Originally Posted by
rkwaki
I ride with guys of all sizes and my experience has been the bigger guys are just faster flatland riders. Without starting a flame fest this is my experience.
No reason to flame, this is generally true. Certainly if you take 2 people with the same power/weight (so equal climbing ability), the bigger rider is almost always going to be faster on the flats (unless they are freakishly tall or something).