aikigreg
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I adjusted Alexis' v-rex tonight to fit me, which consisted of : moving the seat back almost as far as it'll go along the channel - which makes it nearly bolt upright. removing the tandem crank shorteners to take the cranks form 110mm to 153mm raising the riser to allow for knee clearance. Unfortunately, I don't have hard and fast numbers on performance, but I completed 21miles in 79 minutes. One of you math whizzes wanna compute that for me? The v-rex is nimble, stable, comfortable. Everything you could want in a bent. It definitely can't maintain a high cruising speed by comparison to a lowracer or highracer, but it can maintain normal cruising speed seemingly as well, and it had this ZIPPY feel going up hills that makes it seem pretty danged fast. Perception tells me it climbed better than the carbon aero, but my head tells me that must be wrong. Weight distribution must be very close to 50/50, because I felt very comfortable going across gravel and going fast and pedalling through turns, which i don't often do on the racers. Nice ride for a heavier bike. I was extremely surprised to say the least. Looks like I'll be able to do the 200k this weekend after all!
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