More on the Chauncey Matthews replacement for the 2003 Curt Goodrich Riv Road

[Patrick Moore]

I picked up the new fixed gear wheel Saturday and rode it today; first fixed ride on this frame, same 70" gear as before. The new frame seems to make it easier to climb seated while torquing hard-ish-ly at relatively low-ish cadences. 

New bike, same parts and wheels: 24.98 lb with AM hub and single 18 t cog and shifting cable assembly; 23.9 lb with Surly fixed wheel with 17/19 Dingle and 18 t Shimano fw on flip side. Same build otherwise. Basically a lb lighter than the 2003 Curt. It's not the lb that counts, it's that the tubing seems to hold me back less.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum