My son and his wife rode on one of our paved trails with some friends who they describe as roadies ( simply meaning more than they are with their hybrids) and that they have road bikes.

So, at one place where they were taking a break there was a small stretch of grass - their road biking friends picked up their bikes and carried them through the grassy stretch -

I thought that a little odd - figured maybe they were concerned about losing traction?

I just bought my first road bike and wondered if I should be extra careful on grass or similar?