Originally Posted by Nirn

Hi, I know there's already a lot of discussion on the topic of mountain vs. road, but I still have a lot of questions.

I'd really like a road bike, but I'm not sure how it would work out in the city.

For example, you need to hop on a sidewalk, what do you do?



Aren't you worried about damaging your road bike, especially if it doesn't have any front suspension? What if you hit the rear wheel to hard?

And what about this?



What do you use? Thoughts, opinions?