Originally Posted by
YokeyDokey
yeah but yeah but... you have half a dozen bikes and the rest of them have 27 speeds. The SSs I see are steel frames, 20+ pounds... my multi-speed road bike is lighter. You still haven't educated me...
Lighter is nice I am sure, but I will take 22 pounds of steel in an urban environment all day long over that. The SS/FG thing works in cities where potholes and brick roads can suck on a road bike.
If you are in the country and have smooth roads and hills, a road bike is nice, but where I am nobody really needs gears.