Originally Posted by
Chombi
Well that Fuji and Masi were not shaved, hacked, "drewed" and dayglowed, so they retain their classic beauty......kudos to the owners of those bikes because the bikes are not "castrated" permanently!
All I can say is, with the same conditioning and experience, the rider with the gears, proper, non-cutdown bars and bottles will always win the big climbs! Now you can't argue with that!
Chombi
I can argue with that. 40X13 gets me up hills faster than the roadies I ride with. I also find that, given a certain (rather hilly stretch), I can on average cut 5 minutes off my time between a geared 30 lb bike and a fixed gear, 27 lb UO8.
Once I get one of the VO bottom brackets, some modern flip-flop 700c wheels and better bars, I plan on setting it up as a 48X19 and seeing what it'll do then. I've the feeling that it'll go from one of my favorite bikes to being even better than that!