Seat Bag Contents

[jobob]

ever thought how much faster you could go if you lightened the load.

Hee hee, I suppose ...
... but you've got to figure even if I did pack lighter, I'd still have a couple of bottles of water, Kevlar belted 28 mm tires, a lugged steel frame, and 150 pounds (on a good day) of me to lug around, so I'm not sure how much difference it would make overall. The way I see it, it's good exercise, it builds me up for the touring I want to do eventually, and it gives me an easy excuse for being a slowpoke.
- Jo.

Plus, sad truth be told, I'm kind of afraid of going very fast - everyone in my group zips by me on the downhills, while I'm fethering my brakes to stay under 30. But I generally catch up to them on the next hill I'm getting more relaxed about tearing down those hills though, with all the weight I'm pushing I could just imagine the downhill momentum I could build up if I wanted to, whee ...