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Simon Brooke
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in message <[email protected]>, Jay
Hendry ('[email protected]') wrote:
> Thanks for those comments - yes it's the 9 speed not the 10 speed that
> the 2006 will apparently have. The weight being quoted at LBS for the
> Trek was 20lbs which is a bit lighter than the Dawes but add a 15 stone
> rider and their kit for the journey then I guess it's not a big
> difference?
In my experience, weight on the bike (whether it's actual structure or
luggage) does count for far more than the equivalent body weight. I
can't explain this, but it nevertheless is my experience. You get far
more benefit from shaving 1Kg off the weight of the bike than any logic
says you should.
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[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; First they came for the asylum seekers,
;; and I did not speak out because I was not an asylum seeker.
;; Then they came for the gypsies,
;; and I did not speak out because I was not a gypsy...
;; Pastor Martin Niemöller, translated by Michael Howard.
Hendry ('[email protected]') wrote:
> Thanks for those comments - yes it's the 9 speed not the 10 speed that
> the 2006 will apparently have. The weight being quoted at LBS for the
> Trek was 20lbs which is a bit lighter than the Dawes but add a 15 stone
> rider and their kit for the journey then I guess it's not a big
> difference?
In my experience, weight on the bike (whether it's actual structure or
luggage) does count for far more than the equivalent body weight. I
can't explain this, but it nevertheless is my experience. You get far
more benefit from shaving 1Kg off the weight of the bike than any logic
says you should.
--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; First they came for the asylum seekers,
;; and I did not speak out because I was not an asylum seeker.
;; Then they came for the gypsies,
;; and I did not speak out because I was not a gypsy...
;; Pastor Martin Niemöller, translated by Michael Howard.