Different catalogue of bikes for a comparison. Coopers 170mm Arrival is likely lighter weight than any of steel bikes referenced and apparently (I haven’t ridden one) if you’re sitting the 170 pedals as well as a 152… but has 170mm front and rear.
The 120mm bikes he was comparing it to are certainly much lighter weight and I’d believe snappier pedaling.
Not that anyone’s right or wrong, it’s just the Darco isn’t any of those machines. I do think, aside from riding a Darco, a project like Darczone is probably the closest way to approximate the experience.
March 12, 2023, 8:02 a.m. - Andrew Major
Different catalogue of bikes for a comparison. Coopers 170mm Arrival is likely lighter weight than any of steel bikes referenced and apparently (I haven’t ridden one) if you’re sitting the 170 pedals as well as a 152… but has 170mm front and rear. The 120mm bikes he was comparing it to are certainly much lighter weight and I’d believe snappier pedaling. Not that anyone’s right or wrong, it’s just the Darco isn’t any of those machines. I do think, aside from riding a Darco, a project like Darczone is probably the closest way to approximate the experience.