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[i]2 hours 27 mins for 39.6 miles[/i]
By my calculations that gives an average of around 16.3mph, a fair way off 22mph as I'm sure you will agree. Good on you for being honest this time though.
I still don't know why you won't say what sort of 10 speed shifters you're using though as I really am interested to know. I remember Steve Worland writing in what mtb about a 10 speed set up he had, wondered if it was the same set up.
Shimano SL760 groupset its the one for flat bars and they do not fit on mary bars unless you have thumbs wuith an extra joint
They are about the same level of quality as LX I reckon look similar but have a different lever feel hard to put it into words closest I can get is they feel creepy like the cable is stretchy. Mega smmoooth though
Oh by the way I didnt claim 22mph on a MTB that was a racer. I can do 20 miles in an hour I just have to do the next 19.6 in an hour and a half 🙂
[i]I can do 20 miles in an hour I just have to do the next 19.6 in an hour and a half[/i]
To be fair if you're on a ride thats not really the way you work your average out. And a 17 average for 40 miles them 12 for the next 40 is 14.5mph in my mind.
And you did say [i]So I compromised and got 1.5 slicks for my hardtail best of both worlds can average 20mph plus on the road[/i]
I think Steve Worland used some sort of campagnolo set up btw. I think sl760 is xt level but I thought it was 9 speed.
Gary give it a rest mate you won I lost I look like a dick but your starting to sound obsessed
Oh by the way mea culpa mea culpa it should be SL770 happy now 🙄
And who says roadies are obsessive types
lol, so you were talking bollox.
I'm sensing some anger from you though.
pof, good effort for owning up! quality thread this one 😀
😆 I'm guessing you originally meant to say "can average 20mph plus on the road for a short distance on the flat".
I'm impressed though that you went to all that effort to try and prove a point, when you could have just claimed to have done the test 😉
Fairly sure Steve Worland used Shimano flat bar shifters - probably the same as POF, bearing in mind we're taling road kit, where 7 series is supposedly equivalent to top of the range DA stuff (in practice it seems to be somewhere between that and Ultegra).
Yeah, credit to you for actually being honest on this one, as this thread has shown it's all too easy to sit there and talk big in front of a faceless screen!
FWIW, Worland just used a road flat bar shifter with 10 speed road cassette. You can get the ultegra level RH shifter for about £50 so it's perfectly doable.
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respect to pantsonfire
We are just like fishermen with our averages. I can average 22 mph on my hilly commute home.... well I did once and puked at the end 😳