...is that in general ( there are exceptions, or course), they don't climb very well, even though they are lightweight. Anybody else notice this on aggressive club rides?
We had an 80 mile almost-century this morning in Vegas (Tour of Summerlin) and while riding with one of the men's Master's (45+) teams in front, I noticed that these many of these fit triathalon-type women go pretty fast on the flats, but as soon as we hit a drag or a sustained 5-6% climb, it's like they hit a wall.
It kind of amazes me because these girls are in shape, maybe 120-130 lbs, yet they look like 250 lb. Clydes when they hit a sustained ascent.
Kind of confused on this because in my mind, I just assume that every who is a lightweight is automatically a strong climber.
$0.02