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Post by livingproof on Jul 21, 2014 14:28:30 GMT -7
Trust me, it's not a good feeling when I'm cruising at 16mph, and, get passed by a mountain bike. Gut observation is that a road bike is 2mph faster than a mountain bike on the paved roads I ride.
Another first world problem, is that I secretly covet a beater road bike to cover shot distances at the summer home. Maybe a little basket on the front, fatter tires and, a 5 speed gear system.
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Post by JimRatliff on Jul 21, 2014 19:03:20 GMT -7
Trust me, it's not a good feeling when I'm cruising at 16mph, and, get passed by a mountain bike. Gut observation is that a road bike is 2mph faster than a mountain bike on the paved roads I ride. Another first world problem, is that I secretly covet a beater road bike to cover shot distances at the summer home. Maybe a little basket on the front, fatter tires and, a 5 speed gear system. Not a good feeling, and not fair, because the MTB rider is usually 35 - 40 years younger. I have some fond memories of getting passed by an mtb rider and speeding up to 20-22 for a mile or two, an effort for me but the MTB kids will typically need to stop and check his bike or something before I have to show down. Lynn just laughs at me. Rather than beater road bike, get an older mountain bike/cross bike and put better wheels and skinnier tubeless ready tires on it. Maybe an easy rolling tire like the 2.0 Kenda Karma would give you an around town at the beach bike and also allow some off pavement trail riding. I probably spend 90% of the time in the middle chainring on the 9 speed mountain bike. I think that is a 32 tooth -- it's made out of steel while the big and the small chainrings are expected to be less used and are made out of aluminum.
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Post by ToddW on Jul 21, 2014 19:19:26 GMT -7
Trust me, it's not a good feeling when I'm cruising at 16mph, and, get passed by a mountain bike. Follow-up question for LP: with their different aerodynamics, do MTBers leave a bigger draft for roadies they pass to luxuriate in? I have no first-hand knowledge of the matter , but perhaps you do .
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Post by JimRatliff on Jul 21, 2014 21:40:47 GMT -7
ok, a picture of my second hardest day of biking.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 6:48:53 GMT -7
That's nice Jim. I can see that you are suffering. But where are the pictures of you being chased by the bear? And Lyn's patented spike belt ejector? Even Hutchinson sealant wouldn't stop that blowout
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Post by JimRatliff on Jul 22, 2014 9:57:52 GMT -7
That was our 160 km (100 mile) ride, the last 20 against a stiff head wind. Lynn had been drafting me for the last leg, and then passed and dropped me in the last 100 yards. (Not really, I missed a traffic light coming into the finish line).
The bear requested that I not video him and threatened to confiscate my phone. I felt compelled to oblige.
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Post by livingproof on Jul 23, 2014 4:45:15 GMT -7
Trust me, it's not a good feeling when I'm cruising at 16mph, and, get passed by a mountain bike. Follow-up question for LP: with their different aerodynamics, do MTBers leave a bigger draft for roadies they pass to luxuriate in? I have no first-hand knowledge of the matter , but perhaps you do . Todd, I think it's safe to say that I'd draft behind a mountain bike about as often as you would take PSIA instruction. The noise pollution, alone, from the tires would ruin my ride, and, the shame would be more than I could bear. Drafting in a group is one of cycling's little pleasures. At the back, you have to do almost nothing to ride at 20 mph. I laugh when my daughter tells me that in her gym, she can ride a spin bike at 30 mph which is about twice my average.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 6:14:38 GMT -7
Now, now LP. Don't be like that. Despite being a rather uncouth lot at times, some of us mountain bikers are actually quite pleasant and friendly. No shame in rubbing shoulders with us. We'd be more than happy to break wind in front of a roadie any time . But the smell may be more than they could bear, they being of rather delicate and fragile constitution.
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Post by JimRatliff on Jul 23, 2014 8:18:38 GMT -7
I must be lazier than LP, because I'll take "breaking the wind" help wherever I can get it. Of course, whenever I drop in behind a mtb'er they invariably take it as a challenge to their manhood and speed up -- and I sometimes feel that I then have to defend the honor of the road biking community.
Todd, did I hear correctly that yu are going for your PSIA Level II this fall?
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Post by ToddW on Jul 23, 2014 17:44:26 GMT -7
PSIA private lessons rock on powder days when you desperately need line cutting privileges.
Jim, my prospects aren't looking too good at present between my inconsistent up movement at transition and my difficulty foot steering. It ain't easy to ski to their examination standard.
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