Originally Posted by
Daspydyr
I think road biking helps the cardio and the legs, but MTBing is a better overall workout. I lost a lot of climbing ability when I dedicated 2 months to road biking to train for a century. But if you are heading to Chicago skinnier tires might make sense. But with the weather, I would look at a LHT or other touring bike that allows you some summer fun.
Yeah, in all seriousness. Mountain biking is more of an anaerobic workout but it won't hurt to do road if that's all you have time to do in Chicago.