It should be fairly easy for you to do that experiment if you are interested. I would like to hear how it comes out if you do. Also though 4 lbs is 4 lbs, the significance of those 4 lbs varies with the situation. Adding 4 lbs to a car means nothing, adding 4 lbs to a motorcycle would be hard (or impossible) to detect by feel, adding 4 lbs to a 30 lb bike is going to be less noticeable than adding 4 lbs to a 16 lb bike. And of course when you are trying to close a gap jumping out of a corner, 4 lbs on your rims/tires is quite different from 4 lbs on your frame.
On Jan 14, 11:10 am, eflayer <eddie.fla...@att.net> wrote: > now that is an interesting proposal. i'd bet against you on that one though > :) > > > > > > > > On Monday, January 14, 2013 6:24:34 AM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > > On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 20:13 -0800, eflayer wrote: > > > I was surprised the OP did not think that pounds of extra weight might > > > not be responsible for the go fast feel of his go fast bike...even > > > though by some standards both are relatively heavy. But 4 pounds is 4 > > > pounds. I was suggesting weight is a significant factor in the gestalt > > > of how a bike rides and feels to the rider. > > > I don't think so. Does your bike feel different when ridden with full > > vs. no water bottles, or with full vs. empty water bottles? I doubt you > > could make any guess at all about the state of your water supply from > > the way your bike feels. > > > Frame stiffness, now that's a totally different story, and one that is > > largely independent of weight. Different tires can make a bike feel > > very different, too -- and again, not because of any weight difference. > > > I'm confident if someone loaded the water bottles on your Specialized > > with lead shot to bring it up to the weight of your other bike, it would > > still feel different and better to you. -- 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.
