I have noticed that my recumbent bicycle is much faster on flat and rolling terrain and I climb the best on my wife's 25 pound mountain bike all Riv'ed out with Albatross bars, hemp twine and fenders. I suppose bicycle weight is noticeable especially when the rider is close to ideal body weight and in good condition. Its fun to mess around with our machines.......go! Patrick !
On Feb 15, 4:27 pm, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > ???? Each to his own. > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Kelly Sleeper <[email protected]> wrote: > > The cost of that two to three miles per hour.. > > 700x23 tires on areo wheels > > Bars a fist and a half below seat > > Special shoes > > > So one I wear everyday cloths and the other I spend 20 minutes changing > > airing tires fixing flats etc > > > Been there done that.. Nod thanks next > > > Kelly > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 15, 2011, at 4:21 PM, rperks <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> for some though that 3 mph is 16 or 13 mph, or about 23 minutes > >> diference over the 29 miles - the difference between time a shower or > >> no shower on your lunch break or before work? and still having time > >> to ride 29 miles. I would take the speed over a shorter ride, > >> especally if 8 of the miles in the middle of the ride were out in the > >> country after you escape the clutches of suburbia and then have to re- > >> enter > > >> Rock on Patrick - voice of speed > > >> Bikes get us from pont a to point b faster than walking. That often > >> why we ride them, otherwise just walk. You do not have to be a racer > >> boy all the time, but the talk around here lately has me wondering if > >> riv should be sponsering low speed tech trials for god's sake. Maybe > >> they should set up cones in the lot and run a reverse race with points > >> off for putting a foot down, the guy who can stay up longest spining > >> 22 - 36 (MEGA) on flat ground wins!! > > >> Rob > > >> On Feb 15, 2:04 pm, Kelly Sleeper <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> 5 lbs means very little from my experience. So the one built as a > >>> commuter .. Same tires wheels geometry bars handlebar height? > > >>> Add 5 lbs in water bottle on go fast and doubt you'll notice much. > > >>> But if all you're interested in is speed have fun. A 2 to 3 mph average > >>> speed difference for me is nothing. > > >>> So what Rivendell did you build to 17ish pounds? > > >>> Kelly > > >>> Sent from my iPhone > > >>> On Feb 15, 2011, at 2:41 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> I just got back from a nice if brief-ish 1 hour ride on the '99 Riv > >>>> gofast, newly equipped with pretty Phil front hub (I have decided not > >>>> to replace the computer -- just yet, anyway, but I guesstimate that I > >>>> covered, easily, 23 miles over rolling, mostly suburban terrain). > >>>> Anyway, I deliberately went out of my way to climb some steepish, 1/2 > >>>> mile long hills, mostly standing in the 75" gear, and blow me down, if > >>>> I sped up those hills like ... like .... like ... Oh! Like Bartali, > >>>> shifting into a *higher* gear at the bottom of a steep climb, turning > >>>> with a sneer and glare at his competition, and leaving them in his > >>>> dust. Sortof. > > >>>> Anyway, the difference between this gofast that, now, without a > >>>> computer, weighs a featherlite 17 3/4 lb, and the almost identical but > >>>> built as a commuter '03, is about 5 lb, and I certainly can tell the > >>>> difference on the hills. > > >>>> Just so you know. > > >>>> -- > >>>> Patrick Moore > >>>> Albuquerque, NM > >>>> For professional resumes, contact > >>>> Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] > > >>>> -- > >>>> 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.-Hide quoted > >>>> text - > > >>> - Show quoted text - > > >> -- > >> 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- 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.
