Ted's data is saying pretty clearly that if you are riding 16MPH or slower on a "road bike", that there is no other bike that's going to make you ride a lot faster than 16MPH with your existing engine. That's what Ted's data says, and I cannot dispute or disprove that data. For those people who think a bike will make them faster, it's back to the two canonical quotes. I'll paraphrase both from memory:
Greg Lemond: "training never makes it easier..you just go faster" Eddy Merckx: "don't ride upgrades. Ride up grades" Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 2:24:24 PM UTC-7 George Schick wrote: > Plus what Ted says we have on other threads who lament that they're using > too much effort on their supposedly correctly set up "road bikes" to > compete with others in pace line club rides. Seems like Ted and several > others have suggested in this particular thread is to recommend a different > handlebar/height configuration in order to do be able to do so. > > On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 4:14:24 PM UTC-5 Ted Durant wrote: > >> >> On May 16, 2025, at 4:09 PM, Bill Lindsay <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If the data presented by the Original Poster is representative of the >> larger truth as it applies to essentially ALL of us UN-racers, then when it >> comes to speed, it does not matter one bit what bike you ride, provided you >> like it and it fits. >> >> >> >> Close, but the data only applies to riding at my commuting speed, which >> is a few mph slower than my recreational riding speed, and now commuting >> represents zero percent of my riding time. >> >> The real point of the thread is that 16mph seems to be a real threshold, >> above which aerodynamics become significant, below which you can blow them >> off. >> >> Ted Durant, the Original Poster >> Milwaukee, WI USA >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1f3d0d48-61b6-4fea-876d-0461aa094ad5n%40googlegroups.com.
