So this means you can go 2-5 miles further in an hour of cycling ? ;)
On Sep 28, 5:00 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you spend a lot of time climbing? *I* certainly feel the weight of my
> 35-lb-with-Nelson-and-60-mm-Big-Apples Monocog 29er when going uphill: 8 to
> 10 mph standing in the 63" gear compared to 12 to 15 mph standing in the 75"
> gear on my 18 lb Riv custom fixie gofast. Weight is weight, and you feel it
> on the hills if you don't feel it on the flats!
> OTOH, the Monocog does well in the 2 to 3" sand that is common along the Rio
> Grande, where I live, which is why I chose those 2lb tires and the 45 mm
> rims.
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Sorry I don't have an answer, since I don't have a SH. But I wanted to
> > point out that my current Atlantis set-up is the heaviest it has ever been:
> > Big Apple Tires and Rivendell Bullmoose bars and Ergon grips. And it's
> > probably the best it has been. I can tell it's heavy, there is more inertia
> > compared to my other bikes, but most of the time, the heaviness doesn't
> > translate to me feeling slow on the bike. The bike is robust, and those
> > three components bring a level of quality and comfort that pays for the
> > extra mass they bring.
>
> > -Jim
>
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> Patrick Moore
> Albuquerque, NM
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