Down the rabbit hole we go, talking about "fast bikes", blergh. I think there are just so many factors that go into one bike feeling "fast" over another--tires, rider position, crank length, bb, spoke count, type of rims, level of components, rider abilty, wind resistance, terrain, etc. I like to think of the frameset as a foundation of what you want to do but you build it up from there according to its purpose. Can you build a lightweight Bombadil for club rides? I bet you could, but you would be working against its intended purpose. On the other hand though I would imagine Tommy is way "faster" on his new Bombadil than I am on my 70s Peugeot "racing" bike, in this case due to the fact he is a young guy in good shape and I am well not, haha. So the "fast" moniker is pretty misleading on the whole I find. On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote:
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