Actually, this is very true, all else equal. I recall riding a long time ago up and back our 7-mile Tramway hill with a much lighter rider. I'm slender at 170, but he was small and slender and probably 30 lb lighter; our bikes -- me on my 1995 26" wheel Riv Road custom -- were much the same. I did pretty well uphill -- I recall using my 60" gear -- but downhill I had to keep braking (air brake) to keep from running away from him.
Of course he had to sit up and twiddle to stay with me on the climb, as this was a man who once said, "I only did 9,000 miles last year -- it was a bad year." Leah, your Platypus is really one of the list's prettiest bikes while my Matthews can best be described as industrial. But mine is still lighter. On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 2:07 PM Doug H. <dhansford1...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Clem is heavier than all of those lightweight bikes. And, I roll so > fast down hills!! > Doug > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguiNDY43y_mLZftp_WENnM0e25CT-MVhtbk4MMuQO%2BHog%40mail.gmail.com.
