Road bikes are real cool. Roadies are not!
Lycra is comfortable. Shaved legs is taking it too far.
Legs of steel you will earn from hours of suffering will transform your mountain biking for good. Putting up with near sighted, half whit idiot drivers will make you question if it’s worth it.
Bikes weighing next too nothing with sexy curves will trap you in trendy bike shops for hours. Knee popping gears and twitchy handling will make you peddle carefully till you realise you can’t throw it back-end 1st into a tight switch back.
All in all it is a bicycle and all bikes are cool.
eBay is full of bargains! There’s a bike shop in Kingston upon Thames that makes A visit to London worthwhile, just bring a credit card.
Some of the cycle gear is beautiful.
The racing scene has an amazing history of battles between bitter old rivals, some proper hard men!
Just don’t try greet other roadies while you are out their cycling.
Oh, take a road bike to France! The country roads are smooth, the motorist are considerate and the coffee will make you crank those pedals like a mad man for hours.