I certainly agree, Anne, but comparing a Klein (super light) to a Atlantis (heavy) on hills may not be a fair comparison. Having said that, I have pretty much a similar setup on my Rambouillet and Hilsen and climb a lot faster on the skinny tires. Not only do the skinny tires climb better, feel faster, but they descend faster. I haven't done timed comparisons as Jan Heinie in "Bicycle Quarterly" but my top speed on the skinner tires is higher. Our roads, here in Kentucky, are fairly smoothly paved. Jan may have a point on the advantages of wider tires being faster on rough roads and they are certainly more comfortable and, also, Homer would look silly on skinny tires. Bill In a message dated 2/10/2009 1:25:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Easier climbing? Lately when I do club rides on nice days, I ride my Klein with 28mm tires. There's a huge difference between that and the 32mm tires (plus a generator hub) on my Atlantis, and I climb a lot faster on the Klein. What difference does climbing a hill eight minutes faster make? For me, not that much, but for the friend waiting for me at the top, quite a lot. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1218550342x1201216770/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=fe bemailfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
