Getting AiRO with Ingmar Jungnickel
From Marginal Gains Cycling Podcast, Presented by Silca by SILCA
January 21, 2026 · 1h 3m
About this episode
Ingmar Jungnickel discusses his development of AiRO, a program aimed at making cycling aerodynamics more accessible through Computational Fluid Dynamics.
For most of us getting into a wind tunnel is but a dream. Tunnels are hard to find and harder to afford. As an alternative Josh has recommended the Chung Method. It's proven yet it does take some expertise to get right. What if there were something in the middle? Something that is more accessible and less expensive than a wind tunnel yet doesn't require the hours of commitment and trial and error of field testing? Our guest believes he has just that. AiRO may sound like a company that is trying to latch onto the "AI" craze. But its founder, Ingmar Jungnickel, has been into cycling aerodynamics long before Chat GPT became a thing. He has a degree in engineering, he's developed on-bike aero hardware, and he worked for Specialized where he logged many hours in that company's wind tunnel. All of that, along with a chance opportunity to work with speed skaters, led him to develop a CFD program that attempts to make cycling aerodynamics more accessible. Ingmar's back story includes meeting are own Josh Poertner. But the real story here is how good Computational Fluid Dynamics has become. The potential of AiRO and its data even blew the mind of Josh as you will hear in this episode of…
People in this episode
Host: SILCA
Guest: Ingmar Jungnickel
Topics covered
- cycling aerodynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- wind tunnel alternatives
- accessibility in cycling
- aero hardware
Keywords
- AiRO
- Ingmar Jungnickel
- cycling aerodynamics
- wind tunnel
- CFD
- Josh Poertner
- aero hardware
- accessibility
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: AiRO, Specialized
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