[quote]put lance armstrong on a rusty chained garage sale special and he will beat everyone except maybe the worlds most elite riders regardless of how expensive a bike you put the remander of the athletic world, even the really strong dudes you may see on the hills of san diego — for the title of armstrong’s book is, after all, ‘ITS NOT ABOUT THE BIKE”. but he’s a freak, he’s not like you and me, and it’s not about hard work, some peoplea re just physiologically different…[/quote]
it’s not JUST about the bike.
However, if you put Lance on a garage-sale 40 lb hybrid with a rusty chain and MTB tires and make him compete against a random serious San Diego cyclist on a well-tuned 18 lb $600 road bike, I’d bet against Lance.
If you throw in some serious hills and put Lance on a single-speed bike, or even a bike with a messed-up derailleur, he’ll be beat up so bad it won’t even be funny.
