Re: fast tires

On 6/13/2025 11:01 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 6/13/2025 12:33 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> wrote:

I weigh 170 pounds and my bike about 20.

 Which means if you ever get an urge to get a lighter bike, each pound reduction will give only about 1/2% benefit - and only when riding uphill!
 

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I’m 200 pounds or more don’t really do pounds in uk for human sized weights
generally either stones and pounds or KG.

Back when we did a 3 week bike tour of Ireland, I was curious whether all the riding was causing me to lose weight. At some B&B I stepped on a scale, prepared to convert kg to pounds if necessary.
 ??? What the heck? It said something like 12 or 13! What are those?
 It took me a second to remember about Stones, but I didn't remember whether a stone is 12, 13 or 14 pounds. I still tend to forget.
 Ya gotta love British (and Irish) "organic" units. Stones. Feet. Rods. Hogsheads, etc.
 

  The first time I heard that term was when I had joined my first bike club in the early 80s. There was a well-seasoned brit in the club who was claimed to be an olympic track racer in the 1960s. When I was introduced to him the guy who invited me said (about me) 'watch out for this kid in the hills'. He replied "of course!, he's not but ten stone _with_ the bike" (which wasn't too far from the truth back then).
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