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Originally Posted by Rick TYler
Also, as long as I'm on the soapbox, buying a heavy, crappy bike to "work harder" is crazy. You'll never enjoy pedalling a motorcycle as much as you will riding a real bike.
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that depends on where you ride, and why you are riding.
Wind resistance increases with the square of your speed and it is always there. If you have a heavy bike and you ride on level roads (like the canal path here in rochester) then climbing and gears are not an issue. The wind will be the thing that holds you back.
No matter what bike you have you will always be able to hit a speed at which your breathing and heart rate exceeds your steady state capacity, above which you cannot ride for long.
With a cheap bike it might be 18 or 20mph. With an expensive bike it might be 21 or 23mph. The wind dont care what your frame is made of.
If you are riding up and down hills all day long, then get the cheap bike until
you drop 15 or 20 pounds, then spend the extra money to take 5 more pounds off your bike :^)