Your body position is the same on both bikes? Sometimes even a small fore/aft saddle adjustment will make a big difference in pedaling power.
On May 20, 5:13 pm, Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had my bleriot for 2 years and my quickbeam for 1 year. I bought > the quickbeam to essentially be a simpler, single-speed version of my > bleriot. Since then the quickbeam has become my preferred bike. I > find that I'm (empirically) more efficient on my quickbeam and don't > tire as easily. After a 50 mile ride on the bleriot I feel tired; > after the same ride on the quickbeam I feel fine. I don't ride with a > computer on either of my bikes, the only constant being my cycling > partner. I find when I'm on my bleriot that I'm regularly slower than > her but when I'm on my quickbeam I'm regularly faster. I'm at the > point where I only ride the bleriot if there are going to be hills > that I can't tackle on my quickbeam. > > "Being slow" doesn't bother me as much as the perceived difference in > efficiency. The bleriot feels like it's dragging some extra weight > regardless of the gear that I'm in while the quickbeam feels like it > wants to keep rolling. If the bleriot felt similarly effortless I > wouldn't be bothered if it was actually slower than the quickbeam. I > wish that I had a way to definitively gauge this "dragging" feeling. > > The bikes are setup very similarly: > > Quickbeam: 60cm frame, 700 x 32 paselas, 32h stock wheels, sugino > crank with 40/32 x 16/19 gearing, noodle bars, brooks saddle, MKS > touring pedals without clips/straps > > Bleriot: 61cm frame, 650b x 42 grand bois hetres, 36h lesnik-built > wheels, sugino crank with 48/38/26 x 11-30 gearing, noodle bars, > brooks saddle, MKS grip king pedals > > Sometimes I wonder if the hetres are just "slow" but that seems to go > counter to the ride reports of dozens of people who ride with hetres > and claim they're quite fast. I thought about swapping to cypres > tires (650b x 31) but that's a $120 investment I'm not ready to drop.. > especially given that I've read you won't tell much of a difference > between hetres and cypres on paved roads. > > The quickbeam is the first single speed bike that I've owned. Is it > common to find that a single speed bike is noticeably more efficient > for its 1 gear relative to a multi-speed bicycle in a gear of the same > gain ratio ? Can any other quickbeam owners tell me about the > perceived efficiency difference between their quickbeam and their > geared road bike(s)? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
