>>959594The bicycle weight will hurt a great deal on stopping and accelerating, and hill climbs. At the upper range of your speeds though, aero becomes the predominant issue.
I'd also be somewhat concerned about the combination of steep downhill, heavy bike, fat ass, and commuter traffic. Losing weight is good, but not by rubbing your fat all over the concrete.
>>95961330 mins. 7 miles. about 14 mph. You're already almost in your range.
>>959595A hybrid is a reasonable option, but not for the flat bar road bike retarded reasons. That anon is so incompetent about basic riding position and performance. It's safe to conclude that anon has never actually fitted a drop bar bike to anyone, certainly not himself.
The biggest advantage of the flat bar types is that they're generally cheaper and very plentiful on the used market. 50-100 dollars for a chromolly mountain bike conversion, plus the cost of and cargo gear is very hard to beat, and give you super low gears for the steepest hills. But if you found a old steel rando or light tourer, or maybe even something comparable to a surly cross check in your price range, it would be completely idiotic to ignore it because of the drops.
>>959662You won't be able to just switch from cantilevers to v. You'll have to change the brake levers as well, or use a pulley to change the pull ratio..
