PS - No drafting allowed! 😁 On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 9:12:34 PM UTC-7 Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
> What is the difference in speed between a conventional road bike and an > unloaded touring bike set up in typical Rivendell style? I'm asking for > measurements and data, simply because I'm curious. > > My touring bike (Riv Atlantis) was 82% of the speed of my road bike > (Bianchi San Jose) on my rides last week, about 3 mph difference. > > I rode both bikes on the same 40 mile loop with 1100 feet elevation gain. > I wore tight spandex and clipless shoes on the road bike, and averaged 16.4 > mph. After one rest day, I wore casual clothes on the touring bike, and > averaged 13.5 mph on the same loop. I worked a little harder on the road > bike because of the more aggressive position. > > Here are the two bikes for reference. > > [image: bianchi.png][image: atlantis.png] > -- 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d9b4e234-4e28-40ec-9cc2-b99c66ddae5dn%40googlegroups.com.
