Originally Posted by
Walter
Oh, I don't doubt that equipment plays a role. I'm faster (not by alot but faster on a 853 bike with modern gearing and wheels than I am on my old Super Record equipped Columbus SL bike and I'm marginally faster than that on my aero framed C'dale. But there are alot of people who are convinced that all that separates them from greatness is a pound or two of frame weight. It takes a bit more than that, I fear.
Of course. A pound or two could make a difference between a place or two, but it's not going to move you from the back of the pack to the podium.