Just back from a 10 mile ride on the Mauna Kea bike. It's significantly faster than my Swift. Until yesterday, I had been riding the bike with an 11/23 cassette on the OEM wheels, and finally got around to moving the Primos to the Velocity wheelset and Capreo hub. With the 53/9 gearing and better hubs, my speeds were much higher today, and I kept forgetting I wasn't on my road bike and had to correct several times for turn-in as I entered curves at speed. It's funny that before the new gearing and hubs, when riding the modded DT I never settled into a "road bike groove" on my favorite rides near the house.

The tradewinds are blowing today, which means gusts to 25 mph. The MK bike feels much more top heavy in cross-winds than a road bike, esp. with my seatpost and sleevepost extensions, so it requires different corrective action than the instinctive "road bike reflex".

No LP, ... this one doesn't stay outside.