P2K and P3; A diff. in climbing?

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There are great reviews for both P2K and P3 out there. Tom did a particular good job with the P2K review on his site!

Does the P2K climb better than the P3 due to the “straight” seatpost tube or has the rear end got nothing to do with it? I’m just curious if the P2K is the more “versatile” one and the P3K is more the straight line speed machine. My brain tells me when I’m out of the saddle a need to have direct power and it seems a P3 may hinder this… I’ll leave it to the experts to tell me… (How much faster do they recon the P3 would be over a P2K at 26mph AVE?)

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I have not been on a P2K or P3, but assuming that they are idenical geometry (which they are in a given frame size) and they are light (they are), any differences in climbing will come from your engine putting out 25 to 50 more watts or your gut and upper body shrinking by 5 to 10 kilos. When Indurain asked Merckx what he needed to do to win the Tour de France, Merckx replied, “Easy my friend, you need to lose 5 kilos”.