Originally Posted by
Ras Putin
However my neighbor who has a Road bike mainly used for work-home v.v. and weekend long rides for about 50kms and he's persistent on asking me to go with him to his weekend routine since he's alone. I'm willing to go however seems the current set up of my bike is not appropriate for the weekend ride with road bike.
Hunh? How is your bike 'not appropriate'? If you can pedal it and make it go, then it's appropriate. Try your bike as-is on this weekend ride; chances are you'll both have fun. If not, find a used road bike for not too much money and save it for those rides. IMHO, of course.