Man.......you guys are all riding bicycles that are too lightweight. My main ride is about 30 pounds with empty bottles and no rack or bag but I do have fenders and lights! Of course when I ride I take along extra food and clothing, camera, extra glasses, nearly everything I think I might need which probably makes the thing weigh 40 pounds. I could care less though as I tip the scales at 275 right now and am no "mountain goat" but I do use mountain bike gearing. I think for a real racer bike weight is similar to fat weight or even too much upper body muscle......you'll never be competitive if you are outside the norms of "that group" whichever "that group" is that you ride with. I feel really fast riding with my wife but massively slow riding with a 25 year old competitive racing cyclist. Light bikes are cool but not if when riding them you bend them until they break like a piece of spaghetti.
On Mar 17, 7:19 pm, Curtis Schmitt <curtisrschm...@gmail.com> wrote: > My Seven Alaris is 18 lbs and my Romulus is 27 lbs. I notice a huge > difference, but not just in the weight. On Seven's customization > scale, it's a 10 on "drive chain rigidity" and "weight to performance" > so the frame is significantly heavier than a standard quality titanium > frame. It's also a model down from the Axiom so the tubes are straight > gauge making it heavier all things being equal. But it's perfect for > me as I'm 190 lbs and not very light on my bikes. > > My favorite quality is that it has almost the rigidity and > acceleration of a track bike so I can mash on it with no worries, and > it is also unfairly comfortable (somehow, have no idea why) on the > distance rides — did a 200K on it last year with no pain — and it's > just more fun to ride fast than the Romulus. However, it's much more > of a pain to commute with than the Romulus and of course I can't put > racks and panniers on the Seven. There's also that steel "feel" which > is no worse or better than ti, but is so familiar to me I appreciate > just being on it. Not to mention the paint. I love Riv paint. And it > gets all of the compliments. The Seven doesn't get any from > non-cyclists. > > It's also about where the weight is of course, the stuff you have to > move around like tires (which I notice more than anything), wheels > (rims), cranks, pedals, shoes, etc. I think it's why I tinker so > uncontrollably. > > Curtis > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > My bikes range from 23.5 to 29 lbs (as built up with everything attached but > > no bottles and empty bags.) The difference in weight isn't a material factor > > in my avg pace over the same course. I do use the bikes for different routes > > though. The bike which feels fastest is not the lightest, either. > > > Let me put it this way. If you lost 5 lbs, how would that effect your > > performance? > > > ________________________________ > > From: MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> > > To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 7:54:52 PM > > Subject: [RBW] When is a bike to heavy? > > > Do you think the 5 lbs alone, between the Trek > > and Ebisu is enough to effect the performance? What about the 3 lb > > difference between the Rambouillet and the Trek? Or, are the > > perceived differences imaginary? > > > michael > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > Curtis R Schmitt > 646.481.2625 -- 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.
