Originally Posted by
The Historian
When I was at my lightest I was very inexperienced, since I'd been riding but a few months. While I did ride some hills, I didn't do them as well as I do them now. Since I didn't do them well, I avoided them - one reason I toured through Delaware, for instance, instead of northern Maryland.
Being 40 pounds lighter would make climbing a LOT easier.
Gotcha. I've noticed that my sprinting is pretty good. There are some sticks around here that I beat easily on morning rides, even when they are hustling. Sure it might take this diesel engine a bit to get going, but then peeps better get out fo the way. But on the hills, especially during triathlons, I feel like I've been shot out of the back of course from a cannon.