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Old 07-18-05, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by HWS
I ride my Raleigh C-40 a minimum of 30 miles a day 6 days a week, and as many as 70. If you want more speed/hand positions, you can install an aero-bar like I did. I can routinely do a 30 mile ride at 15-17 mph. I've actually had the bike up to 30 on a flat and 47 down hill.
Holy hell, and I thought I put my C40 through its paces. Aero bars on a hybrid with shocks is something I have never seen.

Furthermore, please please please get a road bike. I put a couple of thousand miles on my C40 before I got a road bike, and the difference is amazing. I don't even have a particularly high end roadie, but at this point (after getting a third bike also) I actually dislike riding the C40, due to its "squishy yet chunky" ride and rarely ride it anymore. Only in the rain.
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