The cost of that two to three miles per hour.. 700x23 tires on areo wheels Bars a fist and a half below seat Special shoes
So one I wear everyday cloths and the other I spend 20 minutes changing airing tires fixing flats etc Been there done that.. Nod thanks next Kelly Sent from my iPhone On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:21 PM, rperks <perks....@gmail.com> wrote: > for some though that 3 mph is 16 or 13 mph, or about 23 minutes > diference over the 29 miles - the difference between time a shower or > no shower on your lunch break or before work? and still having time > to ride 29 miles. I would take the speed over a shorter ride, > especally if 8 of the miles in the middle of the ride were out in the > country after you escape the clutches of suburbia and then have to re- > enter > > Rock on Patrick - voice of speed > > Bikes get us from pont a to point b faster than walking. That often > why we ride them, otherwise just walk. You do not have to be a racer > boy all the time, but the talk around here lately has me wondering if > riv should be sponsering low speed tech trials for god's sake. Maybe > they should set up cones in the lot and run a reverse race with points > off for putting a foot down, the guy who can stay up longest spining > 22 - 36 (MEGA) on flat ground wins!! > > Rob > > On Feb 15, 2:04 pm, Kelly Sleeper <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 5 lbs means very little from my experience. So the one built as a commuter >> .. Same tires wheels geometry bars handlebar height? >> >> Add 5 lbs in water bottle on go fast and doubt you'll notice much. >> >> But if all you're interested in is speed have fun. A 2 to 3 mph average >> speed difference for me is nothing. >> >> So what Rivendell did you build to 17ish pounds? >> >> Kelly >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 15, 2011, at 2:41 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I just got back from a nice if brief-ish 1 hour ride on the '99 Riv >>> gofast, newly equipped with pretty Phil front hub (I have decided not >>> to replace the computer -- just yet, anyway, but I guesstimate that I >>> covered, easily, 23 miles over rolling, mostly suburban terrain). >>> Anyway, I deliberately went out of my way to climb some steepish, 1/2 >>> mile long hills, mostly standing in the 75" gear, and blow me down, if >>> I sped up those hills like ... like .... like ... Oh! Like Bartali, >>> shifting into a *higher* gear at the bottom of a steep climb, turning >>> with a sneer and glare at his competition, and leaving them in his >>> dust. Sortof. >> >>> Anyway, the difference between this gofast that, now, without a >>> computer, weighs a featherlite 17 3/4 lb, and the almost identical but >>> built as a commuter '03, is about 5 lb, and I certainly can tell the >>> difference on the hills. >> >>> Just so you know. >> >>> -- >>> Patrick Moore >>> Albuquerque, NM >>> For professional resumes, contact >>> Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
