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Old 12-13-11, 07:02 PM
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No. Not like "top speed". Clearly that would be gearing. I don't know how much bike weight plays into it at MY weight class either. Just the perception of speed. Like, in any given situation I felt that the 1500 was quicker to accelerate and handle and felt to be just going faster for the amount of effort that I was putting out. I was not so scientific as to compare exact shifter positions to one another, just going by feel as i was actually comparing comfort levels of the two bikes. It was a secondary observation that the Trek was faster. I have the base model. I wish that I had found it in "sport" for the similarity in shifting with the 105s on the Trek. I was buying used though and on a pretty tight budget.
Originally Posted by AndreyT
What do you mean by "faster"? The higher gearing?

It is a fact that CX bike will normally have higher gearing than MTB bike, yet lower than a dedicated road bike. I.e. the highest gear on a road bike will provide faster ride than the highest gear on a CX bike.

Is that what you are talking about?

BTW, what version of TriCross were you riding? Elite, Sport, something else?
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