Thanks Quicken, Nigel, Russ and Ian, I'm grateful for your positive comments.
Yes, Ian, I'll certainly admit to being very pleased with the result. I knew that I couldn't fail to get a substantial improvement, but it's always impossible to predict the degree of the cumulative effect of efficiency measures. That's even more than I'd hoped for, my aim being that the bike should handle anything up to 20% for an unfit rider. The fact that it can perform well beyond that is the biggest bonus possible, and the range is the icing on the cake.
I'll confess that to my eyes it is fashionable, but knowing the popularity of the MTB style, I doubted that others would share my view.
One thing that has really surprised is that the efficiency has topped the Giant Lafree Twist series, with 12% higher consumption producing a minimum of 42% more performance. I could never have predicted that outcome.
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