Originally Posted by
raggoflex
Hi there.
The choices i'm looking at is a full road bike or a road bike styled single speed. Anyone got any good advice out there on this subject or has made the switch?
I've used all my gears on my flat 24 mile round-trip commute out of 50-34x13-14-15-16-17-18-19-21-23 except 50x13. There's enough gear there to hit 28 MPH sprinting for a light or spin up highway over passes at 10 MPH with a lot of fatigue and I really wouldn't want to do without any of them.
Are full road bikes ok to live with all year round commuting,
Yes, although you want something more touring than racing
- Rack eyelets and chain stays long enough to provide heel clearance on panniers are a great idea, especially if you need to haul along a laptop, wet weather clothes, cold weather clothes, etc.
- You want clearance for fenders if you plan on riding in the rain.