Originally Posted by
FMadridRN
I have never ridden a road bikes so maybe someone who has made the leap can share the experience.
The first bike I bought when I got back into riding after college was a mountain bike. I put semi-slick tires on it, since I never rode off-road, and had a blast. Eventually bought a true road bike and found that I could, quite literally, ride it twice as far as the old mountain bike!