Loose Chain

You know, most of the riders of these high-zoot CF Gi-trek-alized China bicycles, their bicycles are, maybe, at very best, a couple of pounds lighter than a steel bicycle, but themselves are typically at least 50 pounds body mass heavier than me at the same approximate height and while their cardio-aerobic engine might be better than mine (now that I am 65 yo), maybe, might be stronger than me, maybe, but subtract that two pounds and I still have a 48 pound advantage over them. Hades, subtract, five pounds, I still have a 45 pound advantage over the typcial guy I see on these things. And, even, if we were the same body mass, is that bicycle weight difference going to really matter anywhwere but climbing straight up a mountain. Just saying, I am rarely last, against people half my age.