Different thing altogether. My Nor'wester currently has 700x28s Conti Gatorskin tires on it, vs the 26x1.25" Schwalbe tires on the Pangea (or similar to a 700x35" tire). the Nor'wester is probably a few pounds lighter, too, although I haven't weighed the Pangea (the Nor'wester is right around 25-26 pounds with rear rack, bottle cages and small frame pump). That being said, the Pangea does have more road-bike sort of manners than MTB manners. It's fun to ride and feels faster than you think it would when you are looking at it. I'm pretty happy with it so far. They are both S&S bikes, by the way.