Thanks aeroperf! So on your touring style Rivendell you were 100 * 11.2 / 11.6 = 96.5% as fast as your road bike. Now we have three data points! I hope to see some more...
Rider, PercentSpeed Clark, 82 Fullylugged, 99 aeroperf, 96.5 On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 4:49 PM aeroperf <dorem...@comcast.net> wrote: > Road bike: 1982 Team Fuji with all 2018 equipment (3x9-spd Sora w/105 > brakes, 622x28 tires, drops) > Riv bike: 2015 Sam Hillborn set up per factory (3x9-spd Suguino/Shimano > w/Tektro rim brakes, 622x42 tires, Albatross) > Both bikes had Sigma BC.12.12 computers which were calibrated. > > The road bike averaged 11.6 mph on 5 trials and the Sam averaged 11.2 mph > on 5 trials. > > To me, the big differences seemed to be in the gearing and rider > position. The Fuji has a 50 tooth big chainring, while my Sam has a 46 > tooth. > Weight seemed at best a secondary effect. The Fuji is 28 lb while the Sam > is 30.5 lb., but I’m 210 lb. > For another comparison, my 31.5 pound Soma Saga Disc heavy touring bike > averaged just less than 11.1 mph on the same 5 trials. It’s big chainring > has 44 teeth. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/dGCoWB9yIZw/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e7779fc9-23ac-406c-8850-59a019de20b5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e7779fc9-23ac-406c-8850-59a019de20b5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAE_rN%3D1qJTZ4iHq1QLHyS6q-t4T4%2BvU-pToLPWuandPDzX9GaQ%40mail.gmail.com.
