I never thought of myself as a Lance - never owned jersey/shorts/socks from a ProTeam. Never wanted a racing license, nor fastest on a group ride, nor chasing MUP riders. But I wear cycling kit, padded shorts for over 10 miles, wool when the weather cools and (yes) winter gear. Been doing it on drop bar road bikes, as an adult, for 40+ years. Ride in the 15 - 18 mph range for average. Sometimes good form and aero position save a ton of energy on a metric century, into a headwind, or on a hot day. We work at pedaling circles and looking thru eyebrows - for the efficiency gained. If that's a Lance - well, ... I must be in the General Forum.

Like Winter skiing - one needs to understand and appreciate the Art of Glisse - only on 2 wheels.

^^ Decade ago, a self-fitting - before upgrading this bicycle to 1" threadless, new fork&HS&stem&bars

get the form correct and efficiently experience glisse on the road. On quality tubulars, naturally.

Bikes with lesser quality can satisfy for tooling around and slower rides with grandaughters

i can even go Woman-like and enjoy it.