I had the urge and bought one. It was as exciting as being on a treadmill so i sold it.
That’s how it went for me… I’ve owned 3 road bikes as I sometimes get sucked into it… .but for me, they’re just bloody awful to ride.
OK, so over the course of a 3 hour ride they’re 1.5mph average quicker than my current ‘road’ bike which is a Charge Cooker running 2.2 Rocket Rons, but in all honesty, does that 1.5mph average matter ? Does it matter that I can commute into work 3 mins quicker… or even 8 mins quicker… Not really… them few minutes matter very little.
Using a HT as a dual bike means I can ‘road’ it into the office, then take a nice Thames Path back which adds on about 8 miles more of paths and Ridgeway… far more interesting and not that much harder in many ways.
I still ride on the road, I do road stuff 2-3 times a week for a quick lunch hour blast when WFH, I average a respectable 16mph, which I’m happy with. But it’s just training, just pedalling, there’s no pleasure, no thought, no love…
It’s a spin bike, but with a bit more wind.