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Good point
Reading about your Madone made me think of myself. Sometimes you try for marginal gains and get marginal losses
Backed when I was racing seriously (2004)- I had a somewhat heavy time trial bike. It was an Aluminum Tiemeyer, and it worked great. It weighed over 21 lb. in race trim with a disc and aero front wheel. But- The bike could "go" and I could "go" on the bike. Even with a heavy bike I was top 5 in the prologue at Vuelta de Bisbee and 3rd in the tt in Tour of the Gila. Both have significant climbing. After that I said to myself "I'll get a faster and lighter tt bike and I will go way faster!" I went through multiple bikes- never again touching the performances that I had on my "heavy" bike. Quote:
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Cautionary tales like this (and yours is a good one) abound in cycling. Yet it’s still so darn tempting when seemingly better tech comes available. The bike industry is expert at working our nerdy, techie, and competitive tendencies. BTW, I raced Gila and a top three in that ITT on any bike much less a heavy one is super impressive.
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Right, because on paper it should be a slam dunk
Off the Tiemeyer- Get a Cervelo P3- instant extra speed. But it didn't work out that way. Quote:
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Agreed- except both of these it's had significant vertical.
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