Originally Posted by Doctor Morbius
Where I live there are no such laws preventing one from riding anything but a road bike out of their garage. Your comminuty must have some pretty strict covenants!
Yeah, yeah, funny. My point really is that, if you are going to ride on the road, then riding a road bike is a lot more enjoyable, than a mountain bike, even with road tires. A friend of mine went on a ride with me this weekend, he has a mountain bike and is in much better shape than me. I was on my road bike, he was on his mountain bike and I completely blew him away, had to wait many times for him to catch up. To me it is more fun to be able to ride faster and farther when riding on the road, and a road bike accomplishes this over the mountain bike with or without road tires. You will stick to riding, if riding on the road with a road bike over a mountain bike on the road. But if you want to ride in the woods, then it's a whole different story.