Originally Posted by
pdlamb
If you're looking at a bike named "Long Haul Trucker" why are you worried about a theoretical 7% difference in speed?
Why not?
I don't see any reason that real or perceived slowness with a style of bicycle or style of cycling should mean that you shouldn't care about performance within that style. Like, I don't tend to ride my mountain bike as fast as I ride my road bikes, but that doesn't mean I don't care how it performs as a mountain bike.