I have in the past been distressed* to notice that my times on at least many rides over similar hilly routes were as fast or almost so on the 30+-lb Fargo with Big Apple tires as on the 18 lb Riv fixed gofast. I put this down to the fact that while climbing on the fixie was considerably faster, going down was faster on the Fargo by an even greater margin. ~20 mile rides with numerous 1/2 to 1-mile long climbs; say 5 miles of climbing overall. (Northern Rio Rancho.)
*Now* I am distressed to find (or think I find; haven't bothered to time closely) that my Matthews with 20 psi 700C X 60 Big Ones is as fast on the flats as my Rivs, which I put down to similar riding position and excessively excellent rolling qualities of the Big Ones. *Situational irony and verbal irony. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
