okay, all this "the street" talk is ridiculous.

"a bike that sees the street" means a million different things. in the course of my delivery job, i ride miles on cobblestones and up and down curbs. this quite literally rattles my bike apart. wheels rarely go out of true, but my headset comes loose, my rear wheel slides forward, and my seatpost comes down. yes, i know how to set up my bike. it only happens during delivery shifts - takes about three shifts for me to need to tighten everything again.

that's unusual terrain.

of course, i ride a lot of ****ed-up streets here in nyc to and from work.

but i've lived plenty of places where "riding the streets" meant, well, riding some nicely paved stuff. in fact, riding smoother terrain than one is likely to encounter at Kissena Velodrome.

so don't talk about "the street" - specify the kind of use you're likely to put on a wheel.