcours’ Dov Tate the big questions about road bike wheels

The dynamic British wheel brand talked to CW exclusively about a new study it's conducting on how to quantify aero wheel handling stability - the first of its kind - and we picked founder Dov Tate's brain about the other stuff, too

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“You’ve got to be more than just ‘faster’ because everybody is doing faster now,” says Dov Tate, the founder of UK wheel brand Parcours

“A wind tunnel will tell people how fast they will go but now we’re looking at a way to quantify how stable they are,” he continues. “But there’s no unit for handling stability. There is for drag. Most people understand what a watt of drag is. I want to be able to put a relatable figure on stability. Is a saving of 3.5 watts worth £1,000? But if it’s 3.5 watts plus 15% improved stability how does that change things? And what does that 15% feel like?"

Meet Parcours' founder Dov Tate
Parcours
Meet Parcours' founder Dov Tate
Dov Tate

Dov Tate graduated from the University of Oxford with a mechanical engineering degree in 2008 and initially took a job in banking in the City.

Having played hockey at a high level at school and at university (he made the Welsh national squad) the sports bug bit again before long and he took up cycling and triathlon. However, having punctured on tubulars, he realised there was no good-quality, affordable clincher alternative and the idea for a business took shape.

In 2016 he quit his banking job and founded Parcours. Six years later, he watched his wheels being ridden at the front of the Ironman World Championships by Parcours-sponsored athletes. And, he says, there's so much more to come.

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