On Aug 18, 2010, at 3:47 PM, bfd wrote:
On Aug 18, 1:10 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote:
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?
Similar questions can be fairly asked about mountain bikes,
randonneur bikes, fixed gear bikes, 29ers, country bikes, etc. It's
just a matter of preferences.
<snip>
But, as Patrick stated if it gets someone out on a bike than what's
not to like?!
Bingo!
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