Originally Posted by
ColonelSanders
Now if I could be so indulgent, there are a few questions I would like to ask you.
1. How old are you? (I'm 51 and want to see either how far behind you I am, or how much time I have still to catch up on building my collection)
2. What do you consider to be the fastest bike in your fleet?
3. Do you have any of these fancy pants carbon framed thingees, and if so, how does that compare for speed.
Cheers.
1- Well you're just 2 years behind me so get crackin'!
2 - Hmm fastest is relative but... My
PR on my 25 mile route is held by the Lemond Maillot Jaune. The Schwinn Circuit has my strava KOMs though for short sprints. That said, I think the actual fastest is the Serotta CSI or the GP&GS Lemond. They just haven't had their chance on the right day yet.
3 - Good question. I used to have both a Scott CR1 Pro and a Trek Madone 5.9. A couple of years ago I looked at my logs for he past 7 years and saw were the C.F. bikes we not any faster than the steel ones and for the most part slower. I put that down to how stiff they were and how they would beat me up (thus slow me down) on the rough chipseal I ride daily. The only advantage was on one long Cat 1 climb of 20+ miles where the CR1 Pro had the best time. Not by much though. I also took several weeks to do back to back centuries comparision rides with 4 steel bikes and the two C.F. bikes. I finished the rides faster and fresher feeeling on the steel rides. So after all this I sold the C.F. bikes and haven't looked back.