Originally Posted by
Dr. Banzai
I assumed he knew this and wondered if he was matching his regular gear inches with the corresponding gears on the dérailleur bike.
I don't think I see the point of riding a geared bike if you're just going to mimic your static singlespeed GI. Unless you really want to collect that one empirical data point.
OP: The reason you went slower is because you geared down on hills which made your ascent slower, and then failed to make up the time by taking advantage of big gears on the descents.
A = ascent speed on SS
B = ascent speed on Geared
X = descent speed on SS
Y = descent speed on Geared
(A-B) > (Y-X)