Old 06-22-14, 05:59 PM
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I think you have been drinking the koolaid again. The human related vaitables far outweigh the true performance differences between the bikes while climbing.

Read all the charts you like. Same rider after a good nights sleep will smoke the data from the "better " of the two bikes. Fit and rider fitness far out weigh the clever things used to sell bikes. A good drivetrain that shifts clean, when and just so outweighs a seat tube shape or a 0.02% this or that. I have lost PM measured power while suffering from the need to break wind while in the middle of a pace line.
I like climbing. It is the riders setup as he/she starts in, planning of shifts and timing of when to go from spin to out of the saddle are huge over a % of brochure noted stiffness.
YMMV.

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