Originally Posted by
Bunyanderman
An 11 second difference is most likely from a tailwind/lack of fatigue rather than the new $10 bike.
Why is it so hard to accept that a road bike is actually faster on the road than a mountain bike of similar quality? Noone would argue the opposite off road.
Sure, it's possible to adapt a MTB for the road, but then you no longer have a MTB, you have a road bike wannabe that's still not as good as the real thing.