Originally Posted by
WestPablo
I used to time my commute when cycling on a hybrid while wearing a book filled backpack. That bike got stolen. I next, purchased a much lighter road bike and no longer needed my backpack.
Suddenly, I began shaving approximately 7 minutes off my commute. It's just got to be the extra weight!
PS.
Ah.....
Just for future reference...
Drop 'em all!
LOL - Sometimes I don't feel like it, but there have been a few times when I've gone full gas and I can't catch the guy. Doesn't happen often but I'm almost 50 now so I've slowed a fair bit. There was a guy the other day who flew by me and he was on a flat bar road bike and it was really hard to catch the guy. I had to chase hard and it took me over 2 km's to catch the guy. After I caught him we were waiting at a red light, but he jumped away when the light was still red. I wasn't going to do that so I waited for the green and again I caught him, but it was hard work!