Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
What about ashkicker's original post made you assume all of that? To me, a "pure road bike" is not the same as a touring bike. Road bikes aren't just for "racers;" normal people like them, too.
What makes you assume that a non-racer newbie wants a type of road bike that restricts what you can put on it, for the sake of racing, which he doesn't do?
Common sense says leave your options open unless you have reason not to.
Just my opinion. Maybe he'd rather get mud stripes up his back for sake of shaving a few seconds off his time, but I don't get that impression, and otherwise, I don't see the point of cutting off your accessory options.