Hiring a fast bike?
2007-06-24
Posts: 33
Hi,
today on my ride home from work, I managed to beat my personal best average speed by 0.3 mph. Not a big gain, but I was pleased about it.
I ride a touring bike, an old Harry Hall frame with mudguards, rack, 25c wide tyres, and had a pannier on one side.
I have often been curious about whether I'd go +loads+ faster on a posh sporty bike, instead of a touring bike.
I'm not so affluent as to go out and buy a posh sports bike just to try it out.
So - does anyone have any experience of hiring posh sporty bikes? A quick google for 'cheshire bike hire' returns the standard mtb hire type things, but not a lot else.
It's probably a silly query really, but I thought I'd ask to see what others thought. I suppose borrowing someone's bike would be another option, but I don't know anyone with a posh bike, so that rules that out. And I don't have time to join a bike club and ask to borrow one...
Thanks
Jim
today on my ride home from work, I managed to beat my personal best average speed by 0.3 mph. Not a big gain, but I was pleased about it.
I ride a touring bike, an old Harry Hall frame with mudguards, rack, 25c wide tyres, and had a pannier on one side.
I have often been curious about whether I'd go +loads+ faster on a posh sporty bike, instead of a touring bike.
I'm not so affluent as to go out and buy a posh sports bike just to try it out.
So - does anyone have any experience of hiring posh sporty bikes? A quick google for 'cheshire bike hire' returns the standard mtb hire type things, but not a lot else.
It's probably a silly query really, but I thought I'd ask to see what others thought. I suppose borrowing someone's bike would be another option, but I don't know anyone with a posh bike, so that rules that out. And I don't have time to join a bike club and ask to borrow one...
Thanks
Jim
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If your concern is to go fast and keep beating your personal bests and maybe pitting yourself against others, why are you not thinking about buying a racy bike and joining a club with a view to doing some fast club runs, time trials and road races?
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Well the first thing to do would be to try modifying your existing bike to see if it makes you go any quicker.
Ditching the 'guards, rack and pannier should save a chunk of weight for no cost. Swap the tyres for something narrower/lighter/faster rolling, then maybe some lighter wheels?
If you keep getting faster and are enjoying it, then spunk up for the racier bike, if not you can chuck all the touring kit back on.0 -
Good idea about taking all the bits off it, but as I have the one bike, and need the rack to put my work stuff in on my commute to work, I don't know if I can.
I like the idea of riding faster, but as I'm completely antisocial and don't like competitive cycling (except against an Excel spreadsheet), I've never joined a club.
Och well, I think I'm being an awkward bugger.
Sorry, and thanks.0
