Originally Posted by
mechBgon
In the realm of empirical data, the other day I did a climb with my ~22-pound bike that I've been doing with my ~44-pound bike. My vertical ascent rate went up 23%, according to my Strava stats.
This is a rather extreme example of the difference. These conversations are more-typically about much
smaller differences (like about 3 pounds).
Originally Posted by
mechBgon
What ARE you going to do, by the way?
This original post is a bit of a
weird one. We really have no idea what is going on!