Losing MPH on my new TREK FX 7.6 WSD Hybrid

[fallstoclimb]

The plus side is if you regularly ride the hyrbrid for a while, and then take out the road bike for a spin, you will feel SO fast and strong. I commute on my Trek 7.2 hybrid, with a loaded pannier, and am SLOW. Luckily the route isn't long. When I take my Specialized Dolce out on weekends....I feel like I can conquer the world

[kajero]

So I can be forgiven for riding slow????

[Penny4]

Is your FX a triple or double? When I had my FX, it was a triple and for some reason, I rarely went all the way up to the big ring in the front, keeping me from going faster. It was kind of laziness on my part, because it seemed like as soon as I'd hit the big ring, i'd need to shift down again pretty quickly. I used to ride my FX on group rides where everyone else was on roadies. I would fall behind, but I could keep up.

Enjoy your bikes !

[kajero]

I think it is a double. I have so much paper work and had so many changes I am not even sure what I have anymore. One day I am going to sit down and go through the many receipts and make a list.

I couldn't keep up with my roadie, I guess this won't be any different with hybrid. Of course I have other riding friends and I am always faster than them. They tell me to slow down. I guess if want to feel like a speedster I will ride them.

[withm]

Well it seems like you are comparing apples to oranges. The weights of the bikes are surely different, as are the tire sizes. Both of which would account for the speed differential.

Even still, have you checked to be sure you don't have a brake rubbing on the tire?

[kajero]

Yes, I did check to see if there was a brake rubbing on the tire. I learned to do that after I rode 12 miles around one of the hilly lake trails with the front brake rubbing against the tire. I thought I was just tired and uncoordinated that day. I took triple exercise points that day. Now I check everything before we ride and before I put the bike away. It seems when we put the bicycles on the bike rack we sometimes knock the brake a little.

Oh, I didn't even look at my MPH that day.

[ny biker]

I think it is a double. I have so much paper work and had so many changes I am not even sure what I have anymore. One day I am going to sit down and go through the many receipts and make a list.

Look at the chain rings -- the gears by the cranks. Are there two or three?

[kajero]

There are two chain rings.

This is so neat. We rode this morning. Although there were some hills, the trail was flatter than the ones I normally ride. WOW! I really increased my MPH! The trouble is, I love the challenge of the hills which of course lowers my MPH. I want to see if I can get up them while increasing my speeds. I do plan to ride one of the long flat trails and see what happens.

There are two hills that I look at and immediately get off my bike and walk. The seem to be at 90 degree angle and are very short. It takes a lot of stamina just for me to walk up them. I have tried to climb them periodically with no success. I have seen the really good riders struggle to get up them. And they are clipless and have really light expensive carbon bicycles. .