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Simon Brooke
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in message <[email protected]>, David Marsh
('[email protected]') wrote:
> Simon Brooke wrote in uk.rec.cycling
> about: Re: Which bike: Edinburgh Bicycle Trailfinder v Courier?
>
>> in message <[email protected]>, David Marsh
>> ('[email protected]') wrote:
>>
>> My niece has a last years model Edinburgh Coast, which I suspect is
>> fairly similar to the Trailfinder. It's a nice little bike, suits her
>> well, she rode it the length of the Great Glen last summer and uses
>> it for generally getting about at college.
>
> Thanks for the report. Glad to know that it's better than a drainpipe
> special! Out of curiosity, did she do the Great Glen onroad or on the
> trail (something I must get around to doing one of these days!)?
Mix. She hadn't ridden a bike for about five years so I thought I'd send
her off on a reasonable trip to get used to it!
>> You've missed the best bike in the bunch, and the one I'd strongly
>> advise you to look at and test ride: the Revolution Courier Race. The
>> 700c wheels and narrower tyres makes for a bike that rolls
>> significantly faster on tarmac with relatively little downside on
>> trails.
>
> Even compared to the Trailfinder's semi-slick tyres?
> (I've previous equipped my MTB with semi-slicks in order to try to get
> the best compromise between both worlds anyway, you'd never catch me
> riding mega-knobblies onroad!)
>
> I'm not sure I understand what difference the slightly larger wheels
> make, or is it just that you travel that little bit further for each
> turn of the pedals?
It's not really the size of the wheels - it may help a little, but it
can as you say only be a little. It's the width of the tyres - they're
significantly narrower, which reduces both air resistance and rolling
resistance.
It's also worth pointing out that the Couriers are a useful bit lighter
than the Trailfinder, a point which matters around Edinburgh.
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[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
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('[email protected]') wrote:
> Simon Brooke wrote in uk.rec.cycling
> about: Re: Which bike: Edinburgh Bicycle Trailfinder v Courier?
>
>> in message <[email protected]>, David Marsh
>> ('[email protected]') wrote:
>>
>> My niece has a last years model Edinburgh Coast, which I suspect is
>> fairly similar to the Trailfinder. It's a nice little bike, suits her
>> well, she rode it the length of the Great Glen last summer and uses
>> it for generally getting about at college.
>
> Thanks for the report. Glad to know that it's better than a drainpipe
> special! Out of curiosity, did she do the Great Glen onroad or on the
> trail (something I must get around to doing one of these days!)?
Mix. She hadn't ridden a bike for about five years so I thought I'd send
her off on a reasonable trip to get used to it!
>> You've missed the best bike in the bunch, and the one I'd strongly
>> advise you to look at and test ride: the Revolution Courier Race. The
>> 700c wheels and narrower tyres makes for a bike that rolls
>> significantly faster on tarmac with relatively little downside on
>> trails.
>
> Even compared to the Trailfinder's semi-slick tyres?
> (I've previous equipped my MTB with semi-slicks in order to try to get
> the best compromise between both worlds anyway, you'd never catch me
> riding mega-knobblies onroad!)
>
> I'm not sure I understand what difference the slightly larger wheels
> make, or is it just that you travel that little bit further for each
> turn of the pedals?
It's not really the size of the wheels - it may help a little, but it
can as you say only be a little. It's the width of the tyres - they're
significantly narrower, which reduces both air resistance and rolling
resistance.
It's also worth pointing out that the Couriers are a useful bit lighter
than the Trailfinder, a point which matters around Edinburgh.
--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; ... exposing the violence incoherent in the system...