Originally Posted by
genejockey
That's on the hoods, but I'm not sure it's useful anymore. Bars have shorter reach and brifters have longer necks. In any case, it was anecdotal, from the guy who did my bike fitting 23 years ago.
Yeah it was more a curiosity. I think I'm ok with the fit on the R2 now; if I do anything it'll just be a new stem.
Originally Posted by
genejockey
Yeah, the Ritchey isn't an 'instant acceleration' kind of bike. That's what the Battaglin MAX is for!
And I'm not an "instant acceleration" kind of rider.
WhyFi once commented that he and I must have "very different" power curves; I can hold sweet spot and rip a hole in the wind for half of forever, but ask me to sprint for the city limit sign and I'll just tell you my coffee order so they can get it started. That's triathlete life; the cyclists that were most successful in switching to Ironman were domestiques.
Hell I've played domestique for AG and her friends. I'm pretty good at i.