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Rans Rocket vs Rans Screamer in "time trial"
Just for our own amusement, my son (6 yrs. old) and I, riding our Rans
Screamer the other evening, did a 2.5 mile time trial on the circle drive around the nearby sports stadiums. The route is best described as "rolling hills"--low speed about 10MPH, high speed about 28MPH. We did it in 8:04 (18.6 MPH). (OK, neither of us is exactly Lance Armstrong.) So yesterday I decided if I ditched the kid & the 50 lb. bike I could probably do better. So I stripped all the excess junk off my Rans Rocket & rode the exact same course. Result? EXACTLY 8:04, again. (Well, within 1 second, anyway.) Coincidence, or what? I guess the moral is that I can lug around an extra 75 lbs at all times, and have it make no difference! (Well, the 6-yr-old DOES pedal, so that makes up for at least some part of the extra 75 lbs . . .. ) Or that the old saw is true--it's the engine, stupid. The only spoiler is, that when I got home I found that my Rocket tires were both at 60 lbs. Usually I keep them at 100 lbs, and that does make a noticeable difference. The Screamer tires were at 95 lbs, just where I usually keep them. I guess I must go for try #3, to see if it's a tie-breaker. --Brent bhugh [at] mwsc.edu |
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