Quote Originally Posted by elk View Post
...2 unforseen benefits:

1) I pedaled up hill standing up!!!! I was unable to do that before.
2) what blew me away was that I was naturally riding a good 4-6 mph faster without doing anything different!! Where I used hit 14 , I was zipping along at 20...holy bike fit!!

bike fit=good investment!!

I'll have what she's having!

Seriously - what adjustments were made to the bike to garner a 4-6MPH increase in speed? Sticking brake pads? Moved seat up/down/forward/back xx inches? Changed from knobbies to slicks? That is a huge increase!