Road Cycling - road bike or mtb?

hello,i want to know,how much of us train with both bikes.
for example,i alone train with the road bike and my mtb is taking dirt of not user her

Hi Ostas -

I'm not really sure that I understand your questions, but I do ride both my road bike and my mt. bike on a regular basis.

I like using both equally, but have been using my roadie more often. I find the road bike better for overall endurance and conditioning and the mountain bike for hill climbing/leg strength. I feel both bikes work the legs in different ways so both are worth using.

Prefer the mtn bike, but mostly the road bike. Closest trail is a 45 minute drive, so it requires a longer time commitment and much more planning. I can ride my road bike from my house.

L8R

the vantage of the road bike that is easy to find a good road for train,but whit the mountain bike is more difficult to find good routes!

but talkinf of price,do you think that is more cheap:the mtb or the road bikes?i think that the mtb have been the fashion of the ten last years,his prices are more cheap that the higher `rices of the road bike(in spain at least)and there?

Mtn bikes are great for the adrenalin rush. Most trails I've seen have shorter climbs than road, then some downhill, and back up the hill. Allows your pulse to stay in check (phew). I find after riding my road bike, it just makes me want to look for longer hills when I am mtn biking.

Ride both - agree with sebring: road for long distance, stamina, conditioning; mtb for strength (& fun & injuries). Road bike gets probably 3 times the mileage because I can ride it right out the front door.

Cost: I reckon mtb is more expensive - need far more durable components, endless replacements of worn out parts & upgrade fever. With a road bike, any machine above mid range ($1000ish) is fine tuning weight & peformance or race oriented (IMO) but you can still get significant perfromance improvements in mtbs beyond $2500. At the cheap end, however, I'd agree, get a better mtb for low money than a road bike.

I guess I'm lucky to live in a rural area- I have a choice of quiet road and off-road routes nearby. I often ride a road bike through my neighbour's farm as I enjoy the handling problems (but not the flat tires:)). Unless I'm in deep training mode, I like a mixed ride, with hills, quick descents, singletrack, maybe a little cyclo-cross (but only if the shoes are up to it!). The same routes feel completely different on a touring bike than on a race machine, different again on an MTB.