This is interesting. I climb as much standing as sitting, and always at low rpm, high torque cadences. And it is precisely when I stand that the gofast feels fastest and "liveliest". Again, this is consistent over 10+ years.
Consistently too, on certain types of rides, for example, often when doing mildly rolling, typical suburban route with many stops and starts and no need to stand except for startups, the gofast often feels slower than other bikes. I do plan to replace the Michelin Pro Race 3 23s with 25s as soon as I get the cash. But the 23s are very supple, as were the old 559X1" Turbos. On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Jan Heine <[email protected]> wrote: > Some interesting thoughts here. A few added thoughts: > > *Light wheels and acceleration/climbing:* The math assumes a constant > power output, but we know riders have anything but a constant power output. > We pedal at 60-120 rpm, and within each stroke, we have a very distinct > power phase. Does this change the equation? For frame stiffness, it > certainly does. With constant power, frame stiffness wouldn't matter at > all, and "planing" would not exist. I am not saying that lighter wheels > climb better (many of my best times on mountain passes have been on 650B x > 42 mm tires), but I would like to caution that the simple math may not be > the entire story. > > > Ja > -- Burque (NM) Resumes that get interviews: http://www.resumespecialties.com/ -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
