Current Projects chat and miscellany

I'm not convinced by this, having ridden both on the same easy towpath circuit. I was faster on the XC SS hardtail, even though it weighed a good 8lb more than the cross bike and was very spinny on the fast bit. I think that Singular up there with the Mary bars might well be the best of both worlds. Obviously there's always the rider's skill to take into account, people with mad skillz tend to be able to do speeds on thinner/lighter/shorter travel bikes that would have off-road muppets like me in the hedge.

I just find riding in drops to be much faster and the only thing limiting the speed is my fitness not the bike. I am faster on a cross bike than an MTB (both SS). The terrain I ride on does not need fat MTB tyres as I don't need the grip.

Either that or I must just have those mad skillz :-)