Originally Posted by TheBikeRollsOn

Carleton, the point I was making about the Madone is this:

Why spend that much money on a bike that only LOOKS like it might be race worthy (only to people who don't really know much about cycling)? Because 1) that bike isn't a track bike, it could potentially be used as one (maybe, I'm not certain really I don't know a lot about track racing). and 2) it isn't a road bike that could be used for road racing (because of the lack of gears) again sure maybe it could be used but why? If your spending that kind of money wouldn't it just be best to A) buy a dedicated track bike or B) buy a dedicated road bike or even C) buy a track bike that can also double as a road bike if you throw some gears on it.

Unfortunately that is a pretty expensive bike that can't really be used for much other than riding relatively casually (which is perfectly fine) but if that's the only riding you'll be doing you'd be better off saving your money and buying something cheaper that will serve you just as well.

Maybe I'm completely off base, but it just seems like a waste to me.

Also, about the making bikes look like they are used for racing i.e. people running brakeless with track drops around their suburbs, I think that's one of the dumbest fad's there is and I think that is pretty pointless and a waste of money too.