Originally Posted by
Kabuto
Nope, not in my experience. The X11 is fast for a foldie, but its not as fast as a full sized road bike. In my experience, for the same effort I go about 10% faster on a full sized road bike compared to my X11. I *can* keep up with road bikes on my X11, but boy is it hard work.
I agree, I train on my Dahon minivelo which is currently geared like my gravel bike race bike. on the same loop zone 2 type thing, I will be averaging 21 to 23 kph on the minivelo and about 27kph on the gravel bike.
When I go for a 50k leisured group ride with my mates, they are doing sort of zone 2 ride on their endurance road bike and my data show two consecutive cyclocross races... good for my training though.