I just realized that my post a few days ago could have been misunderstood...
When I said "I invite all doubters with their racing bikes to come to Seattle, and we'll go for a ride."
I did not mean to imply that I would drop the guys on their racing bikes, but that we could go for a ride and swap bikes, and you'd see for yourself. When I ride with friends, we usually don't try to drop each other...
For VBQ, Mark (my other tester) and I often swap bikes mid-ride. Usually, we take a known "baseline" bike and the test bike, so we can compare them back-to-back.
I apologize if I came across as grandstanding. That was not my intention.
Jan Heine, Seattle
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Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
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