Good to hear! Just think of how much extra energy you're using to power that Sam up the hill. You're probably considerably stronger if you're normally putting out this kind of effort.
FWIW, I've had my Sam for about 4 years and it's always been my favorite bike. Other bikes have come and gone, however it's definitely the one bike that comfortable/fun/versatile enough to keep for the long haul. Tony On Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:04:11 PM UTC-7, Paul Y wrote: > > I am probably more of a Strava user than most of you on the board. There > is a big wannabe-racer character in me. That said, almost 2 years ago I > sold my 23mm road bike and the Sam Hillborne became my only roadish bike. > > Most of my rides get logged on Strava so I generally know where I am > performance-wise. This morning I put a really hard effort > <http://www.strava.com/activities/158623274> in on the local road climb > with the Hillborne. It's roughly a 43 minute climb for me. I came roughly > 1:15 slower than my personal record > <http://www.strava.com/activities/23765457#3643957048>, which I had made > on a modern road racer clipped in, clad in spandex, heart rate monitor et > al. That's about *3%* slower riding in a t-shirt, casual shorts, > sneakers, equipped with dyno lighting, kickstand and Sackville bar bag. No > doubt the Hillborne is a beast compared to the sub 9kg road bike > <http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?year=2007&brand=Felt&model=F55> > > I sold. It offers comfort of another caliber of course - but that's another > story. > > *3% slower up a 700m climb, riding both bikes at fast-as-possible effort.* I > think that's a remarkably small penalty to be on such a stately machine! > > I really, really love my Rivendell. > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
