Originally Posted by
KoYak
Uphill or downhill?
I find I am a bit slower in the flats and downhill but faster up hills on my small wheel folders.
Interesting.... Where I ride the terrain is full of short sharp hills with practically no flat bits between the ups or downs and I find when riding large wheel bikes that, compared to small wheel bikes, they carry more momentum from the downhill helping you up the first bit of the uphill, but are slower to accelerate down the first bit of the downhill.
Over all it seems to even out but I remember when asking around, before I bought the Pacific, someone was saying they found their Birdy hard up hills due to excessive up and down movement of the front when pushing hard and I had similar issues with my old Moulton APB. The Pacific simply does not seem to do this though what the difference is I am not sure, maybe the suspension design?