Originally Posted by nikolajbaer
i definetily agree! Although, there is alot of riding technique involved in riding a road bike rough, but i was amazed at how much better my road/urban riding skills improved after alot of 'freeride' style mountain biking. After you land an 8ft drop on a freeride bike, hopping curbs, speed bumps, and riding sets of stairs on a road bike is a ride in the park!
As far as durability, my motobecane doesn't seem to mind the daily pounding of several sets of stairs on my commute.
I am in total agreement with you, Last Saturday, I was riding with the club and I had a space between me and the large group , we were doing like 35 k, and I notice that the front group almost had a spill, coz, they were avoiding a hole on the road and that was just like 5 or 10 seconds ahead of me , didn't have time to brake and or swerved, what I did was I just flick and lifted the front wheels up and the rear wheel followed, I cleared the hole, the hole was about 18 inches wide. I was up in the air a good 1 or 2 seconds, I was off the ground like 6 or seven inches, I just love doing that on my speed ride