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colournoise » No road bike, but i do have a [s]rigid SS MTB with 1.6 slicks on it.[/s] hybrid
You could call it that I guess, yes.
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slainte 😉 rob
Just got the one bike. An unfashionable 26 inch wheeled hardtail mountain bike.
Don't have one. Why on earth would someone want to ride on British roads by choice?...
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I have an Allez for getting about on. I tried getting into it but it's just not particularly fun. I like ripping through traffic for a short blast, but not for more than functionally necessary.
I'd rather ride a road bike than run or swim, but they don't tickle me either. Don't mind bib shorts though, I've started stashing them beneath my baggies 😉
[quote=kayak23 ]Don't have one. Why on earth would someone want to ride on British roads by choice?...
British Roads?
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I've got a cross bike, which mostly gets used as a road bike... And an ancient mtb with slicks for commuting/being unstealable duties.
no road bike for me. Ive two old fashioned 26 MTBs.
druidh - Member
kayak23 » Don't have one. Why on earth would someone want to ride on British roads by choice?...
British Roads?
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Yes, British roads. Avoid at all costs, that's my strategy...
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Went on a bit of a ride in the Peaks yesterday, which involved a few road climbs. Had several cars 'sitting on my back wheel' for much of the climbs, had a motorcyclist buzz me about a foot away at about 60mph for just literally no reason, had to fix a flat by the side of a busy road, constant noise and close-passing......blummin horrendous. I hate the roads on a bike and will always do what I can to avoid them. 🙁
No road here..
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Ah but he was in control of his own danger-threshold and destiny. That looks to be his fault. On the road, any person texting their Facebook update can wipe you out at any second. I feel much safer bashing through a gnarly rock garden thanks. 🙂
Nope. Doesn't interest me in the slightest. Seems any roadies that I talk to can only speak in terms of km, and how many they've done that day...dull
Yeh, its awesome.
"I did 75km today"
"Gosh, you're so fit!"
"Yeah, I'm pretty ripped aswell"
Mtbers on the other hand
"I put 120psi in my forks today and tweaked the compression damping slightly, they now perform a bit better over the braking bumps at cannock, but I'll adjust them again before my next ride as I think theres some room for improvement"
"Gosh, you're such a geek, no wonder you're over weight. I bet you work in IT aswell"
"Yeh, but I do drive an Audi?"
Not all roads have to be dangerous to ride on.. I wouldn't have one if I had a lot of town/busy road riding to deal with but I can go for a 25-30 mile road ride with a quick 2 minutes through a fairly quiet town then 1 busy road to deal with. It can be boring though (even in nice winding country lanes) but I don't really do it for fun, and it's more interesting than running.
I washed and lubed 5 mountain bikes today, the road bike was left with its flat tyres.
No road bike but my Dad started Mercian Cycles off.
No road bike here; no interest at all. I like being on trails, in the woods. Maybe not wilderness, but a pretty natural environment.
I guess that a hairy legged, camelbak wearing, baggy clothed, visored helmeted, full fingered glove wearing MTBer is all that I'll ever be!
I had an Allez from the cycle to work scheme but it didn't move much so it went. I think it was too big for me too which didn't help.
I miss it though so am thinking of getting another road bike...
It's still a buz thinking I topped 48mph down Billinge hill.
Me, but I do lust after a cannon dale carbon jobby, dunno why I just do!
Yesterday I had one road bike. Today I have two. I've joined the club of winter and summer road bike owners.
Me.
I don't. One has slick-ish tyres, a rack and full mudguards, but all my bikes have 26" wheels and riser bars.
I don't have one but......I was a pretty competitive road biker as a kid, and despite also having a Grifter, then a Bomber and then my first MTB in 1985, at no point would I have contemplated not having a road bike, I loved them. Then just over 20 years ago I sold my 531 Campag equipped Holdsworth Professional with a plan to build a new one…….and never got round to it, so for the past 20 years it’s always been mountain bikes. I have thought long and hard about buying one through our C2W scheme but I really don’t know how much use it would get these days.
I was going to buy one during the Tour, but there didnt seem to be any left in the shops.
Seriously, I would still love a decent road bike, just not got one YET.
One road bike. Nope got four and I road race too. It's all cycling despite the MTB vs road tribalism.
You couldn't ride a road bike on roads near us. They are so bad you need 6" full susser.....thankyou Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
No not me,cant be doing with all the budgie smuggling,minching malarki 😆
I never ,ever take for granted the fantastic roads (with low traffic ) I have on my doorstep.
The idea of not having a road bike just does not compute 🙂
I can never resist the temptation to come on these threads to enjoy the sweeping generalisations about road riding. This is at least the second this last few days 😆
It doesn't take a genius to work out that riding on a busy pot-holed road is not optimum road-riding conditions for maximum enjoyment. Equally riding my mountain bike around Carsington Water on a sunny bank holiday weekend, playing dodge-the-pushchairs, doesn't exactly give me a mountain biking buzz. Pick your routes and enjoy it. It's all great fun, but if you really don't like road riding, I won't hold it against you.
2 road bikes, 3 1/2 mountain bikes
I never ,ever take for granted the fantastic roads (with low traffic ) I have on my doorstep
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I didn't but bought one for a sportive last weekend that a mate at work wanted to do and tried to persuade me not to do it on the hardtail - and in the end I didn't do the sportive due to the weather shutting off the mountain climbs 🙁
Been out several times on it, round loads of lanes/hills in the Surrey Hills but still can't get hooked on it.
Can see the point if I lived somewhere like Honiton, where I was on holiday recently, as there were a lot of steep hills packed into a short distance, as it is good for fitness. Or if the ground is horribly wet/muddy.
But otherwise stick to the mtb.
For all those picturesque road views above, the views would be much better from up in those hills, away from the road...
Nope. Got a basic 29er with Bontrager XR0 tyres. 60 psi for road, 30 psi for mild trails. It duplicates my full-on offroad 29er except for lower bar height. The roads in rural aberdeenshire can sometimes be a bit rough or muddy so flat, wide bars suit me better.
After motorist based roadie misery in my late teens, I swore I'd never have another road bike. Ffwd 25 years; Bought an Audax bike earlier in the summer. I only ride carefully chosen rural routes on less obvious minor roads. Just completed a weekend circuit from Corran to Mallaig via Salen, then returned via Glenfinnan. Quiet, peaceful, mostly smooth roads in outstanding scenery and challenging weather. Little traffic on the A roads, virtually none elsewhere. Kept lights and Hi Viz gear on the whole time and didn't have a single problem. Absolutely loved it, partly because I was on the right bike for the job. It would have been murder on a commuter spec mtb.
Choose your route and bike carefully and road cycling can be just as rewarding as mountainbiking.
downshep - fabulous roads round that way. If you get the chance, keep exploring.
http://www.blog.scotroutes.com/2012/07/coasting-around-west-day-1.html
Cheers for the link, inspirational. Your weather was a touch better.... 'twas pissing down on Saturday! Couldn't see Skye from Mallaig.
Fully intend further exploration, totally smitten!
Choose your route and bike carefully and road cycling can be just as rewarding as mountainbiking.
especially as everyone is going to 29ers in an attempt to smooth out the trails - might as well be riding on the roads...
I don't own one, but I have a hybrid (Kona Dr Dew) for commuting. The concept of road riding for the sake of road riding, rather using it as a method of transport, just doesn't appeal to me much.
Nope, no interest at all. Just don't see the attraction of cycling specifically in amongst noisy/smelly/aggressive motorists... I mtb to enjoy the (relative) peace and beauty of the countryside - cowmines/brambles/nettles aside, of course 😆
No, not at all interested, barely have enough time out on the MTB, no way I'd spend time or money on a road bike.
Nothing against them, just really doesn't appeal.
...barely have enough time...
This is why I started riding more and more on the road in the last 5 years or so. The local mountain biking was getting a staid. I didn't want to have to drive somewhere to go riding, so started exploring the vast network of quiet tarmac from my doorstep.
Who on this forum has a road bike and doesn't ride it?
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Been out several times on it, round loads of lanes/hills in the Surrey Hills but still can't get hooked on it.
Took me most of a year for it to click. Can't imagine not having one now.
I bet this time next year you'll be hooked, with so much good riding on your doorstep (if you live in the SH).
I didn't until a couple of weeks ago. I just had a single speed, a hardtail and full suss but made the mistake of 'just taking a look' in the lbs. Caved in and got a nice carbon Eddy Merckx bike and so far have really enjoyed it. It's not either or, it's in addition to. Fortunately the drivers in Rutland seem very civilised and are used to seeing people on bikes. When on my road bike I shall disconcert mtbers by giving smiles and shouting saluds.
No road bike here but I do have two CX bikes, including a light racey one that'll quite happily do roadie duties with a set of slick tyres.
If I was going to raise any objection to road bikes, it'd be the way that even low-end ones can be aimed at the race market, with no mudguard or rack mounts and poor tyre clearance.
Of course you can get plenty of road bikes that are more all-rounders, and plenty of CX bikes that are aimed squarely at people who only want to ride for 45 minutes plus a lap.
If I was going to raise any objection to road bikes, it'd be the way that even low-end ones can be aimed at the race market, with no mudguard or rack mounts and poor tyre clearance.
You could say exactly the same about most MTBs