There's more to it than just gross tonnage. My wife has 2 bikes that weigh within a water bottle of each other. She claims the Atlantis feels much lighter, and she climbs noticebly faster on it. I'm happy to encourage that sort of thinking.
My bike usually weighs around 30 lbs with Nitto big back rack, small front rack, and Acorn Boxy Rando bag mostly empty. Strong wheels & nice cushy 35 mm tires seem a small performance loss to give up for reliability & comfort. dougP On Mar 17, 5:54 pm, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, now that we have dispensed with helmets, allow me to raise another > controversial topic. > > This is not like, when am I too heavy, which is easy.... right now. > > I have 4 bikes, well 6 really, but we wont go into those details. All > four of them are around 62 cm and get ridden regularly - a 1988 > classic stage racing frame, weighing around 22 lbs; a Rambouillet, > outfitted with White/ Open Pro wheels, a White dbl crank, Honjo > fenders, a Mark's Rack, and light tires also weighing about 22 lbs.; > a 1984 Trek (Reynolds 531 standard gauge tubing) with Shimano 9 speed > cranks and shifters, SKS Fenders, Passella 32 mm T Guards and coming > in around 25 lbs; and An Ebisu All Purpose, with front and real steel > racks, steel fenders, MA 40 Rims, triple DaVinci Cranks, and 38 mm > Avocet Cross tires that weighs in at a hefty 30 lbs. > > I live in Vermont, which has lots of rolling hills and some > significant climbs. Do you think the 5 lbs alone, between the Trek > and Ebisu is enough to effect the performance? What about the 3 lb > difference between the Rambouillet and the Trek? Or, are the > perceived differences imaginary? > > michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
