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Article: Mountain bike surprises in contest against top racer

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November 25, 1996
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The greatest revolution in cycling since 1980 has been the mountain bike. For many people the more upright riding position, better brakes, and strong tyres are more appealing than a standard bike, but you often hear disparaging comments about how slow mountain bikes are by comparison.

They do not feel slow to me. A mountain bike in good condition feels quite nimble.

I thought it would be interesting to find out how different an average mountain bike was from a good racing bike. To do this I decided to see how fast I could ride each around a course, and compare the times. The test was rather handicapped against the mountain bike. The racing bike was an aluminium Vitus 979, which weighs 9.5kg ...

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