skinny tyres and a hardtail

welshkev

i rode in to work today on my hardtail WIP to see how it went. turns out it goes bloody awsome!! i put the old cycle computer on it and the ride is slightly longer than i thought at 7.52 miles and i flew it in 32mins i'm well chuffed.

not chuffed enough to ditch the full suss completely but i might just ride the hardtail more often than i thought

biff55

with a bit of luck someone will start a massive debate on how HT's are much more pedal efficient bikes than FS's.
oops , did i say that ?

snotty badger

Nah- just shows that they're just roadbikes at the end of the day.

Alex

14mph? Was there a hill?

.blitz

I used to regularly do 10 flat road miles in under 30 mins on my old Nail Trail with 560 mm flat bars, 48T chain ring and slicks @ 90 psi.

'Course this was when Cannock was all just fields and you could still...yawn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Anonymous

i love hardtails so much.

RupertCommunicator

Me too. They get me wet.

Alex

I was once left so wet by a hardtail that I actually dissolved. It took six months for me to be reconstituted from solution.

welshkev

Alex wrote:

14mph? Was there a hill?

an average of 14mph is bloody good for a man of my size

i was kinda hoping to start a full suss vs hardtail argument i was bored

RupertCommunicator

welshkev wrote:

Alex wrote:

14mph? Was there a hill?

an average of 14mph is bloody good for a man of my size

i was kinda hoping to start a full suss vs hardtail argument i was bored

Not going downhill. Bigger blokes have more momentum!