Q Rings

Then let me explain it for you; you just spent a shedload of cash on something in the belief that it would improve your performance. To justify this to yourself, you persuade yourself that you can feel the good it's doing you.

If you start pushing too high a gear, at too low a cadense. You can feel them. You start ignoring the concept of circular pedaling, and just stamp up and down to get through the higher geared section.

Not that I should be doing that anyway.

At a higher cadense they incourage you to use the full pedal stroke. Plus you get a tiny boost when putting your foot down, climbing out of the saddle. As your gearing in this section is slightly higher. A well calculated gear shift would have the same effect though.

So for a less skilled roadie like myself. They seem to aid technique. For a roadie with half decent technique, you probably have to look at alledged fatige reduction claims.

The stiffness of the aero rings, and the chunky CNC'd arms. Is very real indeed though.