Originally Posted by JackJ
Sure--take a look at post #3 in this thread. Only the tires have changed. I plan to compare it to my other fixed gear bike (700C), and will take racks/bags off for that purpose. Getting the gearing identical will be hard--both are in the 70" range, but I'll see how close I can get them by swapping cogs and even tires if necessary.
Jack
Back to the question of whether a Swift is as fast as a road bike?
(Are we talking block-long sprints, or centuries?)
Only the man who owns both bikes, and sets them up with identical gearing, and tests them honestly will have any clue for sure. It sounds like you can provide a hint of an answer.
Personally I'm skeptical that a Swift is really all that swift... but hopefully I'll be proved wrong. It's a nice fantasy... I'd like to believe I could potentially keep up with the big kids on my twenties.