YTD data: My Crit racer avg is 14.64 mph with 25'/mile avg elev
Upright bars Rambouillet is 14.51 mph with 19'/mi
elv
Brevet Bike is 14.13 mph with 28'/mile.
The amount of climbing seems to have more effect than anything else for
me. BTW, my overall avg for 20 yrs,13 different bikes and 62,000 miles is
14.26. My avg YTD (as of my latest ride yesterday) in 2021 is 14.26. It
has varied over the years slightly but never more than 1 mph or so. I
think the motor has more to do with pace then the bike. Likewise how
comfortable you are on the bike. You waste energy fighting a bad position.
On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 11:32:31 PM UTC-5 Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
> PS - No drafting allowed! 😁
>
> On Thursday, July 15, 2021 at 9:12:34 PM UTC-7 Clark Fitzgerald wrote:
>
>> What is the difference in speed between a conventional road bike and an
>> unloaded touring bike set up in typical Rivendell style? I'm asking for
>> measurements and data, simply because I'm curious.
>>
>> My touring bike (Riv Atlantis) was 82% of the speed of my road bike
>> (Bianchi San Jose) on my rides last week, about 3 mph difference.
>>
>> I rode both bikes on the same 40 mile loop with 1100 feet elevation gain.
>> I wore tight spandex and clipless shoes on the road bike, and averaged 16.4
>> mph. After one rest day, I wore casual clothes on the touring bike, and
>> averaged 13.5 mph on the same loop. I worked a little harder on the road
>> bike because of the more aggressive position.
>>
>> Here are the two bikes for reference.
>>
>> [image: bianchi.png][image: atlantis.png]
>>
>
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