Good question, and not something I gave any consideration to at all. I'm not a competitive rider, and built the bike mainly for fun. It fits me pretty well (I'm around 6 ft), and riding position atm is fairly leaned forward (at least based on my limited points of comparison). The bike is most definitely not in its element on steep hills, but that could just as well be attributable to the rider! Might have to do a little research over the winter and fine tune it.
Good question, and not something I gave any consideration to at all. I'm not a competitive rider, and built the bike mainly for fun. It fits me pretty well (I'm around 6 ft), and riding position atm is fairly leaned forward (at least based on my limited points of comparison). The bike is most definitely not in its element on steep hills, but that could just as well be attributable to the rider! Might have to do a little research over the winter and fine tune it.