How much does weight matter?
10-01-19, 10:34 PM
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I did that climb once, I think it was 6 or 7 years ago, on a road bike with a triple. I was very slow. A friend had a hardtail mtb that he put light road wheels on, it worked great.
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10-02-19, 06:52 AM
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At best a test ride could confirm your extrapolation from the known physical attributes of the bike. More usually it provides a transient subjective evaluation, often misleading especially to the noninitiate.
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That, sir, is some impressive verbiage.
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