Originally Posted by
tjspiel
I don't think the stats on the type of bike used in 1995 has much meaning today. Mountain bikes were extremely popular in the 90's and many of the models still featured rigid frames which made much better commuter bikes than the full suspension models you see today.
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Originally Posted by
Timothy
According to my scietific survey of the building today there are:
14 Road bikes
4 Hybrids
3 Mountain bikes
I'm sure there are 4-6 more expensive road bikes in the building offices somewhere.
I am sure the ratio will change in the winter.
Data like this, and the stuff I stated earlier, provide local snapshots. The big problem I see with national surveys like this one is that local agencies rely on them for designing local facilities at locales that are different, like Seattle, or in my case Orange County CA. Even here locally, the routes I travel most are predominantly road bikes. Were I to commute north to Santa Ana, I would be the lone roadie in a sea of salmon on full suspension Wally's.