Originally Posted by
njkayaker
You seem to be putting quite a lot of faith into some random website. Are you sure it that it's able to accurately model the real world using simple polynomial equations?
BTW, if we signed you up for the
Everest Challenge which bike would you rather ride? The 16lb bike? Or the 18lb bike? The calculator seems to suggest there should be little difference between the two. After 206 miles of riding and 29,000ft of elevation gain do you think that you, personally, would find it's predictions to be true?