Originally Posted by garethzbarker

well a lot of koreans think all road bikes are racing bikes. When I bought mine my korean wife got really mad because I bought a 'racing bike' and was going to "break my skull" and "become a vegetable". When I had the bike worked on at the LBS one of the guys thought I was crazy to even consider riding it on a slightly wet road, that's a bike mechanic. But like you said it's becoming more popular. When I rode on the Han river path I saw a few road bikers and even a recumbent bike.

On a note of support for koreans and their MTBs; b/c of road conditions here and the fact that korea is 70% mountains I kind get the popularity of MTBs and wish I'd bought a lightweight titanium hardtail instead of the road bike sometimes.