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11-08-13 | 08:59 PM

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Duane Behrens

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From: Minnesota and Southern California

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac (carbon), Specialized Roubaix (carbon, wifey), Raleigh Super Course (my favorite), and 2 Centurion project bikes.

Actually, it has EVERYTHING to do with the frame material. Our typical Sunday morning ride includes 2 separate climbs of 1300 and 1400 vertical feet, respectively. As I learned, a 30 lb. hybrid bicycle is not necessarily the best tool for this ride. If you rode your steel bike and your clone rode carbon, he'd be waiting for you at the top . . . slightly annoyed.

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