Originally Posted by
ChrisIIDX
But that conversation got me wondering whether or not my bicycle is absurdly heavy (and maybe if I should go lighter somewhere down the road) and how much of an impact does the weight of your bike have on your commute. Thoughts?
I have a bike pushing 20# (from above), a bike pushing 40# (from below), and a bike around 30#; the latter 2 perform about the same but the heavier one carries the load much better, so I am thinking that what is worth doing is worth overdoing, w/ bike weight. The skinny one has no rack so is just plain limited on what it can carry.
I don't know if I de-racked the 30 pounder how close its performance would get to the 20 pounder. Not close enough to bother taking the rack off, I am thinking.
The 30-pounder is gettting pushed into a studded tire ghetto, not a lot of use otherwise.