Originally Posted by
thegunner
there's BF for ya. assuming the grade is a reasonable 5%, then on a 500 foot climb, then you're traveling 10000 feet, about 2 miles. you're saying you can pull 1/2 a mile ahead in less than 10 minutes, yet on the 19 pound bike, you're getting crushed? this doesn't compute at all.
unless you were serious about the motor.
He didn't say his steel bike was 19 lbs.
But yes, the numbers are funny. I'm going to guess 119 lbs.