After their discussion over dinner, Dewey had originally wanted to pay for the meal, but Zhou Ming wouldn't allow it, so he didn't push the matter.
Afterward, the three returned to the bike shop. Liu Chaoyang had just about finished assembling the new bike.
Li Zifan, accustomed to riding downhill mountain bikes, took the SL8 out for a test ride. His first impression was how light it was.
For one, road bikes are inherently light.
The fully assembled Lightning Bora Team edition S-Works SL8 weighed only around 7 kg (UCI regulations stipulate that competition bikes cannot be lighter than 6.8 kg).
This was a world away from the downhill mountain bikes at his home, which weighed nearly 20 kg—brands like Santa Cruz, Yeti, and Trek.
Next was the vast difference in pedaling efficiency and gear ratios.
Full-suspension mountain bikes, with their front forks and rear shocks, still absorbed some of the rider's pedaling power, even when locked out.
