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Yz133 often thought that. That's why I don't have 11-12 SPD on the Mtb.
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Light weight and aero wheels don’t make you work any less hard; they just make you faster for the same amount of work. Go on a 30-mile ride one day after work on a hot-shit bike and ride at a 20 mph+ average, and your ass will be wiped out.
That said, I do see guys tooling around on hybrids and think, “Fuck, that guy must be working his ass off to go 8 mph. I’d blow by him like Vettel cutting through backmarkers.”
Im not into so really no room to judge from experiences just what i can see.
Sweet bike for sure.
Pit Row
cat 5 roadie... looks like him and Hill were having some fun. Couldn't find any cross race results, but it'd be fun to hand him a twinky and heckle him
All jokes aside, I've always wondered how fast these guys are on bicycles. I follow some of them just for shits and giggles and I'm like... meehh not that impressive for some world class athletes. But of course cycling is not their primary focus and who knows, maybe they just do a lot of recovery stuff on the bike.
If I bought another racing bike it'd probably be a Specialized, but I always liked the Scott Foil.
I never want to hear about sandbagging from any one until they go do either a XC mountain bike race or road bike race, your eyes will be opened!
Nice bike though!
but had to keep things reigned back.
Big fan of the pedaling industry in general. Must say though I do find it ironic that the more you pay, the less you get so to speak (talking weight)
I get the companies like Scott and Specialized like to sponsor the top level moto guys for exposure but honestly all of the pro moto guys would be much better served riding something out of steel or titanium, with a bit more upright and relaxed geometry. Can still be pimped out with Dura-Ace Di2, Enve wheels/bars/stem/seatpost etc etc. Just on a tool that is right for the job. Those guys are already beat up from the track time, and the gym time. When they are on the road bike a nod towards comfort is something I would definitely recommend. And steel and Ti are just more comfortable to ride due to the inherent shock absorption of the materials. Go look on Instagram at builders like Moots, Firefly, Mosaic, Vanilla, Stinner, Carl Strong, etc etc. Beautiful bikes, handbuilt in the US of A, and tailored to the needs of each individual. And what is funny is that the guys I am friends with that raced in the World Tour (the highest level orf pro cycling), when they retire they all ride custom steel or Ti bikes. They don't have any desire to ride mass-produced carbon bikes. And one more retro-grouch thing: That Foil is nice to look at but like all of the latest integrated aero-specific road frames it is full on PITA to work on. If I owned it I would probably ride SRAM eTap too, just so I didn't have to run Di2 wires through the bars/stem/frame/seatpost.
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