3,000 miles in 2020

[RDS]

Congrats!  I'll view the vid given the opportunity.  My yearly total was no where near that as I have to get in a vehicle and drive to get to a location to ride.  Odd question .. since you mention hills, have you noticed any difference when you coast b/t the Clem and the Platypus?  I recently purchased a Gus and it noticeably does not coast as far as other bikes that I've had.  Compass tires helped some .. just wondering if it was related to long wheel base bikes or not .. so, just curious if you noticed a difference in how far you coast b/t the Clem and Platypus?  

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Gosh, this is a good question, and one I’ve actually never considered. I think I’d have to say the Platypus is faster and coasts longer. I’d even say it feels faster downhill, but I wouldn’t swear to it. I’m heading out after the next load of laundry and I’ll see how long the thing coasts...

[Patrick Moore]

The wheelbase ought not to make any difference to how the bike coasts. For a bike with freewheel, tires, wind resistance (and therefore position), and friction, bearing or rubbing, are the agents. You might check to see if something is rubbing or if your wheel bearings are binding slightly (top run of chain will sag when you sit and coast, if a derailleur drivetrain).

Tho' I'm beginning to think age makes a bike coast slower.

Patrick Moore, who just rode to and from downtown again on a non-coasting 72" fixed drivetrain.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 11:13 AM RDS <satt...@gmail.com> wrote:

Congrats!  I'll view the vid given the opportunity.  My yearly total was no where near that as I have to get in a vehicle and drive to get to a location to ride.  Odd question .. since you mention hills, have you noticed any difference when you coast b/t the Clem and the Platypus?  I recently purchased a Gus and it noticeably does not coast as far as other bikes that I've had.  Compass tires helped some .. just wondering if it was related to long wheel base bikes or not .. so, just curious if you noticed a difference in how far you coast b/t the Clem and Platypus?   

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Patrick Moore

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

[Mark Roland]

On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 1:13:25 PM UTC-5 RDS wrote:

C I recently purchased a Gus and it noticeably does not coast as far as other bikes that I've had.  

The Gus is a Hillibike and Hillibikes coast between 1.4% and 3.3% less. This is with a rider wearing no clothes and regular street shoes, with a temperature between 0 and 40 degrees Celcius.

On Monday, December 7, 2020 at 1:13:25 PM UTC-5 RDS wrote:

C I recently purchased a Gus and it noticeably does not coast as far as other bikes that I've had.  Compass tires helped some .. just wondering if it was related to long wheel base bikes or not .. so, just curious if you noticed a difference in how far you coast b/t the Clem and Platypus?  

[Joe Bernard]

These claims may or may not be accurate, hard to say, you decide! 

But that Gus is designed for really-big tires run at low pressure and I suspect your bike came with them. They will slow down faster - go fast shorter? - while coasting than thinner tires at higher pressure. True fact.