Originally Posted by spare_wheel

Despite the "geek-hunting" bravado of Joey et al there are an awful lot of guys in my area who can rocket up my final 600 foot morning climb at 25+ mph. ~70 kg on an ~8 kg bike with an ft* of 4.3+ is so far removed from the 99.999% of commuters that it's not even an interesting comparison.

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