Well, we heard over and over that Trump wouldn't win, right? Memes, hubris, belief in your own hype, bandwagon effect, etc...Look, I doubt any 20" wheel bike--
PR or Altena--truly feels like a 700c road bike, most of all, because of the different inertia of the two wheel sizes. This 'rides like a road bike' owes something to confirmation bias, methinks. No question, $2,000 buys a lot of confirmation.
This is a stock Dash Altena. Same wheels, same components, same parts, why could it not be ridden as fast, with the same effort, as a BF
PR? It certainly looks the part more than a
PR. No super long steerer or seat tube the height of the Empire State Building, no funky stays or BB, no goose-neck stem. Just a classic diamond geometry. You know, like a regular, normal road bike. And let's face it, the
PR is far from being a gracious bike, and its camel (or ostrich, take your pick) looks don't live up to its price tag. The Emperor's not wearing any special or unique clothes, bro. In any case, the thread is not about 'feelings' or how a bike feels or looks subjectively, but rather how fast it can go objectively.
Originally Posted by
profjmb
Well you hear over and over (and I can testify) that a BF
PR feels like a regular road bike, if a couple pounds heavy. Reading the reviews of some of the others mentioned, one doesn't get that impression. I have not heard that about the Dash Altena, but perhaps that's because I've never heard of it. Does it feel just like a regular road bike? Of course, it's logically possible that a bike that feels markedly different than a regular road bike could be just as fast. But I doubt it.