What is a road bike?
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Well so, lots of guys broke their chainstays doing that.
Pashleys never were "townies" WTF They went anywhere in England and very nicely, FYI. Same as any Raleigh, Clubmans,
Sports, whatever. One lady rode a loaded Princess (Female Roadster) from Holland to Poland.
Read the SA adverts .... The 1200 mile Lands End , steel 3 spd record was 2 days, 19 hours, xx min. Beat that .....
Pashleys never were "townies" WTF They went anywhere in England and very nicely, FYI. Same as any Raleigh, Clubmans,
Sports, whatever. One lady rode a loaded Princess (Female Roadster) from Holland to Poland.
Read the SA adverts .... The 1200 mile Lands End , steel 3 spd record was 2 days, 19 hours, xx min. Beat that .....
You pretty much proved my point on that though the "clubman" style is the original road bike and still is a type of road bike. I really don't get your need to be such a contrarianin this thread though.
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Wow I have learned a lot on this thread. Probably most important is gamblergords information that I never rode any of my late eightys to mid ninetys mountain bikes on trails. Wonder how old that guy is.
Was not going to join this thread, but here is my definition. One kind of road bike is anything ridden by someone who, after you have kept up with a group on a thirty mile ride you rode 15 miles to get to, and will be riding home from, tells you that you should probably either think about getting a real bike or giving up the sport. They then put it on the rack of their car and drive it four miles home.
The bike I was on was a mid eightys Fuji s-10s, converted to SA three speed hub with 27x1" tires, fenders, and non areo levers.
Luckily that guy found a new hobby and no longer rides. I believe that what stopped him was driving into a low hanging fast food drive through with the bike on the roof...
Was not going to join this thread, but here is my definition. One kind of road bike is anything ridden by someone who, after you have kept up with a group on a thirty mile ride you rode 15 miles to get to, and will be riding home from, tells you that you should probably either think about getting a real bike or giving up the sport. They then put it on the rack of their car and drive it four miles home.
The bike I was on was a mid eightys Fuji s-10s, converted to SA three speed hub with 27x1" tires, fenders, and non areo levers.
Luckily that guy found a new hobby and no longer rides. I believe that what stopped him was driving into a low hanging fast food drive through with the bike on the roof...
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i used to agree
but maybe it is because i am getting older and mellower
and realizing that there could possibly be some things i might not know
but i think any bike designed to be ridden almost exclusively on pavement or other hard and generally smooth surfaces
can be a road bike
mentioned above are flat bar road bikes
which i would have called hybrids a few years ago
are road bikes because they are bikes designed to be ridden almost exclusively on road
the only difference between some flat bar road bikes and a road sport or touring bike
is the handlebars
and if we let the handlebar shape be a deciding factor
and the bike needs to have drop bars
time trial and tri bikes are obviously road bikes
but most dont fit your definition
i guess what i am saying is that
i am starting to think that any bike with skinny and or slick tires
is a road bike
some are just not quite as good as others for certain things
for various reasons
but maybe it is because i am getting older and mellower
and realizing that there could possibly be some things i might not know
but i think any bike designed to be ridden almost exclusively on pavement or other hard and generally smooth surfaces
can be a road bike
mentioned above are flat bar road bikes
which i would have called hybrids a few years ago
are road bikes because they are bikes designed to be ridden almost exclusively on road
the only difference between some flat bar road bikes and a road sport or touring bike
is the handlebars
and if we let the handlebar shape be a deciding factor
and the bike needs to have drop bars
time trial and tri bikes are obviously road bikes
but most dont fit your definition
i guess what i am saying is that
i am starting to think that any bike with skinny and or slick tires
is a road bike
some are just not quite as good as others for certain things
for various reasons
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no
i just prefer not using punctuation or capitalization
unless the meaning of what i am writing is lost without it
or i feel it necessary for some other reason
without punctuation and capitalization i find it necessary to break up sentences
and paragraphs
into shorter sections
based on how i think it sounds best
feel free to imply or imagine any capital letters or punctuation marks that make you more comfortable
or to ignore my posts altogether
as for the comparison of my incomplete prose to poetry
thank you
i just prefer not using punctuation or capitalization
unless the meaning of what i am writing is lost without it
or i feel it necessary for some other reason
without punctuation and capitalization i find it necessary to break up sentences
and paragraphs
into shorter sections
based on how i think it sounds best
feel free to imply or imagine any capital letters or punctuation marks that make you more comfortable
or to ignore my posts altogether
as for the comparison of my incomplete prose to poetry
thank you
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Wow I have learned a lot on this thread. Probably most important is gamblergords information that I never rode any of my late eightys to mid ninetys mountain bikes on trails. Wonder how old that guy is.
Was not going to join this thread, but here is my definition. One kind of road bike is anything ridden by someone who, after you have kept up with a group on a thirty mile ride you rode 15 miles to get to, and will be riding home from, tells you that you should probably either think about getting a real bike or giving up the sport. They then put it on the rack of their car and drive it four miles home.
The bike I was on was a mid eightys Fuji s-10s, converted to SA three speed hub with 27x1" tires, fenders, and non areo levers.
Luckily that guy found a new hobby and no longer rides. I believe that what stopped him was driving into a low hanging fast food drive through with the bike on the roof...
Was not going to join this thread, but here is my definition. One kind of road bike is anything ridden by someone who, after you have kept up with a group on a thirty mile ride you rode 15 miles to get to, and will be riding home from, tells you that you should probably either think about getting a real bike or giving up the sport. They then put it on the rack of their car and drive it four miles home.
The bike I was on was a mid eightys Fuji s-10s, converted to SA three speed hub with 27x1" tires, fenders, and non areo levers.
Luckily that guy found a new hobby and no longer rides. I believe that what stopped him was driving into a low hanging fast food drive through with the bike on the roof...
awesome
i think i have met that guy too
your definition is a good one
but i think it is important to point out that the term
road bike
includes but is not limited to your definition
early on in this thread someone said something along the lines of
a road bike is a bike ridden mainly or solely on the road
and i agreed with that
your description fits that
but not many of the rigid defenitions that have been given here
that include number of gears and wheel size and handlebar shape
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