Can I keep up with a road bike on a flat bar road bike or hybrid?
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Define relatively hilly area?
And yes- it's you not the bike, I ride a flat bar road bike and keep up with friends on their road bikes without even thinking about it.
Road bikes are great for varying hand positions and being more aero when you are in the right position- after that it's all the rider.
And yes- it's you not the bike, I ride a flat bar road bike and keep up with friends on their road bikes without even thinking about it.
Road bikes are great for varying hand positions and being more aero when you are in the right position- after that it's all the rider.
flyingfish
Senior Member
- Location
- Luton
I think the question is more can you keep up with the rider of a roadie.
Pete
Pete
Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
How fit are you?
How unfit is the roadie?
How long is a piece of string?
How unfit is the roadie?
How long is a piece of string?
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
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- Maidstone or Greenwich
Yup, it's the rider. Also all hybrids aren't created equal. My Sirrus has the same compact front as the Synapse and an 11-32 rear rather than the 12-28 on the Synapse. In theory, given the right rider, it should be quicker :-)
Not playing top trumps but my Giant Rapid is a triple with 52 up front coupled with 11 rear so given the right rider should be quicker than an awful lot of bikes, sadly I'm not! lol.
Besides downhill top end speed is only half the story, if that.
If you do find the roadie getting away from you, tie the piece of string mentioned above to their seat stay and your handlebars. Job done.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Or pretend you've had a mechanical by stopping and doing lots of cursing.
The roadie won't realise what you are doing, honest.
Hip Priest
Veteran
Rider for rider, the road bike would be quicker, but all riders aren't equal.
To give an extreme example, I could be riding the most state-of-the-art aero TT bike in the world, and Tony Martin would still beat me on a full-susser MTB.
To give an extreme example, I could be riding the most state-of-the-art aero TT bike in the world, and Tony Martin would still beat me on a full-susser MTB.
Cyclist33
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- Warrington
I reckon wiggo would beat me on my carbon roadbike if he was riding a boris bike
He wouldn't stand a chance if you were on your Equilibrium, though. Much less my Quest.
Cyclist33
Guest
- Location
- Warrington
oh yeah i forgot you spoiled the clean lines...
