To be more precise: I want a bike that will let me ride longer distances (>30 miles) and climb long and steep hills comfortably as I age. But that 1999 fixed gofast is a rocket climber; problem is, it has only 1 gear (or 2 if you count the second cog on the Dingle: 75” and 67") and while the Matthews road bike climbs well, it weighs 26 lb before bags and bottles and it has only 2 (fixed) climbing gears, 65” and 54”. But both bikes feel fast indeed in the terrain I am accustomed to: flat, more moderate hills or shorter hills.
On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM Hugh C <[email protected]> wrote: > To digest and summarize your criteria, sounds to me like you want a bike > that climbs better than any in your current lineup and still fun to go fast > on. -- 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/CALuTfguJgRr6tc8NfqgAat-paq3DsdKbm0EC_JB-Pznvu55pGg%40mail.gmail.com.
