funkshn (Regular)  |
| Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:50 am |
| MPG suddenly jumped 10% |
I've had my 2006 for 26K miles and almost 3 years. All that time, I've gotten a very consistent 50MPG, plus or minus 1, on my regular commute, which has a lot of stop-and-go and a lot of 80-indicated on the freeway. I sometimes got higher mileage, but that was in situations like group rides in the country at a mellower pace. The regular stuff was always 50.
Now, in the last three tanks, I'm getting 55MPG. I've done nothing to the bike in many months, other than oil changes and chain lube. I'm not riding any more conservatively. I've perhaps spent a little more time on the reserve petcock than I used to. (I just saw that thread about riding on reserve for ~50 miles at the beginning of a fill-up, and I like that idea, but I haven't actually started doing it yet.)
Brakes? Chain? Neither seems likely. So I'm puzzled, but happy.
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MPG suddenly jumped 10% — funkshn, Thu Aug 18, 2011 11:50 am -
Was your chain too tight before? (n/t) — geekonabike, Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:51 pm
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tight side of normal range, but hasn't been adjusted recently. (n/t) — funkshn, Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:02 pm
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It might have loosened up (stretched), giving less resistance. — geekonabike, Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:52 pm
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I'm not sure that's a valid hypothesis — Wes-, Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:31 am
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I'm not sure it is either, so I used "might." — geekonabike, Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:07 am
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me too! — geekrider, Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:09 pm
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Just so you know what it CAN do . . . — GregZ, Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:15 pm
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65 mpg! — geekrider, Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:18 am
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Since installing a 44 in the rear to go with the 15 front — FrugalNinja250, Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:26 pm
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Where did you buy your gas? — Jonathan H, Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:15 pm
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Mostly the usual — funkshn, Thu Aug 18, 2011 4:24 pm
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IIRC There zero stations selling ethanol free gas in CA — AJinNoHills, Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:50 am