Originally Posted by
WhyFi
Keep in mind that comments about a bike's attributes is often enthusiast hair-splitting. Comments like that from your colleague aren't at all helpful without a ton of context.
The comment came when discussing endurance vs. lightweight when I already have a hybrid. They felt that going endurance was only going halfway. However, their bike is >10 years old and I don't think they are aware of the "split" in geometry, just that the few rides they've gone on with others ride on 23 mm tires and are super low and that's what they think a road bike is all about. I tried to show them an endurance bike to show them that it's still an low riding road bike, just not *as* low and with slightly wider tires. I view the endurance geometry a lot closer to a lightweight than to a hybrid (i.e. it's not going half-way), but again, I may be wrong.