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11-10-13 | 09:49 PM

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Sirrus Rider

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Bikes: '88 Specialized Sirrus, '89 Alpine Monitor Pass, two '70 Raligh Twenties, '07 Schwinn Town & Country Trike, '07 Specialized Sirrus Hybrid

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Originally Posted by valleycyclist

I agree with the others who posted that a new wheel shouldn't be the reason for such a large performance gain unless something was very wrong with the old wheel. But hopefully the new wheel will be more reliable than the old one.

See my earlier post.. I'm willing to bet the sport model came with the gosh awful joytech hubs.. When I rewheeled my '07 Sirrus to Shimano 600 hubs I got at least an additional 2 mph and I could compare the draggy Joytech to the new 600 and the difference in rolling resistance was significant.

Last edited by Sirrus Rider; 11-10-13 at 10:23 PM. Reason: content/grammar.

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