Originally Posted by
lmk5
That's amazing that you dropped 23 lbs. on bike weight and only got a 1-1.5MPH bump. I'm curious as to whether that surprised you. For me, even a 0.5MPH bump would allow me to stay ahead of some of these riders in my age group who are passing me up! That would be worth the upgrade to me.
Not too surprised. We all will wince when our data shows us the truth.
Remember it's the average speed for the entire ride. Most of my ride is not climbing or accelerating. Now if you want to talk max speed I hit in a short sprint or the time it took me to climb a particular hill, then those were more impressive numbers. But the time and distance of the rest of the ride will diminish greatly those impressive numbers to just a paltry increment.