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Re: It may or may not be. It's more correct to say that speed is the combined result of a complex interaction between rider power output, aerodynamics, and the tyre fitted (and its pressure). If you own a Zaskar with 50mm shaved Racing Ralphs (which for a long time was the main option for...

Try Charlie The Bike Monger and Hubjub.

Wrong. In fact, doubly wrong because you've applied bad logic to incorrect facts. With extra penalty points for applying Sheep Logic. Logic: what people ride is marketing driven and availability limited, not engineering optimal. People see the TDF on TV, think fast bikes are 700c with tyres as...

Re: For a once a subject I actually know something about - fast flat bar bikes on the road! (Qualifications: ex-San Fransisco bike messenger, physics degree and a fair number of bike performance papers/studies read.) The people who said "mtb with slicks" have the winning answer. Why? Sports...

Re: Scottish Indepence YES or NO? No sane Scot should have any economic confidence in its future as an independent state: Salmond's bizarre demands that its currency should be underwritten by London should be enough to show that. Add to that the fact there at least 3 EU nations that seem...

Re: Scottish Indepence YES or NO? Scotland is not Northern Ireland. Bad assumption - even the most bigoted Scottish Protestants are often independence supporters. Partly on dislike of the Tories, partly xenophobia, partly a naive belief that they'll get rich on oil money.

Re: Re: I suspect the guy - understandably - would prefer something that combined pretty good with cheap and unlikely to be stolen, like an old Peugot or Saracen. Or for a bit more money, a lower end Kona, Trek, GT or Spesh, maybe with some theft-deterrent paint. ..Is the Falcon really...