On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 12:59 -0700, Patrick in VT wrote: > On Aug 18, 3:01 pm, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > > Unless you and your friends actually race, why do you need a race > > style bike at all? > > just like it's fun to go bombing around on a country bike, some folks > find it fun to go fast on a road bike whether they race or not. light > bikes are fun to ride, and if people are having fun - why not have a > race style bike? for the some, the "occasional short fun ride" is 50 > miles at 20+mph - a road bike seems like a good choice there.
To me, the real question is, other than styling and the whole fantasy wannabee pro racer let's play pretend, what real advantage does something like a Madone give you for precisely that kind of riding over a racing bike that Eddy Merckx might have ridden? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
