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11-20-24 | 12:26 PM

#131

genejockey

Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?

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Bikes: Litespeed Ultimate, Ultegra; Canyon Endurace, 105; Battaglin MAX, Chorus; Bianchi 928 Veloce; Ritchey Road Logic, Dura Ace; Cannondale R500 RX100; Schwinn Circuit, Sante; Lotus Supreme, Dura Ace

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Originally Posted by Spoonrobot

It seems that this has already been done, at least once and did not replicate Jan's finding(s): https://keep.lib.asu.edu/items/134771

I'll see if I can get the full paper.

At first blush it seems like a reasonable, if small, test. I can tell you my 3 fastest bikes are the 3 stiffest bikes - 2 CF, one steel (but that steel is Columbus MAX). But I'm not going to claim that it's the stiffness that does it.

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