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On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:31:28 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a set
of Schwalbe City Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster. Anyone know
of any similarly surprising performance increases for
mountain bikes used on the road? Rip the suspension off?

Can be done on any bike - as long as you remember not to
recalibrate the speedo ;-)

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Just zis Guy said:

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:31:28 +0100, "Doki"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message <2jh4vjF10ttu1U1@uni-
berlin.de>:

Quoted message said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a
set of Schwalbe City Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster.
Anyone know of any similarly surprising performance
increases for mountain bikes used on the road? Rip the
suspension off?

Can be done on any bike - as long as you remember not to
recalibrate the speedo ;-)

Is there liable to be much difference? Better get the
tape measure out in the morning... OTOH, it does seem to
go better.

On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:31:28 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a set
of Schwalbe City Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster. Anyone know
of any similarly surprising performance increases for
mountain bikes used on the road? Rip the suspension off?

If you're managing around 20 mph now a set of clip-on
triathlon bars could get you an extra mph or so.

--
Dave...

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. -
Mark Twain

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a set
of Schwalbe

City

Quoted message said:

Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster. Anyone know of any
similarly surprising performance increases for mountain
bikes used on the road? Rip the suspension off?

Ripping the suspension off wouldn't be a surprising way to
gain speed and why not start off with a rigid bike if road
speed is the name of the game. A compromise, albeit
expensive, is to fit suspension units that have a lock-out.

The best way to make my bike go faster is to replace
the rider ;-)
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Regards, Pete

Peter B said:

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2jh4vjF10ttu1U1@uni-
berlin.de...

Quoted message said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a
set of Schwalbe City Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster.
Anyone know of any similarly surprising performance
increases for mountain bikes used on the road? Rip the
suspension off?

Ripping the suspension off wouldn't be a surprising way
to gain speed and why not start off with a rigid bike
if road speed is the name of the game. A compromise,
albeit expensive, is to fit suspension units that have
a lock-out.

The best way to make my bike go faster is to replace the
rider ;-)

I started out with the intention of mountian biking, so I
bought a mountain bike. But I decomissioned my car with the
aid of some solid objects this week, so I'm using it for
getting from A to B until I get a replacement.

Dave Kahn said:

Doki said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a
set of Schwalbe City Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster.
Anyone know of any similarly surprising performance
increases for mountain bikes used on the road? Rip the
suspension off?

If you're managing around 20 mph now a set of clip-on
triathlon bars could get you an extra mph or so.

Twenty miles an hour on the flat or twenty miles an
hour average?

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 13:22:09 +0100, "Doki" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Peter B said:

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2jh4vjF10ttu1U1@uni-
berlin.de...

Quoted message said:

Took the Schwalbe Silento semi-slicks off and put on a
set of Schwalbe City Jets, and now I'm 3mph faster.
Anyone know of any similarly surprising performance
increases for mountain bikes used on the road? Rip the
suspension off?

Ripping the suspension off wouldn't be a surprising way
to gain speed and why not start off with a rigid bike
if road speed is the name of the game. A compromise,
albeit expensive, is to fit suspension units that have
a lock-out.

The best way to make my bike go faster is to replace the
rider ;-)

I started out with the intention of mountian biking, so I
bought a mountain bike. But I decomissioned my car with the
aid of some solid objects this week, so I'm using it for
getting from A to B until I get a replacement.

Obvious question. If you can get by/around without it, why
bother replacing it? You'll save a shedload of cash even if
you factor in taxis, trains and planes.

Well, that's my experience and I can't even ride a bike much
right now.

Not Responding said:

Doki said:

Peter B wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ripping the suspension off wouldn't be a surprising way
to gain speed and why not start off with a rigid bike if
road speed is the name of the game.

Quoted message said:

I started out with the intention of mountian biking, so I
bought a mountain bike. But I decomissioned my car with
the aid of some solid objects this week, so I'm using it
for getting from A to B until I get a replacement.

Obvious question. If you can get by/around without it, why
bother replacing it? You'll save a shedload of cash even
if you factor in taxis, trains and planes.

I like driving, and I'm not really getting by without it. I
won't be running anything that's depreciating horribly or
costing me anything much to service, and I often visit
friends who live a long way away. Train fares are bloody
terrible IMO, it's easily cheaper to buy the petrol to run a
relatively uneconomical car than get the train in most
cases. The fact that you don't need to get a taxi to / from
the station saves you more cash (I wouldn't want cycle to
and from the station, it's miles away, seriously uphill all
the way back, and in most cases I'd want more luggage than
the bike could carry). Most people would save money not
having a car, but most people have a car that's depreciating
at a rate of knots because it's nearly new, service it at a
main dealer, and live in a vaguely large conurbation.