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OLarryR
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Response Posted - 08/09/2011 :  09:38:08  Show Profile  Visit OLarryR's Homepage
The good news with blown out sails is that at least you then have an excuse for coming up short in speed.

When I use to ride my mountain bike in century rides, I always had some that would come by and comment how fast/well I was doing considering it was a mountain bike. But if I then bought a super lightweight titanium or carbon frame roda bike there would alwys be those that would be faster and the only excuse I would have would be the engine (me). I wound up buying a recumbent performance bike with pedals above the front tire and a seatback angled at 30 degrees. It had BMX front tire size and MTN bike rear tire size but was spec'd with narrow rims w/1 1/8" and 1" road tires. Since one sits on it and body/legs are almost in a straight line, above 12 mph there is less air resistance than on a road bike unless one was always using the drop down handlebar ends. I cut over an hour off my century ride times and since recumbents are considered by many as slow, I was always on the reciving end of positive comments.

Maybe best to keep the blown out sails when racing against a MAC 26 and preserve your dignity ! LOL
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PCP777
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Response Posted - 08/09/2011 :  09:55:18  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DaveR</i>
<br />You're gonna love the way you point minus the blown out main! What a difference it made with my wing keel
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Yeah I'm looking forward to it, I have to lower my boom even more now, this sail is longer on the luff than what I had.
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