Mountain Biking - road bikes on the trails?

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crgowo
03-16-04, 01:25 PM
saw this article and thought you would like to check it out
http://www.adventurecorps.com/way/whoneedsatb.html

khuon
03-16-04, 01:33 PM
saw this article and thought you would like to check it out
http://www.adventurecorps.com/way/whoneedsatb.html

Okay so it's not a roadbike but anyone else remember Tomac and his drop-bar Yeti?

http://www.mtb-classic.de/assets/images/tomacpurgatory1.jpghttp://www.mtb-classic.de/assets/images/yetic26tomacgross.jpg
Maelstrom
03-16-04, 01:40 PM
I wasn't around then but I have read interviews recently where he thought it was the dumbest most suicidal thing he had ever done. Not that he wouldn't do it again, he just doesn't recommend it...

Maelstrom
03-16-04, 01:49 PM
Interesting article...and I can believe it for a lot of the trails I see people riding their mtb's on. Heck I would even try it. :)

My favorite part of that article was



By the way, these tyres, along with bar ends and multi-position bars, clipless pedals, not to mention whole ATBs that weigh only 20 to 25 pounds, are all evidence that mountain bikes are techno overkill. These are simply efforts to roadify the mountain bike!


Hahaha..ironically, listening to some xc guys, this statement is 100% true :D