Joined: Mar 2024
Posts: 1,950
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From: San Diego
Bikes: Columbine, Lynskey GR300, Paramount Track Bike, Colnago Super (4), Santana Tandems (1995 & 2007), Gary Fisher Piranha (retired), Bianchi Track Bike, a couple of Honda mountain bikes
Entertaining thread.
What is absent from my perspective is the concept that rider comfort (as in smoother riding not sitting in the sun drinking fruit margaritas) allows more power transfer when the road isn’t smooth.
No idea how to describe it in engineering terms, but my gravel bike is faster than my skinny tired road bike on rough roads.