Originally Posted by
alanbikehouston
But, unlike road bikes, mountain bikes can handle the broken concrete, potholes and other problems that exist on the bombed out streets of inner city Houston. The guy on the road bike must go around those obstacles, or even avoid certain streets entirely.
Wow, Houston must have gone downhill. 15+ years ago I used to ride a lot around Houston and downtown on a road bike and don't remember bombed out roads. That's too bad. Of course there were some neighborhoods that still had dirt roads, but that's a different story.
Al