Originally Posted by Bah Humbug

Right. So why are contentions of "it's how the bike is used" or "well you could put skinny tires on a mountain bike" getting any traction around here? A road bike is a bike designed to approximate, if not perfectly match, a racing bike. It may differ a very little in design, but not a great deal. That's what everyone knows it means. That's what it's used as here. Why is this even a serious debate?