This morning's commute and other commuting stories

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ough

Bought a new bike for my commute, was clocking 45-50min on a 13kg+, fixed, 29er tank. On the new full carbon sub-10kg bike, 52min, twice! Wtf? Am I doing this wrong?

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SwissChap in reply to @ough

If you don't have big hills on your commute, don't expect to really go faster on a geared bike - I thought I would, and well, I didn't either. Btw, how are the roads you're riding on? Depending on the surface condition, a heavy bike with wide tyres works out as being faster than a light bike with narrower tyres.

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ough in reply to @SwissChap

Both are fat, carbon bike is a gravel thing, 43mm tires. MTB is 2.2in.

Also, the gravel bike beats me up a bit. Also, the MTB is waaaaaaaay more fun.

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